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SSRR Program (updated 10/18/2013)

Monday October 21 - Wednesday October 23

The invited lectures will take place in Visionen. Please feel free to join! The hands-on sessions are taking place in the Terra Lab for which a camp registration is required.

Thursday October 24

Keynote - Thu Oct 24 9:00-10:00 - Visionen

Simon Lacroix, LAAS, France
Autonomous teams of aerial and ground robots in search and rescue missions

Session 1A (Multi-Agent System) - Thu Oct 24 10:30-12:00 - Visionen

Applying Bayesian Learning to Multi-Robot Patrol by David Portugal (Institute of Systems and Robotics - University of Coimbra) Micael Couceiro (Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica - University of Coimbra) Rui Rocha (University of Coimbra)
Design of a Networked Robotic System Capable of Enhancing Wireless Communication Capabilities by Byung-Cheol Min (Purdue University) Eric Matson (Purdue University) Bakytgul Khaday (Purdue University)
Learning to Cooperate Together: A Semi-Autonomous Control Architecture for Multi-Robot Teams in Urban Search and Rescue by YUGANG LIU (University of Toronto) Goldie Nejat (University of Toronto) Julio Vilela (University of Toronto)
Connectivity-Aware Planning of Search and Rescue Missions by Eduardo Feo Flushing (IDSIA) Michal Kudelski (IDSIA) Luca Gambardella (IDSIA) Gianni Di Caro (IDSIA)

Session 1B (Robots 1) - Thu Oct 24 10:30-12:00 - Signalen

Hybrid Control of a Two-Wheeled Automatic-Balancing Robot with Backlash Feature by Petar Løhndorf (Aalborg University) Zhenyu Yang (Aalborg University, Esbjerg Campus)
The Modular Snake Robot Open Project: Turning Animal Functions into Engineering Tools by Kamilo Melo (KM-RoBoTa) Juan Leon (KM-RoBoTa) Alvaro diZeo (KM-RoBoTa) vanesa Rueda (KM-RoBoTa) Diego Roa (KM-RoBoTa) Manuel Parraga (KM-RoBoTa) Daniel Gonzalez (KM-RoBoTa) Laura Paez (KM-RoBoTa)
Hexrotor UAV Platform Enabling Dextrous Interaction with Structures-Flight Test by Guangying Jiang (University of Denver) Richard Voyles ()

Session 2A (Collaboration) - Thu Oct 24 13:00-14:30 - Visionen

Heterogeneous Teams of Unmanned Ground and Aerial Robots for Reconnaissance and Surveillance - A Field Experiment by Marco Langerwisch (Leibniz Universität Hannover) Thomas Wittmann () Stefan Thamke () Thomas Remmersmann () Alexander Tiderko () Bernardo Wagner ()
The CHOPIN project: Cooperation between Human and rObotic teams in catastroPhic INcidents by Rui Rocha (University of Coimbra) David Portugal (Institute of Systems and Robotics - University of Coimbra) Micael Couceiro (Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica - University of Coimbra) Filipe Araújo (CISUC, Dept. of Informatics, University of Coimbra) Paulo Menezes (Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica - University of Coimbra) Jorge Lobo (Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica - University of Coimbra)
The EU-ICARUS project: developing assistive robotic tools for search and rescue operations [Shashank Govindaraj] by Geert De Cubber () Daniela Doroftei (Royal Military Academy) Daniel Serrano (ASCAMM) Keshav Chintamani (Space Applications Services) Rui Sabino (ESRI Portugal) Stephane Ourevitch (SpaceTec Partners)
Active and Mediated Opportunistic Cooperation Between an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and an Unmanned Ground Vehicle by Tanner Perkins (CRASAR) Robin Murphy (Texas A&M)

Session 2B (Computer Vision) - Thu Oct 24 13:00-14:30 - Signalen

Fast Visual People Tracking using a Feature-Based People Detector and Thermal Imaging by Achim Königs (Fraunhofer FKIE) Dirk Schulz (Fraunhofer FKIE)
Visual Coordinated Landing of a UAV on a Mobile Robot Manipulator by Vincenzo Lippiello (Universita' di Napoli Federico II) Rafik Mebarki (University of Naples Feder. II) Fabio Ruggiero (Universita' di Napoli Federico II)
Vision based GPS-denied Object Tracking and Following for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles by Jesús Pestana Puerta (CVG (CAR, CSIC-UPM, Spain)) José Luis Sanchez-Lopez (CVG (CAR, CSIC-UPM, Spain)) Srikanth Saripalli (Arizona State University) Pascual Campoy (CVG (CAR, CSIC-UPM, Spain))

