Research and Education in Robotics — EUROBOT 2008

1. Adaptive Robot to Person Encounter by Motion Patterns
Hans Jørgen Andersen, Thomas Bak, Mikael Svenstrup

2. Design of Multi-segment Humanoid Robot Foot
Branislav Borovac, Sinisa Slavnic

3. Software-Hardware Mapping in a Robot Design
Pavol Jusko, David Obdrzalek, Tomas Petrusek

4. The Huggable Robot Probo, a Multi-disciplinary Research Platform
Kristof Goris, Jelle Saldien, Innes Vanderniepen, Dirk Lefeber

5. Comparison of PID and Fuzzy Logic Controllers in Humanoid Robot Control of Small Disturbances
Miomir Vukobratović, Branislav Borovac, Mirko Raković

6. A Java-Based Framework for the Programming of Distributed Systems for Mobile Robots
Daniel Westhoff, Hagen Stanek

7. Wheeeler – Hypermobile Robot
Grzegorz Granosik, Krzysztof Mianowski, Michał Pytasz

8. The qfix Robot Kits
Stefan Enderle

9. Pilot Study of Person Robot Interaction in a Public Transit Space
Mikael Svenstrup, Thomas Bak, Ouri Maler, Hans Jørgen Andersen, Ole B. Jensen

10. A Mobile Robot for EUROBOT Mars Challenge
Tomáš Krajník, Jan Chudoba, Ondřej Fišer

11. The Fly Algorithm for Robot Navigation
Rodrigo Montúfar-Chaveznava, Mónica Pérez-Meza, Ivette Caldelas

12. Scarabaeus: A Walking Robot Applicable to Sample Return Missions
Sebastian Bartsch, Steffen Planthaber

13. Cybertech Robotic Competition
Iñaki Navarro, Ramón Galán

14. Robotics Exhibits for Science Centres. Some Prototypes
Orazio Miglino, Michela Ponticorvo, Angelo Rega, Beniamino Martino

15. Quantitative Cognitics and Agility Requirements in the Design of Cooperating Robots
Jean-Daniel Dessimoz, Pierre-François Gauthey

16. Assembly of Fuel Cells and Stacks with Robots
Peter Konold, Avdo Muminovic, Manfred Wehrheim

17. Grape – Graphical Robot Programming for Beginners
Stefan Enderle

18. Robotic Exploration of Planetary Surfaces – Rover Technologies Developed for Space Exploration
S. Klinkner, C. Lee, H. -P. Röser, G. Klingelhöfer, B. Bernhardt, I. Fleischer, D. Rodionov, M. Blumers

Keywords: Computer Science, Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design, Robotics and Automation, Pattern Recognition, Image Processing and Computer Vision, Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics, Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)