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Proceedings of the 2018 International Symposium on Experimental Robotics

  • Presents top-class research on experimental robotics
  • Provides the edited outcome of the International Symposium on Experimental Robotics ISER 2018, which was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on November 5–8, 2018
  • Includes contributions by leading researchers and pioneers from academia, government, and industry that address the state of the art in experimental robotics

Part of the book series: Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics (SPAR, volume 11)

Conference series link(s): ISER: International Symposium on Experimental Robotics

Conference proceedings info: ISER 2018.

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Table of contents (68 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Medical Robotics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
    2. Following Surgical Trajectories with Concentric Tube Robots via Nearest-Neighbor Graphs

      • Sherdil Niyaz, Alan Kuntz, Oren Salzman, Ron Alterovitz, Siddhartha Srinivasa
      Pages 3-13
    3. An Experimental Validation of Behavior-Based Motions for Robotic Coronary Guidewire Crossing Techniques

      • Young-Ho Kim, Ankur Kapoor, Rodolfo Finocchi, Erin Girard
      Pages 14-23
    4. Design and Analysis of a Bidirectional Notch Joint for a Robotic Pediatric Neuroendoscope

      • Yash Chitalia, Xuefeng Wang, Vinh Nguyen, Shreyes Melkote, Joshua Chern, Jaydev P. Desai
      Pages 24-33
    5. In-Bore Experimental Validation of Active Compensation and Membrane Puncture Detection for Targeted MRI-Guided Robotic Prostate Biopsy

      • Marek Wartenberg, Katie Gandomi, Paulo Carvalho, Joseph Schornak, Niravkumar Patel, Iulian Iordachita et al.
      Pages 34-44
  3. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles I

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-58
    2. A Collaborative Aerial-Ground Robotic System for Fast Exploration

      • Luqi Wang, Daqian Cheng, Fei Gao, Fengyu Cai, Jixin Guo, Mengxiang Lin et al.
      Pages 59-71
    3. Towards Efficient Full Pose Omnidirectionality with Overactuated MAVs

      • Karen Bodie, Zachary Taylor, Mina Kamel, Roland Siegwart
      Pages 85-95
    4. Vision Based Robust Autonomous Landing of a Quadrotor on a Moving Target

      • Alvika Gautam, P. B. Sujit, Srikanth Saripalli
      Pages 96-105
    5. UAV-Based Automated Labeling of Training Data for Online Water and Land Differentiation

      • Curtis Klein, Trevor Speckman, Thomas Medeiros, Derek Eells, Elizabeth Basha
      Pages 106-116
  4. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-118
    2. Autonomous Drone Cinematographer: Using Artistic Principles to Create Smooth, Safe, Occlusion-Free Trajectories for Aerial Filming

      • Rogerio Bonatti, Yanfu Zhang, Sanjiban Choudhury, Wenshan Wang, Sebastian Scherer
      Pages 119-129
    3. The Blackbird Dataset: A Large-Scale Dataset for UAV Perception in Aggressive Flight

      • Amado Antonini, Winter Guerra, Varun Murali, Thomas Sayre-McCord, Sertac Karaman
      Pages 130-139
    4. Search and Rescue Under the Forest Canopy Using Multiple UAS

      • Yulun Tian, Katherine Liu, Kyel Ok, Loc Tran, Danette Allen, Nicholas Roy et al.
      Pages 140-152
    5. Predicting Digging Success for Unmanned Aircraft System Sensor Emplacement

      • Adam Plowcha, Yue Sun, Carrick Detweiler, Justin Bradley
      Pages 153-164
    6. Geometric Control and Trajectory Optimization for Bidirectional Thrust Quadrotors

      • Michael Watterson, Ahmed Zahra, Vijay Kumar
      Pages 165-176
    7. Precision UAV Landing in Unstructured Environments

      • Kevin Pluckter, Sebastian Scherer
      Pages 177-187

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About this book

In addition to the contributions presented at the 2018 International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER 2018), this book features summaries of the discussions that were held during the event in Buenos Aires, Argentina. These summaries, authored by leading researchers and session organizers, offer important insights on the issues that drove the symposium debates.

Readers will find cutting-edge experimental research results from a range of robotics domains, such as medical robotics, unmanned aerial vehicles, mobile robot navigation, mapping and localization, field robotics, robot learning, robotic manipulation, human–robot interaction, and design and prototyping. In this unique collection of the latest experimental robotics work, the common thread is the experimental testing and validation of new ideas and methodologies.

The International Symposium on Experimental Robotics is a series of bi-annual symposia sponsored by the International Foundationof Robotics Research, whose goal is to provide a dedicated forum for experimental robotics research. In recent years, robotics has broadened its scientific scope, deepened its methodologies and expanded its applications. However, the significance of experiments remains at the heart of the discipline. The ISER gatherings are an essential venue where scientists can meet and have in-depth discussions on robotics based on this central tenet.




Editors and Affiliations

  • Robotics Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, USA

    Jing Xiao

  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Torsten Kröger

  • Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, USA

    Oussama Khatib

Bibliographic Information

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eBook USD 169.00
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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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