Interactive Collaborative Robotics Second International Conference, ICR 2017, Hatfield, UK, September 12-16, 2017, Proceedings

• Main Authors: Ronzhin, Andrey, Rigoll, Gerhard, Meshcheryakov, Roman
• Format: eBook Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer Nature 2017; Springer International Publishing AG; Springer International Publishing
• Edition: 1
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Subjects: Artificial Intelligence; Computer Science; Computers and Society; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics; Human-robot interaction; Human-robot interaction-Congresses; Image Processing and Computer Vision; Special computer methods; Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction
• ISBN: 3319664719; 9783319664712; 3319664700; 9783319664705
• ISSN: 0302-9743; 1611-3349
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-66471-2

This book constitutes the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Robotics, ICR 2017, held in Hatfield, UK, in September 2017, as a satellite event of the 19th International Conference on Speech and Computer, SPECOM 2017.The 30 papers presented in this volume...

Table of Contents:

• Intro -- Preface -- Organization -- Contents -- Applying MAPP Algorithm for Cooperative Path Finding in Urban Environments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Formal Statement -- 3 Methods and Algorithms -- 4 Algorithm MAPP -- 5 Experimental Evaluation -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Real-Time Removing of Outliers and Noise in 3D Point Clouds Applied in Robotic Applications -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Works -- 3 Overview of Our Method -- 3.1 Framework Overview -- 3.2 Removing 3D Point Cloud Outliers -- 3.3 Triangulation Based on k-NN -- 3.4 3D Mesh Denoising Using Bilateral Filtering -- 4 Experimental Analysis and Results -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Emotion Recognition System for Human-Robot Interface: Comparison of Two Approaches -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Classification -- 3.1 Feature-Based Classifier -- 3.2 Neural Network Classifier -- 4 Experimental Results and Discussion -- 5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Comparsion of Feature Extraction Methods for Finding Similar Images -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 2.1 Convolutional Neural Network -- 2.2 Colour Histograms -- 2.3 Histogram of Oriented Gradients -- 2.4 Local Binary Patterns -- 2.5 Fast Library for Approximate Nearest Neighbours -- 3 Experiments -- 3.1 Dataset -- 3.2 Using AlexNet -- 3.3 Using Colour Histograms -- 3.4 Using Histograms of Oriented Gradients -- 3.5 Using Local Binary Patterns -- 3.6 Evaluation -- 4 Experimental Results -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Empowerment as a Generic Utility Function for Agents in a Simple Team Sport Simulation -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Empowerment -- 1.2 Team Empowerment -- 2 Model -- 2.1 Ultimate Frisbee -- 2.2 Basic Tactics -- 2.3 Intrinsic Motivation -- 2.4 Representation -- 2.5 Player Precedence for Catching and Collisions -- 3 Calculating Empowerment -- 3.1 Empowerment from Movement
• 2 The Usage of Service Robots During Maintaining Habitability of a Lunar Base -- 3 Application of Scenarios for a Robot-Assistant Activity Related to 24-h Schedules of Crew Work -- 4 Theoretical and Methodological Basis for Use "Image Schemes" for AAC -- 5 Proposed Framework -- 6 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- An Application of Computer Vision Systems to Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Autolanding -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Computer Vision Aided Autolanding System -- 3 Marker Usage -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- About Approach of the Transactions Flow to Poisson One in Robot Control Systems -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Quantitative Estimations of Approximation Degree of Transaction Flows to Poisson One -- 3 Criterion, Based on "Competition" Analysis -- 4 Example -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Modified Spline-Based Navigation: Guaranteed Safety for Obstacle Avoidance -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Original Spline-Based Navigation Algorithm Drawbacks -- 3 Voronoi Graph Based Solution with Integrated Safety -- 3.1 Minimal Distance from Obstacles Criterion -- 3.2 Selecting a Path with Voronoi Graph -- 4 Simulation Results -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Integration of Corporate Electronic Services into a Smart Space Using Temporal Logic of Actions -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Problem Statement -- 3 Scenario Models -- 4 Implementation -- 5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Improving Dependability of Reconfigurable Robotic Control System -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Reconfigurable ICS with Performance Redundancy -- 3 Configuration Forming Problem -- 4 A Dependability Improvement Approach -- 5 Simulation Results and Discussion -- 6 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Recognition of Indoors Activity Sounds for Robot-Based Home Monitoring in Assisted Living Environments -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction
