2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (IEEE Cat. No.04CH37508)

Abstract

The following topics are dealt with: vision based navigation and tracking; automation of manufacturing process; automation of security surveillance; adaptive navigation; humanoids; sensor network; sensor fusion; human-machine interface; visual servoing; haptic device; robot grasping; medical robot applications; simultaneous localization and mapping; nanomanipulation; probabilistic based planning; robot vision; Petri nets; robot localization; haptic interface; human robot interface; MEMS; flexible automation; smart sensors; assembly task; human assisted robot; stereo vision; virtual reality application; microrobotics; robotics education; visual tracking technique; monitoring automation; sensor evaluation; telepresence; teleoperation; mobile robot design; mechanism kinematics; mechanism dynamics; calibration; path planning; rehabilitation robotics; space robots; multirobot system; multilegged robots; underactuated system; UAV; biomechanical system; transportation automation; manufacturing system automation; quadruped robot; learning technique; supply chain automation; reconfigurable robot; multiagent system; biped locomotion; adaptive control; omnidirectional robot; scheduling; disassembly; range sensing; motion control; speech production; service robot; environmental robot; actuator; map building; collision avoidance; flexible manipulator; redundant manipulator; AUV; discrete event system; tracking; pose estimation; snake robot; failure monitoring; neuro fuzzy technique; and imaging.