Posters, Late Breaking Report and Demo Session - Thu Oct 24 14:30-16:00 - Outside Visionen

Posters

Telecom & Energy Supplying System for robots in nuclear environment by Alexandre Garreau (Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs Fr.)
Development of Rescue Vest using ICT by Tomoharu Doi (Osaka Prefecture University College of Technology) Tetsuya Kinugasa (Okayama Science University (Japan)) Masayuki Okugawa (Aichi Institute of Technology) Hitoshi Yamauchi (Okayama Prefectural University) Toshi Takamori (International Rescue System Institute) Yoshikazu Ohtsubo (Kinki University(Japan))
INTELLIGENT MOBILITY - New Approach of Robot Mobility Systems for Rescue Scenarious by Raimund Edlinger (University of Wels) Michael Zauner (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria ) Walter Rokitansky (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria )
RRTLAN - A real-time Robot Communication Protocol Stack with Multi Threading Option by Raimund Edlinger (University of Wels) Michael Zauner (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria ) Walter Rokitansky (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria )
Design of an inherently safe Worm-like Robot by Martin Eder (Informatics 6 TUM) Maximilian Karl () Felix Schultheiß () Johannes Schürmann () Alois Knoll () Stefan Riesner ()
Design and 3D Reconstruction of a Tendon-Sheath-Driven Searching and Rescuing Robot by Guangxiao Zhang (Southeast University) Xingsong Wang ()
Suspicious motion patterns detection and tracking in crowded scenes by Mohand Saïd Djouadi (Ecole Militaire Polytechnique ) Amar Elmaadi (Ecole Militaire Polytechnique)
AGILITY – Dynamic Full Body Locomotion and Manipulation with Autonomous Legged Robots by Marco Hutter (ETH Zurich) Michael Bloesch (ETH Zurich) Jonas Buchli (ETH Zurich) Claudio Semini (IIT ) Stephane Bazeille (IIT) Ludovic Righett (MPI) Jeannette Bohg (MPI)
Fusion of Thermal Imaging and CCD Camera-based Data for Stereovision Visual Telepresence by Ludek Zalud (Brno University of Technology) Petra Kocmanova (Brno University of Technology)
On Field Gesture-based Human-Robot Interface for Emergency Responders by Francesca De Cillis (university Campus Biomedico of Rome) Gabriele Oliva () Federica Pascucci (Universita degli Studi Roma Tr) Roberto Setola () Marco Tesei (university Campus Biomedico of Rome, Italy)
Mission Instruction Interpretation Module for Autonomous UAV based on JAUS by Sara Parrilli (CIRA) Domenico Pascarella () Gianpaolo Romano ()
An Evaluation of 2D SLAM Techniques Available in Robot Operating System by João Machado Santos (Institute of Systems and Robotics (ISR), University of Coimbra (UC)) David Portugal (Institute of Systems and Robotics - University of Coimbra) Rui Rocha (University of Coimbra)
Hybrid Head Mounted/Surround Display for Telexistence/Telepresence and Behavior Navigation by Eimei Oyama (AIST) Naoji Shiroma (Ibaragi University (Japan)) Niwa Masataka (Osaka University) Norifumi Watanabe (Tokyo University of Engineering) Takashi Omori (Tamagawa University) Natsuo Suzuki (Tamagawa University)
Development of a Search and Rescue field Robotic Assistant [Shashank Govindaraj] by Alex Kozlov (Space Applications Services) Jeremi Gancet (Space Applications Services N.) Pierre Letier (Space Applications Services) Yashodhan Nevatia (Space Applications Services) Guido Schillaci (Humboldt University Berlin) Benjamin Fonooni (Umea University) Thomas Hellstrom (Umea University) Verena Hafner (Humboldt University Berlin)
Attitude Representation for Precise 3D Terrain Mapping with Autonomous Unmanned Helicopter by Hiroaki Nakanishi (Kyoto University, Japan) Sayaka Kanata (Osaka Prefecture University) Tetsuo Sawaragi (Kyoto University)
The DARPA Virtual Robotics Challenge Experience, From ROBIL's team dexterity group perspective by Nir Levi (Ben Gurion University) Gregory Kovelman (Ben Gurion University) Amit Geynis (Ben Gurion University) Avishai Sintov (Ben Gurion Univerity) Amir Shapiro (Ben Gurion University)

