Table of contents : Front Matter....Pages - Joint Dominance Coefficients: A Sensitivity-Based Measure for Ranking Robotic Degrees of Freedom....Pages 1-10 Learning Kinematics from Direct Self-Observation Using Nearest-Neighbor Methods....Pages 11-20 Guidelines for Low Mass and Low Inertia Dynamic Balancing of Mechanisms and Robotics....Pages 21-30 Probability-Based Robot Search Paths....Pages 31-42 Mapping and Navigation of Mobile Robots in Natural Environments....Pages 43-52 Sensor-Based Online Planning of Time-Optimized Paths in Dynamic Environments....Pages 53-63 Analysis of Strain Transfer to FBG’s for Sensorized Telerobotic End-Effector Applications....Pages 65-75 Intuitive Collision Avoidance of Robots Using Charge Generated Virtual Force Fields....Pages 77-87 6D Pose Uncertainty in Robotic Perception....Pages 89-98 3D Shape Detection for Mobile Robot Learning....Pages 99-109 3D Collision Detection for Industrial Robots and Unknown Obstacles Using Multiple Depth Images....Pages 111-122 Reducing Motion Artifacts in Mobile Vision Systems via Dynamic Filtering of Image Sequences....Pages 123-133 A Software Architecture for Model-Based Programming of Robot Systems....Pages 135-146 Intuitive Robot Programming of Spatial Control Loops with Linear Movements....Pages 147-158 Model-Based Programming “by Demonstration”– Fast Setup of Robot Systems (ProDemo)....Pages 159-168 New Concept for Wrist Design of the Humanoid Robot ARMAR....Pages 169-178 Biological Motivated Control Architecture and Mechatronics for a Human-Like Robot....Pages 179-190 Using the Torso to Compensate for Non-Minimum Phase Behaviour in ZMP Bipedal Walking....Pages 191-202 Object-Specific Grasp Maps for Use in Planning Manipulation Actions....Pages 203-213 Vision Controlled Grasping by Means of an Intelligent Robot Hand....Pages 215-226 Learning an Object-Grasp Relation for Silhouette-Based Grasp Planning....Pages 227-237 Efficient Parallel Random Sample Matching for Pose Estimation, Localization, and Related Problems....Pages 239-250 Automated Robot Assisted Fracture Reduction....Pages 251-262 Path Planning for Robot-Guided Endoscopes in Deformable Environments....Pages 263-274 An Unmanned Helicopter for Autonomous Flights in Urban Terrain....Pages 275-285 Interaction of Altitude Control and Waypoint Navigation of a 4 Rotor Helicopter....Pages 287-298 Cooperative Autonomous Helicopters for Load Transportation and Environment Perception....Pages 299-310 Robot on the Leash — An Intuitive Inexpensive Interface for Robots Using the Nintendo Wii Remote....Pages 311-321 Robot Basketball: Ball Dribbling — A Modified Juggling Task....Pages 323-334 Research on Exoskeletons at the TU Berlin....Pages 335-346 Hard- and Software Architecture of a Small Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for Environmental Monitoring Tasks....Pages 347-356 Back Matter....Pages -