Advances in Autonomous Mini Robots

1. Front Matter

   Pages 1-13

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2. Bioinspired Minirobotic Platforms for Educational Activities

   • Paolo Dario

   Pages 1-2

3. Animals as Models for Robot Mobility and Autonomy: Crawling, Walking, Running, Climbing and Flying

   • Roger Quinn

   Pages 3-4

4. Teamwork Planning and Learning in Adversarial Multi-Robot Domains

   • Manuela Veloso

   Pages 5-5

5. Human-Friendly Robot Partners in Informationally Structured Space

   • Naoyuki Kubota

   Pages 7-9

6. Learning and Adaptation for Human-Friendly Robot Partners in Informationally Structured Space

   • Naoyuki Kubota

   Pages 11-26

7. Teaching with Minirobots: The Local Educational Laboratory on Robotics

   • P. Salvini, F. Cecchi, G. Macrì, S. Orofino, S. Coppedè, S. Sacchini et al.

   Pages 27-36

8. A Two Years Informal Learning Experience Using the Thymio Robot

   • Fanny Riedo, Philippe Rétornaz, Luc Bergeron, Nathalie Nyffeler, Francesco Mondada

   Pages 37-48

9. A New Open Source 3D-Printable Mobile Robotic Platform for Education

   • J. Gonzalez-Gomez, A. Valero-Gomez, A. Prieto-Moreno, M. Abderrahim

   Pages 49-62

10. Germán LaRA: An Autonomous Robot Platform Supported by an Educational Methodology

    • R. Francisco, C. Uribe, S. Ignacio, R. Vázquez

    Pages 63-74

11. Mutual Learning for Second Language Education and Language Acquisition of Robots

    • Akihiro Yorita, Naoyuki Kubota

    Pages 75-87

12. The CoaX Micro-helicopter: A Flying Platform for Education and Research

    • Cédric Pradalier, Samir Bouabdallah, Pascal Gohl, Matthias Egli, Gilles Caprari, Roland Siegwart

    Pages 89-99

13. AMiRo – Autonomous Mini Robot for Research and Education

    • Stefan Herbrechtsmeier, Ulrich Rückert, Joaquin Sitte

    Pages 101-112

14. Modular Robot Platform for Teaching Digital Hardware Engineering and for Playing Robot Soccer in the AMiREsot League

    • Thomas Tetzlaff, Ulf Witkowski

    Pages 113-122

15. Radar Sensor Implementation into a Small Autonomous Vehicle

    • Ivan Ricardo Silva Ruiz, Dominik Aufderheide, Ulf Witkowski

    Pages 123-132

16. The Wanda Robot and Its Development System for Swarm Algorithms

    • Alexander Kettler, Marc Szymanski, Heinz Wörn

    Pages 133-146

17. Multi-Robot System Validation: From Simulation to Prototyping with Mini Robots in the Teleworkbench

    • Andry Tanoto, Felix Werner, Ulrich Rückert

    Pages 147-159

18. An Experimental Testbed for Robotic Network Applications

    • Donato Di Paola, Annalisa Milella, Grazia Cicirelli

    Pages 161-172

19. iRov: A Robot Platform for Active Vision Research and as Education Tool

    • Abdul Rahman Hafiz, Kazuyuki Murase

    Pages 173-181

20. Autonomous Corridor Flight of a UAV Using a Low-Cost and Light-Weight RGB-D Camera

    • Sven Lange, Niko Sünderhauf, Peer Neubert, Sebastian Drews, Peter Protzel

    Pages 183-192

Autonomous robots must carry out useful tasks all by themselves relying entirely on their own perceptions of their environment. The cognitive abilities required for autonomous action are largely independent of robot size, which makes mini robots attractive as artefacts for research, education and entertainment. Autonomous mini robots must be small enough for experimentation on a desktop or a small laboratory. They must be easy to carry and safe for interaction with humans. They must not be expensive. Mini robot designers have to work at the leading edge of technology so that their creations can carry out purposeful autonomic action under these constraints. Since 2001 researchers have met every two years for an international symposium to report on the advances achieved in Autonomous Mini Robots for Research and Edutainment (AMiRE). The AMiRE Symposium is a single track conference that offers ample opportunities for discussion and exchange of ideas. This volume contains the contributed papers of the 2011 AMiRE Symposium held from 23 to 25 May 2011 at Bielefeld University, Germany. The contributions in this volume represent the state-of-the-art of autonomous mini robots; they demonstrate what is currently technically feasible and show some of the applications for autonomous mini robots.

• Autonomous Minirobots
• Evolutionary Robots
• Robot Soccer
• Swarm Intelligence
• Teleoperation

• Centre of Excellence, Cognitronics and Sensor Systems, Cognitive Interaction Technology, Bielefeld, Germany

  Ulrich Rückert, Werner Felix

• , Faculty of Information Technology, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

  Sitte Joaquin

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