Late Breaking Reports

Comparison of Different Control Methods for Mobile Manipulation using Standardized Tests by Bernd Brueggemann (Fraunhofer Fkie) Bastian Gaspers (Fraunhofer FKIE) Andreas Ciossek () Johannes Pellenz () Nico Kroll ()
Conceptual Design of a Modular Snake Origami Robot by Laura Paez (KM-RoBoTa) Maritza Granados (Universidad Javeriana) Kamilo Melo (KM-RoBoTa)
Exploration and Mapping of Catacombs with Mobile Robots by Vittorio Ziparo (Algorithmica Srl) Marco Zaratti (Algorithmica Srl) Giorgio Grisetti (Sapienza University of Rome) Taigo Bonanni (Sapienza University of Rome) Jacopo Serafin (Sapienza University of Rome) Maurilio Di Cicco (Sapienza University of Rome) Marc Proesmans (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) Luc van Gool (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) Olga Vysotska (University of Freiburg) Igor Bogoslavskyi (University of Freiburg) Cyrill Stachniss ()
Ground and Aerial Robots as an Aid to Alpine Search and Rescue: Initial SHERPA Outcomes by Lorenzo Marconi (University of Bologna) Stefan Leutenegger (ETH Zurich) Simon Lynen (ETH Zurich) Margarita Chli (ETH Zurich) Michael Burri (ETH Zurich) Roberto Naldi (DEI - University of Bologna) Claudio Melchiorri (University of Bologna)
Overview of Team ViGIR’s Approach to the Virtual Robotics Challenge by Stefan Kohlbrecher () David Conner (TORC Robotics) Alberto Romay (TU Darmstadt) Felipe Bacim (Center for Human-Computer Interaction, Virginia Tech, United States) Doug Bowman (Center for Human-Computer Interaction, Virginia Tech, United States) Oskar von Stryk (TU Darmstadt)
Probabilistic Logic for Multi-Robot Event Recognition by J Angelo Gurzoni Jr (University of Sao Paulo) Paulo Santos (FEI) Murilo Martins (Centro Universitário da FEI) Fabio Cozman (University of Sao Paulo)

Demos

Aerial Leashing with an AR.Drone 2.0 by Jesús Pestana Puerta (CAR, CSIC-UPM, Spain), José Luis Sanchez-Lopez (CAR, CSIC-UPM, Spain), Srikanth Saripalli (Arizona State University) and Pascual Campoy (CAR, CSIC-UPM, Spain)
The Modular Snake Robot Lola-OP by Kamilo Melo (KM-RoBoTa)
The Modular Snake Simulator by Kamilo Melo (KM-RoBoTa)

Session 3A (Search and Rescue) - Thu Oct 24 16:00-17:30 - Visionen

The ICARUS Project - Command, Control and Intelligence (C2I) by Shashank Govindaraj (Space Applications Services) Keshav Chintamani (Space Applications Services) Jeremi Gancet (Space Applications Services N.) Pierre Letier (Space Applications Services) Boris van Lierde (Space Applications Services) Yashodhan Nevatia (Space Applications Services) Geert De Cubber () Daniel Serrano (ASCAMM) Janusz Bedkowski (IMM) Christopher Armbrust (UKL) Jose Sanchez (Integrasys) Antonio Coelho (University of Porto) Miguel Esbri Palomares (ATOS) Iratxe Orbe (EstudioGis)
Coverage Search in 3D by Christian Dornhege (University of Freiburg) Alexander Kleiner (Linköping University) Andreas Kolling (University of Sheffield)
SEAL Pack: Versatile, Portable, and Rapidly Deployable SEa, Air, and Land Vehicle by Matthew Piccoli (University of Pennsylvania) Shai Revzen () Mark Yim ()
A Community-Driven Roadmap for the Adoption of Safety Security and Rescue Robots by Robin Murphy (Texas A&M) Alexander Kleiner (Linköping University)

