Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics

Part I. Intelligent Control Systems and Optimization

1. Using Distance Graphs to Find Meaningful Levels of a Hierarchical Sequence Prior to Performing a Cluster Analysis
David Allen Olsen

2. Reconfigurable Priority Ceiling Protocol: A Safe Way to Real-Time Reconfiguration
Maroua Gasmi, Olfa Mosbahi, Mohamed Khalgui, Luis Gomes

3. Full Self-calibration of a Hand-Mounted Projector Using Structured Light
Christian S. Wieghardt, Bernardo Wagner

4. Combinatorial Optimization Approach for Feasible Low-Power and Real-Time Flexible OS Tasks
Hamza Chniter, Mohamed Khalgui, Fethi Jarray

5. Adaptive Tracking Approach of Flexible Cable Conduit-Actuated NOTES Systems for Early Gastric Cancer Treatments
Thanh Nho Do, Tegoeh Tjahjowidodo, Michael Wai Shing Lau, Soo Jay Phee

6. Collectives of Term Weighting Methods for Natural Language Call Routing
Roman Sergienko, Tatiana Gasanova, Eugene Semenkin, Wolfgang Minker

7. Evaluating Template Uniqueness in ECG Biometrics
Carlos Carreiras, André Lourenço, Hugo Silva, Ana Fred, Rui Ferreira

Part II. Robotics and Automation

8. Soil Identification and Control-Parameter Estimation for Optimal Driving of Wheeled Robots on Rough Terrain
Jayoung Kim, Jihong Lee

9. Real-Time Implementation of Pursuit-Evasion Games Between Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Alexander Alexopoulos, Tobias Schmidt, Essameddin Badreddin

10. Design of a Stable Controller for the Climbing Robot CREA
Atabak Nejadfard, Steffen Schütz, Daniel Schmidt, Karsten Berns

11. Hierarchic Interactive Path Planning in Virtual Reality
Simon Cailhol, Philippe Fillatreau, Yingshen Zhao, Jean-Yves Fourquet

12. Short-Term Map Based Detection and Tracking of Moving Objects with 3D Laser on a Vehicle
Josip Ćesić, Ivan Marković, Srećko Jurić-Kavelj, Ivan Petrović

13. On the Usage of General-Purpose Compression Techniques for the Optimization of Inter-robot Communication
Gonçalo S. Martins, David Portugal, Rui P. Rocha

14. Proxy-Based Sliding Mode Control of Compliant Joint Manipulators
Navvab Kashiri, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Michäel Damme, Bram Vanderborght, Darwin G. Caldwell

Part III. Signal Processing, Sensors, Systems Modelling and Control

15. Contactless Torque/Speed Sensing Module with Digital Signal Processing Circuit
Chi-Ting Yeh, Nan-Chyuan Tsai, Hsin-Lin Chiu, Chung-Yang Sue

16. Bio-inspired Technical Vibrissae for Quasi-static Profile Scanning
Christoph Will, Joachim Steigenberger, Carsten Behn

17. Design of Time-Varying Sliding Mode Controller for a Trajectory Tracking Problem of Nonlinear Systems
Yasuhiko Mutoh, Nao Kogure

18. Erratum to: Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics
Joaquim Filipe, Oleg Gusikhin, Kurosh Madani, Jurek Sasiadek

Keywords: Engineering, Control, Robotics and Automation, Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)