Advances in Robotics Research: Theory, Implementation, Application [Hardcover]

Kinematic and Dynamic Modelling.- Joint Dominance Coefficients: A Sensitivity-Based Measure for Ranking Robotic Degrees of Freedom.- Learning Kinematics from Direct Self-Observation Using Nearest-Neighbor Methods.- Guidelines for Low Mass and Low Inertia Dynamic Balancing of Mechanisms and Robotics.- Motion Generation.- Probability-Based Robot Search Paths.- Mapping and Navigation of Mobile Robots in Natural Environments.- Sensor-Based Online Planning of Time-Optimized Paths in Dynamic Environments.- Sensor Integration.- Analysis of Strain Transfer to FBGs for Sensorized Telerobotic End-Effector Applications.- Intuitive Collision Avoidance of Robots Using Charge Generated Virtual Force Fields.- 6D Pose Uncertainty in Robotic Perception.- Robot Vision.- 3D Shape Detection for Mobile Robot Learning.- 3D Collision Detection for Industrial Robots and Unknown Obstacles Using Multiple Depth Images.- Reducing Motion Artifacts in Mobile Vision Systems via Dynamic Filtering of Image Sequences.- Robot Programming.- A Software Architecture for Model-Based Programming of Robot Systems.- Intuitive Robot Programming of Spatial Control Loops with Linear Movements.- Model-Based Programming by Demonstration Fast Setup of Robot Systems (ProDemo).- Humanoid Robots.- New Concept for Wrist Design of the Humanoid Robot ARMAR.- Biological Motivated Control Architecture and Mechatronics for a Human-Like Robot.- Using the Torso to Compensate for Non-Minimum Phase Behaviour in ZMP Bipedal Walking.- Grasping.- Object-Specific Grasp Maps for Use in Planning Manipulation Actions.- Vision Controlled Grasping by Means of an Intelligent Robot Hand.- Learning an Object-Grasp Relation for Silhouette-Based Grasp Planning.- Efficient Parallel Random Sample Matching for Pose Estimation, Localization, and Related Problems.- Medical Robotics.- Automated Robot Assisted Fracture Reduction.- Path Planning for Robot-Guided Endoscopes in Deformable Environments.- Autonomous Helicopters.- An Unmanned Helicló0