Session 3B (Robots 2) - Thu Oct 24 16:00-17:30 - Signalen

Model Parameter Estimation of Humanoid Robots using Static Contact Force Measurements by Jos Baelemans () Pieter Van Zutven (TU/e) Henk Nijmeijer ()
A Thin Electroadhesive Inchworm Climbing Robot Driven by an Electrostatic Film Actuator for Inspection in a Narrow Gap by Hongqiang WANG (The University of Tokyo) Akio YAMAMOTO (The University of Tokyo)
Warning System for Crawler-Type Mobile Robot with Passive Sub-Crawler by Soichiro Suzuki (Aichi Institute of technology) Satoshi Hasegawa (Aichi Institute of technology) Masayuki Okugawa (Aichi Institute of Technology)
Opening Doors with a Mobile Manipulator without Force-Torque Feedback by Bastian Gaspers (Fraunhofer FKIE) Jochen Welle (Fraunhofer FKIE) Dirk Schulz (Fraunhofer FKIE)

Panel: Coordination of Research on Security and Rescue Robotics - Thu Oct 24 17:30-18:30 - Visionen

In the current research programmes, EU and national governments are investing a substantial amount of money into the development of security and rescue robots, leading to the existence of numerous research projects in these fields. The objective of this panel is to seek possible synergies between these research projects in order to optimize the use of resources.

Friday October 25

Keynote - Fri Oct 25 9:00-10:00 - Vallfarten Lecture Hall

Maria Gini, University of Minnesota, USA
Exploiting spatial locality and heterogeneity of agents for search and rescue teamwork

Session 4A (Navigation 1) - Fri Oct 25 10:30-12:00 - Vallfarten Lecture Hall

An Exploration-based Approach to Terrain Traversability Assessment for a Walking Robot by Dominik Belter (Poznan University of Technolog) Przemyslaw Labecki (Poznan University of Technology) Piotr Skrzypczynski (Poznan University of Technology)
LIDAR and Stereo Imagery Integration for Safe Navigation in Outdoor Settings by Giulio Reina (University of Salento) Annalisa Milella (CNR-ISSIA) Werner Halft (Fraunhofer IAIS) Rainer Worst (Fraunhofer IAIS)
Terrain Traversability in Rescue Environments by Bruno Cafaro (ALCOR Lab University of Rome) Mario Gianni (Sapienza Universita di Roma) Fiora Pirri (La Sapienza) Manuel Ruiz ("Sapienza" University of Rome) Arnab Sinha (Sapienza Universita di Roma)
An Augmented Reality approach for trajectory planning and control of tracked vehicles in rescue environments by Mario Gianni (Sapienza Universita di Roma) Gianpaolo Gonnelli () Arnab Sinha (Sapienza Universita di Roma) Matteo Menna () Fiora Pirri (La Sapienza)

Session 4B (Applications 1) - Fri Oct 25 10:30-12:00 - Vallfarten Meeting Room

The AVERT project: Autonomous Vehicle Emergency Recovery Tool by Angelos Amanatiadis (Democritus Univ. of Thrace)
Evaluation of Sensors and Mapping Approaches for Disasters in Tunnels by Max Leingartner (Graz University of Technology) Johannes Maurer (Graz University of Technology) Gerald Steinbauer (Graz University of Technology) Alexander Ferrein (FH Aachen - University of Applied Sciences)
Application of Hearing Sense Assistance System to Three-dimensional Rescue Manipulator and Demonstration of Its Effectiveness by MOTOKI MIZUTANI (Hosei　Univ.) Kazuyuki Ito (Hosei University, Japan)
Multi-Sensor Fusion and Classification with Mobile Robots for Situation Awareness in Urban Search and Rescue using ROS by Nuno Ferreira (Institute of Systems and Robotics, University of Coimbra) Micael Couceiro (Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica - University of Coimbra) André Araújo (Institute of Systems and Robotics, University of Coimbra) Rui Rocha (University of Coimbra)

Keynote - Fri Oct 25 13:00-14:00 - Vallfarten Lecture Hall

Claudio Melchiorri, Club Alpino Italiano and University of Bologna, Italy
Application of Robotic Technologies to Mountain Rescue

AIICS UAV Demonstration - Fri Oct 25 14:30-15:30 - Terra

Social Event and Dinner in Norrköping

Keynote - Fri Oct 25 20:00-20:30 in Norrköping

Markus Kuchler, Ericsson Response, Sweden
Ericsson Response

Saturday October 26

Keynote - Sat Oct 26 9:00-10:00 - Visionen

Paul Scerri, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), USA
Low-Cost Robotic Airboats for Information Collection