• Crossover of Affective Artificial Intelligence Between Robotics Simulator and Games -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Implementation of Emotional Intelligence in Serious Games -- 2.1 User Scenario -- 3 Development of Emotional Intelligence -- 3.1 Emotional Modeling in the Game Engine -- 3.1.1 Affective State -- 3.1.2 Modeling the Affective State -- 3.1.3 Affective State Transition -- 3.1.4 Artificial Endocrine System -- 4 Experimental Results -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Animal Robot as Augmentative Strategy to Elevate Mood: A Preliminary Study for Post-stroke Depression -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Post-stroke Depression -- 1.2 Animal Robots as Therapy Medium -- 1.3 Multi-disciplinary Rehabilitation Centre -- 2 PARO the Baby Seal Robot -- 2.1 PARO Technical Specifications and Behaviour -- 2.2 PARO's Role to Help Manage Depression -- 3 Robot as Therapy Medium for Post-stroke Depression -- 3.1 Experimental Protocol -- 3.2 Subject -- 3.3 Method of Interaction -- 3.4 Video Processing Using OpenCV -- 4 Results and Discussion -- 4.1 Results of Screening Evaluations -- 4.2 Results of Video Processing -- 4.3 Overall Observation -- 5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Robot-Assistant Behaviour Analysis for Robot-Child Interactions -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- 2.1 Survey of Child - Robot Interaction Projects -- 2.2 Aldebaran Robotics Nao -- 3 Methods of Experiments and Interviews of Preschool Children -- 4 Interaction Scenarios and Experiments -- 5 Experiment Analysis -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Context-Based Coalition Creation in Human-Robot Systems: Approach and Case Study -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Context-Based Coalition Creation -- 4 Case Study -- 5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Analysis of Overlapping Speech and Emotions for Interaction Quality Estimation
• 2 Recognition of Indoors Human Activity Sounds -- 3 Experimental Setup -- 3.1 Audio Data -- 3.2 Audio Feature Extraction -- 3.3 Classification -- 4 Experimental Results -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Stationary Device for Drone Detection in Urban Areas -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 System Overview -- 3.1 Flying Object Detection -- 4 Results -- 5 Conclusion and Future Work -- References -- Detecting Distracted Driving with Deep Learning -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Distracted Driving -- 3 Previous Work -- 4 Our Deep Learning Solution -- 4.1 Model A: The Baseline Convolutional Neural Network -- 4.2 Model B: CNN Enhanced with Triplet Loss -- 5 Experiments and Results -- 5.1 Dataset -- 5.2 Experimental Results -- 5.3 Kaggle Scores -- 6 Conclusion and Future Works -- References -- An Advanced Human-Robot Interaction Interface for Teaching Collaborative Robots New Assembly Tasks -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Related Work -- 2 Overall Architecture -- 3 Implementation of the Interface -- 3.1 Teaching Phase -- 3.2 Design Phase -- 3.3 Training Phase -- 3.4 Simulation -- 3.5 Perception -- 4 Experiments and Evaluation -- 5 Conclusion and Future Work -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Mobile VR Headset Usability Evaluation of 2D and 3D Panoramic Views Captured with Different Cameras -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Panorama Acquisition and Visualization -- 2.1 3D Panorama Using Google Cardboard Camera App (GCCA) -- 2.2 3D Panorama Using Fuji 3D W3 Camera -- 2.3 2D Panorama Using Fuji 3D W3 Camera -- 2.4 2D Panorama Using Ricoh Theta S Camera -- 2.5 2D Panorama Using Flylink Camera -- 3 Usability Evaluation Procedure -- 4 Results -- 4.1 Depth Impression -- 4.2 Presence -- 4.3 Realism -- 4.4 Sharpness -- 4.5 Distance Evaluation -- 5 Discussion -- 6 Conclusion -- References
• 1 Introduction
• 3.2 Empowerment from Throwing the Disc -- 3.3 Team Empowerment -- 3.4 Implementation of the Model -- 4 Experiments and Results -- 4.1 Finding Space -- 4.2 Retrieving the Disc -- 4.3 Passing -- 4.4 Interceptions -- 5 Discussion -- 6 Future Work -- References -- Survey of Modular Robots and Developed Embedded Devices for Constructive and Computing Components -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Analysis of Modern Modular Robots -- 3 Onboard Means for Modular Robotics -- 4 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Context-Awared Models in Time-Continuous Multidimensional Affect Recognition -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Data Preprocessing -- 4 Methodology -- 5 Experimental Results -- 6 Conclusions and Future Work -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Facing Face Recognition with ResNet: Round One -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Dataset -- 4 Method -- 5 Experiments and Results -- 5.1 Classification of the Closed Subset -- 5.2 Classification of the Open Subset -- 6 Conclusion and Future Work -- References -- Footstep Planner Algorithm for a Lower Limb Exoskeleton Climbing Stairs -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Exoskeleton Description -- 3 Supporting Surface Partial Decomposition Algorithm -- 4 Quadratic Programming-Based Footstep Planning Algorithm -- 5 Simulation Results -- 6 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Synthesis of the Behavior Plan for Group of Robots with Sign Based World Model -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Problem Statement -- 3 Related Works -- 4 Method and MultiMAP Algorithm -- 4.1 Sign Based World Model -- 4.2 MultiMAP Algorithm -- 4.3 Model Example -- 5 Experiments -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Using Augmentative and Alternative Communication for Human-Robot Interaction During Maintaining Habitability of a Lunar Base -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction