21st Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems Conference
Nottingham, 16th September 2020 - Online
Programme
Room Sessions
TECHNICAL SESSION 1: ROBOTIC SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS
Session Chair: Prof. Jian Dai
Session Co-chair: Dr Andres Gameros
10:30-10:42 |
OpenKilo: A truly open-source Kilobot design revision that aids repair and extensibility.
James Trump*, Russell Joyce, Alan Millard
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10:42-10:54 |
A novel shape memory alloy (SMA) wire-based clutch design and performance test.
Nan Ma*, Xin Dong, Josue Camacho Arreguin, Mingfeng Wang
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10:54-11:06 |
Prototyping sensors and actuators for robot swarms in mixed reality.
Alex Murphy*, Alan Millard
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11:06-11:18 |
Requirements Specification and Integration Architecture for Perception in a Cooperative Team of Forestry Robots.
David Portugal*, João Filipe Ferreira, Micael S. Couceiro
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11:18-11:30 |
ROSMonitoring: a Runtime Verification Framework for ROS.
Angelo Ferrando*, Rafael Cardoso, Michael Fisher, Davide Ancona, Luca Franceschini, Viviana Mascardi
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TECHNICAL SESSION 2: SOFT AND COMPLIANT ROBOTS
Session Chair: Prof Kaspar Althoefer
Session Co-chair: Dr David Alatorre
12:30-12:42 |
A Scalable Variable Stiffness Revolute Joint based on Layer Jamming for Robotic Exoskeletons.
Matthew Shen*, Angus Clark, Nicolas Rojas
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12:42-12:54 |
A universal stiffening sleeve designed for all types of continuum robot systems.
Yihua Fang*, Christopher Bishop, Weiming Ba, Jorge Barrientos Díez, Abd Mohammad, Xin Dong
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12:54-13:06 |
A Passively Compliant Idler Mechanism for Underactuated Dexterous Grippers with Dynamic Tendon Routing.
Jinhong Wang*, Qiujie Lu, Angus Clark, Nicolas Rojas
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13:06-13:18 |
An Inhomogeneous Structured Eversion Actuator.
Taqi Abrar*, Ahmed Hassan, Fabrizio Putzu, Hareesh Godaba, Ataka Rizqi, Kaspar Althoefer
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POSTER SESSION
Moderator: Dr Matteo Russo
14:15-14:19 |
Resistance Tuning of Soft Strain Sensor based on Saline Concentration and Volume Changes.
Joanna Jones*, Zachary Gillett, Eduardo Perez Guagnelli, Dana Damian.
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14:19-14:23 |
Shape Reconstruction of Soft-Body Manipulator: a Learning-based Approach.
Ivan Vitanov, Ataka Rizqi, Kaspar Althoefer
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14:23-14:27 |
Silicone Based Capacitive E-skin Sensor for Soft Surgical Robots.
Abu Bakar Dawood*, Hareesh Godaba, Kaspar Althoefer
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14:27-14:31 |
Soft Hinge for Magnetically Actuated Millimetre-size Origami.
Quentin Marie Philippe Lahondes*, Shuhei Miyashita
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14:31 - 14:35 |
An Adaptable Robotic Snake using a Compliant Actuated Tensegrity Structure for Locomotion.
Qi He*, Mark Post
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TECHNICAL SESSION: LEARNING, MAPPING AND PLANNING
Session Chair: Dr Luo Shan
Session Co-chair: Dr Xin Dong
10:30-10:42 |
A Comparative Study for Obstacle Avoidance Inverse Kinematics: Nullspace based vs. Optimisation-based.
Neil Harrison*, Wenxing Liu, Inmo Jang, Joaquin Carrasco, Guido Herrmann, Nick Sykes
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10:42-10:54 |
A Structural Approach to Dealing with High Dimensionality Parameter Search Spaces.
Benjamin Hawker*, Roger Moore
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10:54-11:06 |
Self-Supervised Learning Through Scene Observation for Selective Item Identification in Conveyor Belt Systems.
Luca Scimeca*, Fumiya Iida
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11:06-11:18 |
A 4D Augmented Flight Management System based on Flight Planning and Trajectory Generation merging.
Hortense Ollivier-Legeay*, Abdessamad Ait El Cadi, Nicolas Belanger, David Duvivier
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11:18-11:30 |
Real World Bayesian Optimization Using Robots to Clean Liquid Spills.
Isobel Voysey, Josie Hughes*, Thomas George Thuruthel, Kieran Gilday, Fumiya Iida
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TECHNICAL SESSION: HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTION
Session Chair: Prof Mini C. Saaj
Session Co-chair: Dr Matteo Russo
12:30-12:42 |
Expression of Grounded Affect: How Much Emotion Can Arousal Convey?
