Research and Education in Robotics, Eurobot 2011: International Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, June 15-17, 2011. Proceedings

by Obdrzalek, David; Gottscheber, Achim

• ISBN13: 9783642219740
• ISBN10: 3642219748
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-08-04
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc

Summary

This book constitutes the proceedings of the International Conference on Research and Education in Robotics, EUROBOT 2011, held in Prague, Czech Republic, in June 2011.The 28 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers present current basic research such as robot control and behaviour, applications of autonomous intelligent robots, and perception, processing and action; as well as educationally oriented papers addressing issues like robotics at school and at university, practical educational robotics activities, practices in educational robot design, and future pedagogical activities.

Table of Contents

Looking Backward at the Robot	p. 1
VEX Robotics: STEM Program and Robotics Competition Expansion into Europe	p. 10
Educational Environment for Robotic Applications in Engineering	p. 17
EmbedIT - An Open Robotic Kit for Education	p. 29
Semantic Simulation Engine in Mobile Robot Operator Training Tool	p. 40
Mobile Robot Localization Using Beacons and the Kalman Filter Technique for the Eurobot Competition	p. 55
A New Programming Interface for Educational Robotics	p. 68
An Attempt to Teaching Programming with Robots	p. 78
Domestic Service Robots in the Real World: More on the Case of Intelligent Robots Following Humans	p. 88
Designing an Omni-Directional Infrared Sensor and Beacon System for the Eurobot Competition	p. 102
How to Teach Robotics to Children (12 - 16 Years Old)	p. 114
Model-Based Nonlinear Control of 2-WMR	p. 123
Obstacle and Game Element Detection with the 3D-Sensor Kinect	p. 130
Identification Based Model of Ultrasonic Sensor	p. 144
Robocop A Protocol for Service-Oriented Robot Control Systems	p. 158
AR-Drone as a Platform for Robotic Research and Education	p. 172
Team Development of an Autonomous Mobile Robot: Approaches and Results	p. 187
An Autonomous Robot Localization System Based on Coded Infrared Beacons	p. 202
An Omnidirectional Mobile Robot for Large Object Handling	p. 210
A Practical! Mobile Robotics Engineering Course Using LEGO Mindstorms	p. 221
An 8 Year Old Educational Robotics Program - Structure, Methodology and Goals	p. 236
A New Three Object Triangulation Algorithm Based on the Power Center of Three Circles	p. 248
Humanoid Robot Reaching Task Using Support Vector Machine	p. 263
Development of a High Speed 3D Laser Measurement System for Outdoor Robotics	p. 277
A Robot Competition to Encourage First-Year Students in Mechatronic Sciences	p. 288
Engineering Education Program at Kanazawa Institute of Technology: A Case Study in Department of Robotics	p. 300
Autonomous Robot Navigation Based on Clustering across image	p. 310
Distributed Control System for a Mobile Robot: Tasks and Software Architecture	p. 321
University Education in Robotics and Advanced Automation: A Certified Lectures Perspective and Strategy for Development of Didactical and Technical Course Model	p. 335
Author Index	p. 349
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