FCRAR 2003 16th
Conference Proceedings Table of Contents
Day 1 Thursday 5/8/03
Session TA1:
W. Dubel, H. Gongora, K. Bechtold and D. Diaz (FIU)
An Autonomous
Firefighting Robot
B. Landon, D. Martin, J.D. Morris, M. Morris, J. Railsback and M. Spies
(FAU)
Son of Fledging, FAUs Second Walking
Robot
J. Reinhart, V. Khandwala, T.
Shah, F. Angus, J. Burford, J. Young, L. Ross, R. Delica, B. Lynch and R.
Pollard (FAU)
Design and Implementation of Fully
Autonomous Fire-Fighting Robot for a Small House Model
A. Simon and M. Adjouadi (FIU)
J. Blanch and S. Tosunoglu (FIU)
RC-Servo
and IR-Sensor Control on Mobile Platforms
Session TA2: Control Systems
A. Zadegan and A. Zilouchian (FAU)
Model Reduction of Large-scale Systems Using
Perturbed Frequency Domain Balanced Structure
C. Popescu, Y. Wang and H. Zhuang (FAU)
Stability of Delayed Networked
Nonlinear systems
K. Walchko, D. Novick and M. Nechyba (UF)
Development of a Sliding Mode Control
System with Extended Kalman Filter Estimation for Subjugator
J. Plew, A. Arroyo and E. Schwartz (UF)
Advances in the Application of
the Evolvable Hardware Method to Autonomous Robot Design
Session TA3: Autonomous Vehicles
J. Grzywna, J. Plew, M. Nechyba and P. Ifju (UF)
Enabling Autonomous MAV
Flight
I. Le Goff and A. Leonessa (FAU)
K. Walchko, M. Nechyba, E. Schwartz and A. Arroyo (UF)
Embedded Low Cost Inertial
Navigation System
A. Leonessa, Y. Morel, M. Vidal and J. Mandello (FAU)
Design of a Small
Multi-Purpose Autonomous Surface Vehicle
C. Frey, L. Buist, A. Kay and S. Wood (FIT)
W. MacKunis and D. Raviv (FAU)
A Simplistic Approach to Reactive Multi-Robot
Navigation in Unknown Environments
Session TA4: Kinematics and
Dynamics
B. Zhang and C. Crane (UF)
Development of a
Passive Parallel Platform for Force Control Applications
R. Roberts and T. Shirey (FAMU-FSU)
Hybrid Connections of Simple
Compliances
M. Marshall and C. Crane (UF)
Analysis of a Hybrid
Tensegrity-Based Parallel Platform Device
S. Ridgeway and C. Crane (UF)
Optimized Kinematics of a 6-6
Parallel Mechanism Considering Position and Orientation Errors
C. Santos-Merino and S. Tosunoglu (FIU)
Gait design and Balance of a Modular Robot
D. Rincon and J. Sotelo (FIU)
Simulation and Optimization for
Inchworm Like Robot Locomotion
Session TP1: Vision 1
D. MacArthur, E. Zawodny, M. Nechyba and C. Crane (UF)
A Robust Boundary Line
Extraction Algorithm
J. Martiney, U. Rodriguez and M. Nechyba (UF)
An Automated Implementation of Beamlets to
Classify Frames of Triggered Lightning
S. Darmanjian, A. Arroyo and E. Schwartz (UF)
An Alternative
Real-Time Image Processing Tool
D. Antolovic (
The Skeyeball
Tracking Project
Session TP2: Soft Computing
S. Darmanjian, S. Kim, M.
Nechyba, S. Morrison, J. Principe (UF), J. Wessberg and M. Nicolelis (
Bimodal Brain-Machine
Interface for Motor Control of Robotic Prosthetic
T. Landrin and A. Zilouchian (FAU)
Implementation
of IIR Digital Filters with LabVIEW Using Neural Networks
Y. Zhao and E. Collins (FAMU-FSU)
Fuzzy Logic Control of
Autonomous Vehicles for parallel Parking Maneuver
H. Zhuang, S. Wongsoontorn and Y. Zhao (FAU)
A Fuzzy-Logic Based
Trust Model and its Optimization for e-Commerce
Session TP3: Teleoperation and Telerobotics
J. Cui and S. Tosunoglu (FIU), R.