Session 5A (Applications 2) - Sat Oct 26 10:30-12:00 - Visionen

Volcanic Ash Observation in Active Volcano Areas using Teleoperated Mobile Robots -- Introduction to Our Robotic-Volcano-Observation Project and Field Experiments -- by Keiji Nagatani (Tohoku University, Japan) Ken Akiyama (Tohoku University) Genki Yamauchi (Tohoku University) Hikaru Otsuka (Tohoku University) Takuma Nakamura (Tohoku University) Seiga Kiribayashi (Tohoku University) Kazuya Yoshida (Tohoku University) Yasushi Hada () Shin'ichi Yuta () Kenichi Fujino () Tomoyuki Izu () Randy Mackay ()
Performance Guarantees for C-WMD Robot Missions by Shu Jiang (Georgia Inst. of Technology) Ronald Arkin (Georgia Institute of Technology) Damian Lyons (Fordham University) Tsung-Ming Liu (Fordham University) Dagan Harrington (Fordham University)
UAV/UGV cooperation for surveying operations in humanitarian demining by Luciano Cantelli () Michele Mangiameli () Carmelo Melita () Giovanni Muscato (DIEEI University of CATANIA)
RESPOND-R Test Instrument A Summer Institute 2013 Case Study [Brittany Duncan] by Brandon Shrewsbury (Texas A&M University) Zack Henkel (Texas A&M University) Chang-Young Kim (Texas A&M University) Robin Murphy (Texas A&M)

Session 5B (Navigation 2) - Sat Oct 26 10:30-12:00 - John von Neumann

Velocity estimation of an UAV using visual and IMU data in a GPS-denied environment by Rafik Mebarki (University of Naples Feder. II) Jonathan Cacace (University of Naples) Vincenzo Lippiello (Universita' di Napoli Federico II)
Tangential Closest Gap Based (TCG) Reactive Obstacle Avoidance Navigation for Cluttered Environments by Muhannad Mujahed (GET Lab, Universität Paderborn) Hussein Jaddu (Al-Quds University, Palestine) Dirk Fischer (GET-Lab, Universität Paderborn) Bärbel Mertsching (GET-Lab, Universität Paderborn)
Trajectory Planning for Surface Following with a Manipulator under RGB-D Visual Guidance by Danial Nakhaeinia (University of Ottawa) Raouf Fareh (University of Ottawa) Pierre Payeur (University of Ottawa) Robert Laganière (Université of Ottawa)
Multi-Resolution Surfel Mapping and Real-Time Pose Tracking using a Continuously Rotating 2D Laser Scanner by Mark Schadler (Bonn University) Jörg Stückler () Sven Behnke ()

Session 6A (Robots 3) - Sat Oct 26 13:00-14:30 - Visionen

Haptic teleoperation of mobile robots for augmentation of operator perception in environments with low-wireless signal by Alexander Owen-Hill (Universidad Poletécnica de Mad) Ramviyas Parasuraman (CERN) Manuel Ferre (Universidad Poletécnica de Madrid)
Interactive Remote Robot Operation Framework for Rescue Robot by YongDeuk Shin (KITECH) JaeHan Park (KITECH) GaRam Jang (KITECH) JaeShik Yoon (KITECH) MoonHong Baeg (KITECH)
Toward the Automatic Detection of Access Holes in Disaster Rubble by Christopher Kong (Ryerson University) Alex Ferworn () Jimmy Tran () Elliott Coleshill (Ryerson University) Konstantinos Derpanis (Ryerson University) Scott Herman (Ryerson University)
Run the Robot Backward: Lessons Learned in Nuclear Forensics by Dexter Duckworth (Mississippi State) Brandon Shrewsbury (Texas A&M University) Robin Murphy (Texas A&M)

Session 6B (Exploration) - Sat Oct 26 13:00-14:30 - John von Neumann

Visual Coverage Using Autonomous Mobile Robots for Search and Rescue Applications by Alessio Del Bue (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia) Marco Tamassia (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia) Fabio Signorini (Universita' di Verona) Vittorio Murino (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia) Alessandro Farinelli (Universita' di Verona)
Autonomous Risk-Aware Exploration by Johannes Maurer (Graz University of Technology) Gerald Steinbauer (Graz University of Technology)
Frontier-based Exploration for Unknown Environments Using Incremental Triangulation by Amna AlDahak (Khalifa University) lakmal Seneviratne (Khalifa University of Science, Technology & Research (KUSTAR)) Jorge Dias (Khalifa University of Science, Technology & Research (KUSTAR))
Semi-Autonomous Exploration with Robot Teams in Urban Search and Rescue by Julio Vilela (University of Toronto) YUGANG LIU (University of Toronto) Goldie Nejat (University of Toronto)