Informatics in Control Automation and Robotics (eBook)

Preface 5
Conference Committee 7
Contents 11
Contributors 15
Invited Papers 24
Intelligent Vehicle Systems:Applications and New Trends 25
Symbiosis of Human and Communication Robots 37
Wave-based Control of Flexible Mechanical Systems 47
What is Networked Robotics? 57
PART I Intelligent Control Systems and Optimization 69
Encoding Fuzzy Diagnosis Rules as Optimisation Problems 71
A Multi-agent Home Automation System for Power Management 81
Feature Selection for Identification of Spot Welding Processes 91
Fuzzy Logic Based UAV Allocation and Coordination 103
Neural Network Model Based on Fuzzy ARTMAP for Forecasting of Highway Traffic Data 117
Automated Generation of Optimal Controllers through Model Checking Techniques 129
PART II Robotics and Automation 143
Autonomous Gait Pattern for a Dynamic Biped Walking 145
Particle-filter Approach for Cooperative Localization in Unstructured Scenarios 163
Interaction Control Experiments for a Robot with one Flexible Link 177
Smooth Trajectory Planning for Fully Automated Passengers Vehicles: Spline and Clothoid Based Methods and its Simulation 191
Finding the Best Classifier for Evaluating Cork Quality in an Industrial Environment 205
Visual Topological Map Building in Self-similar Environments 217
Image Motion Estimator to Track Trajectories Specified With Respect to Moving Objects 229
Depth Gradient Image Based on Silhouette: A Solution for Reconstruction of Scenes in 3D Environments 241
Tracking Multiple Objects using the Viterbi Algorithm 255
Reactive Simulation for Real-Time Obstacle Avoidance 271
A Gain-Scheduling Approach for Airship Path-Tracking 285
Semiotics and Human-Robot Interaction 299
PART III Signal Processing, Systems Modeling and Control 315
Multimodelling Steps for Free-Surface Hydraulic System Control 317
Model-based Reconstruction of Distributed Phenomena using Discretized Representations of Partial Differential Equations 329
GA-based Approach to Pitch Recognition of Musical Consonance 349
Controlling the Lorenz System with Delay 361
Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulations for FPGA-based Digital Control Design 377
Author Index 395