Robotics : science and systems VI / edited by Yoky Matsuoka, Hugh Durrant-Whyte, and José Neira.

"This volume contains the 40 papers presented at Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) 2010, held at the University of Zaragoza in Spain, from June 27 to June 30, 2010"--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references.

Papers from a flagship robotics conference that cover topics ranging from kinematics to human-robot interaction and robot perception.

Machine generated contents note: Biophysically Inspired Development of a Sand-Swimming Robot / Daniel I. Goldman -- Passive Torque Regulation in an Underactuated Flapping Wing Robotic Insect / R.J. Wood -- Color-Accurate Underwater Imaging Using Perceptual Adaptive Illumination / Daniela Rus -- Probabilistic Lane Estimation Using Basis Curves / Seth Teller -- Reinforcement Learning to Adjust Robot Movements to New Situations / Jan Peters -- Analysis and Control of a Dissipative Spring-Mass Hopper with Torque Actuation / Uluc Saranli -- On Motion and Force Control of Grasping Hands with Postural Synergies / A. Bicchi -- Back-drivable and Inherently Safe Mechanism for Artificial Finger / Koichi Koganezawa -- Segmentation and Unsupervised Part-based Discovery of Repetitive Objects / Roland Siegwart -- Scale Drift-Aware Large Scale Monocular SLAM / Andrew J. Davison -- Preliminary Results in Decentralized Estimation for Single-Beacon Acoustic Underwater Navigation / Ryan M. Eustice -- Non-invasive, Real-Time Method for Measuring Variable Stiffness / Antonio Bicchi -- Consistent Data Association in Multi-robot Systems with Limited Communications / Carlos Sagues -- Singularity-invariant Leg Rearrangements in Doubly-planar Stewart-Gough Platforms / Carme Torras -- On the Kinematic Design of Exoskeletons and Their Fixations with a Human Member / Guillaume Morel -- Assessing Optimal Assignment under Uncertainty: An Interval-based Algorithm / Dylan A. Shell -- LQG-MP: Optimized Path Planning for Robots with Motion Uncertainty and Imperfect State Information / Ken Goldberg -- Smooth Curvature Flexure Model: An Accurate, Low-dimensional Approach for Robot Analysis / Aaron M. Dollar -- Multi-priority Cartesian Impedance Control / Charles Wampler -- Variable Impedance Control: A Reinforcement Learning Approach / Stefan Schaal.

English.

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