Luke Hickton*, Matthew Lewis, Lola Canamero.
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12:42-12:54 |
An experiment on human-robot interaction in a simulated agricultural task.
Zhuoling Huang*, Genki Miyauchi, Adrian Salazar Gomez, Richie Bird, Amar Singh Kalsi, Chipp Jansen, Zeyang Liu, Simon Parsons, Elizabeth Sklar
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12:54-13:06 |
Towards Safer Robot Motion: Using a Qualitative Motion Model to Classify Human-Robot Spatial Interaction.
Laurence Roberts-Elliott*, Manuel Fernandez-Carmona, Marc Hanheide
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13:06-13:18 |
Building a navigation system for a shopping assistant robot from off-the shelf components.
Kenny Schlegel*, Peer Neubert, Peter Protzel
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POSTER SESSION
Moderator: Dr David Alatorre
14:15-14:19 |
Modelling and Control of an End-Over-End Walking Robot.
Manu Nair*, Mini C. Saaj, Amir Masoud Ghalamzan Esfahani
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14:19-14:23 |
A Pressure Controlled Membrane Mechanism for Optimising Haptic Sensing.
George Jenkinson*, Andrew Conn, Antonia Tzemanaki
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14:23-14:27 |
LocalSPED: A classification pipeline that can learn local features for place recognition using a small training set.
Fangming Yuan*, Peer Neubert, Peter Protzel
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14:27-14:31 |
Towards Robust Mission Execution via Temporal and Contingent Planning.
Yaniel Carreno*, Yvan Petillot, Ron Petrick
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14:31-14:35 |
Deep Learning-based Decision Making for Autonomous Vehicle at Roundabouts.
Weichao Wang*, Lei Jiang, Shiran Lin, Hui Fang, Qinggang Meng
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TECHNICAL SESSION: MOBILE ROBOTS
Session Chair: Prof Barry Lennox
Session Co-chair: Dr Mingfeng Wang
10:30-10:42 |
Topological Robot Localization in a Large-Scale Water Pipe Network.
Rob Worley*, Sean Anderson
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10:42-10:54 |
Visual Topological Mapping Using an Appearance-based Location Selection Method.
Mohammad Asif Khan*, Frederic Labrosse
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10:54-11:06 |
Testing an Underwater Robot Executing Transect Missions in Mayotte.
Adrien Hereau*, Karen Godary-Dejean, Jeremie Guiochet, Clement Robert, Didier Crestani, Thomas Claverie
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11:06-11:18 |
An Upper Limb Fall Impediment Strategy for Humanoid Robots.
Da Cui*, Samuel Hudson, Robert Richardson, Chengxu Zhou
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11:18-11:30 |
Towards Growing Robots: A Piecewise Morphology-Controller Co-Adaptation Strategy for Legged Locomotion.
David Hardman*, Thomas George Thuruthel, Fumiya Iida
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TECHNICAL SESSION: HAPTICS
Session Chair: Dr Ayse Kucukyilmaz
Session Co-chair: Dr Abdelkhalick Mohammad
12:30-12:42 |
Tactile feedback in a tele-operation pick-and-place task improves perceived workload.
Thomas Baker*, Matthias Rolf
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12:42-12:54 |
Touch it, rub it, feel it! Haptic rendering of physical textures with a low cost wearable system.
Burathat Junput, Ildar Farkhatdinov, Lorenzo Jamone*
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12:54-13:06 |
ShearTouch - towards a wearable tactile feedback device to provide continuous shear force sensation in real time.
Oliver Wells*, Tony Pipe, Sanja Dogramadzi, Matthew Studley
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POSTER SESSION
Moderator: Dr Mingfeng Wang
14:15-14:19 |
One-shot 3D Printed Underactuated Gripper.
Jordan Cormack*, Mohammad Fotouhi, Guy Adams, Tony Pipe
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14:19-14:23 |
A Cable-based Gripper for Chemistry Labs.
Lupo Manes*, Sebastiano Fichera, David Marquez-Gamez, Andrew Cooper, Paolo Paoletti
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14:23-14:27 |
Magnetic Force Driven Wireless Motor.
Cameron Duffield*, Shuhei Miyashita
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14:27-14:31 |
Experiment Establishing Spatiotemporal Resolution of Human Thermal Perception for Developing a Prosthetic Robotics Hand Thermal Interface.
Benjamin Stubbings*
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14:31-14:35 |
A low cost Series Elastic Actuator Test Bench.
Oliver Smith, Swen Gaudl
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Technical session: 10-min presentation videos supplied by the authors. Questions asked in the text channel.
Poster session: 3-min presentation videos supplied by the authors. Questions asked in the text channel.
Keynotes: 30-min live presentation by the keynote speakers. Selected questions from the text channel will be read and answered live.