Roberts and C. Moore (FAMU-FSU) and D. Repperger (Air Force research
Laboratory, WPAFB,
A
Review of Teleoperation System Control
L. Miller, D. Rodriguez , K.
Allen, , M. Makeev, J. Plew, M. Moore and E. Schwartz (UF)
Firebot: Design of an
Autonomous Fire Fighting Robot
Session TP4: Education
D. Raviv (FAU)
Learning
Systematic Problem Solving: Case Studies
I. Arroyo, A. Arroyo and E. Schwartz (UF)
The Integration of Robotics in Grade School
to Promote Interest in Math and Science
Session TP5: Robot Design for Special Applications
D. Cox (UNF)
Recent Advances on the Design of a
Pool-Playing Robot
J. Martiney and A. Arroyo (UF)
(T)ango (R)omeo (O)scar (Y)ankee: A
Talking Representation of Yourself
R. Chandler, A. Arroyo, M. Nechyba and E. Schwartz (UF)
Robot Navigation and
Textural Analysis
A. Jain, A. Arroyo, E. Schwartz and M. Nechyba (UF)
Our First Robot Soccer Player:
Pele2
E. Martinson, M. Miller and S.
Wasi (FAU)
D. Schoenfeld, J. Tulenko, J. Kurtz and M. Keefe (UF)
Wireless Communications for
Robotics in Radiation Environments
Day 2,
Session FA1: Sensors, Sensory Data Integration and
Instrumentation
D. Sadhukhan and C. Moore (FAMU-FSU)
On-Line Terrain Estimation
Using Internal Sensors
O. Masory (FAU), J. Benoit (IFMA,
France), B. Wright (Palm Beach Sheriff Office and W. Bartlett (Mech. Forensics
Eng. Serv., LLC)
Data
Extraction from Sensory Data Obtained During Driving in Closed Course
T. Choi, M. Nechyba, E. Schwartz and A. Arroyo (UF)
D. Schoenfeld, J. Tulenko and J. Wang (UF)
A Radiation-Hardened Encoder for
Robotics in Radiation Environments
Session FA2: Vision 2
J. Anderson, M. Nechyba, A. Arroyo and E. Schwartz (UF)
Using a Bayes
Classifier to Draw the First Down Line on a Football Field
V. Trinh, E. Schwartz, A. Arroyo and M. Nechyba(UF)
A Color
Detection Method for Introductory Robotics
S. Todorovic, M. Nechyba and A. Arroyo (UF)
Image Multiresolution Discriminant
Analysis for Vision-Guided Stability of Micro Air Vehicles
A. Silverman, L. Jimenez, M. Nechyba, A. Arroyo and E. Schwartz (UF)
Hand Writing Recognition
System for Musical Notes
Session FA3: Multi-Agent Robotics
M. Selekwa and E. Collins (FAMU-FSU)
Intelligent Fuzzy
Behavior Robotics
K. Puthur and C. Crane (UF)
Controlled Deployment of a Self-Deployable Tensegrity Structure
L. Zamstein, M. Nechyba and A. Arroyo
(UF)
Text Character
Recognition: Identification of Hebrew Letters
A. Arroyo (UF)
A Prototype Natural
Language Processing System for Small Autonomous Agents
R. Panez, M. Makeev, A. Arroyo and E. Schwartz (UF)
A Centralized Associative
Behavioral Robotic System
Session FA4: Underactuated Systems and Robot Control
A. Jayakaran and C. Crane (UF)
Enhanced Trailer Backing
and Control
C. Popescu, Y. Wang and Z. Roth (FAU)
Passivity Based Control of
Spring Coupled Underactuated Horizontal Double Pendulum
J. Clerc and G. Wiens (UF)
Design of Reconfigurable
Multi-Agent Robots for Urban reconnaissance
Y. Morel and A. Leonessa (FAU)
Z. Qu and J. Wang (UCF), C.
Plaisted (Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control,
A New Analytical
Solution to Mobile Robot Trajectory Generation in the Presence of Moving
Obstacles
We gratefully acknowledge Dr. Stevens (FAU Dean of
Engineering) and the FAU College of Engineering for sponsoring the event.