Robotics and Automation

Opening at NASA-JPL in robot learning, cognition and decision making

2010-05-01T22:26:00.001-07:00

The Advanced Robotic Control (ARC) Group, part of the Robotics and Mobility Section at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California
http://www-robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/groups/index.cfm
welcomes applications for PhD-level research in robot learning, cognition and decision making.

The group performs research and develops technologies that increase robot autonomy and improve human efficiency in controlling multiple robots.

More specific, research includes the development of new concepts, algorithms, architectures and SW in one or more areas of autonomous decision-making and control, specifically in:
- Mobility Algorithms, planning and navigation for underwater, surface and aerial robotic platforms (3D, constraint, uncertain)
- Distributed reasoning and optimal control for multi-robots/multi-piece/

hybrids (cooperative, reconfigurable/etc)
- Robot intelligence and behavior control
- Robot learning, cognition and decision making
- Human-robot interfaces and controls using biological signals

Required: Degree in Robotics, CS, EE or related area, highly motivated, demonstrated excellence in research, multi-disciplinary, team player.

Desired: PhD, experience with real robots, leadership skills, strong analytical/mathematical skills, record in establishing new business.

Outstanding candidates at any level of seniority are welcome to apply.

Please respond with resume, list of references, and statement of research interests, addressed to
adrian.stoica@jpl.nasa.gov

Adrian Stoica, Ph.D.
Supervisor, Advanced Robotic Controls Group
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
MS 198-219, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109
adrian.stoica@jpl.nasa.gov

CFP ROBOSEC 2010- Robots and Security, Canterbury, UK, Sept 6-7

2010-05-01T22:24:00.000-07:00

Robots and Security (ROBOSEC) Symposium will be held Sept 6-7, 2010 in Canterbury, UK, in
coordination with the International Conference on Emerging Security Technologies
(EST-2010) and the International Symposium on Learning and Adaptive Behavior in
Robotic Systems (LAB-RS 2010).

The focus of this symposium is the intersection between robotics and
security. It includes both topics related to future roles of robots for security as
well as the topics related to security and trustworthiness of robotic platforms,
which have to defend themselves against interception of their transmitted
intelligence or hostile take-over of their controls.

The symposium aims to foster discussions between specialists in robotics and
specialists in security, and share experiences from the community that has already
been working at the frontier of the two domains.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
•Trust in Robots and Unmanned Platforms
•Cyber-physical systems security
•Robotic immune systems
•Robot protection and countermeasures against intercepts and attacks
•Self-test and self-repair
•Transformers
•Miniature robots for surveillance applications
•UAVs and electronic warfare
•UAVs for surveillance and border security
•Robots in underground operations
•Security of underwater platforms
•Robotic search and rescue
•Security of robot-facilitated ad-hoc networks

Keynotes
K1: Embedded Ethics and Robotic Deception: Implications for Security
Prof Ronald C Arkin, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

K2: Secured Robot Identity
Prof Wael Adi, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany

Prospective authors are invited to submit either 6-page Full Papers describing original work,
or 2 page Extended Abstracts that present novel ideas and work in progress.
Prospective tutorial lecturers, workshop/session organizers are invited to submit a half page proposal

The conference proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society Conference
Publishing Services (CPS) and will made available through IEEE Xplore.

Important Dates
Proposals for tutorials, workshops, and special sessions: May 10, 2010
Paper submission deadline: June 1st, 2010
Author notification: June 10, 2010
Camera ready manuscript deadline: June 24, 2010
Author/Early registration: July 23, 2010

For further information please check the conference web site
www.robosec.info
or contact Symposium Chair, Dr. Adrian Stoica,
Adrian.Stoica@jpl.nasa.gov, Tel: +1 (818) 354 2190

Program Commmittee

Wael Adi, TU Braunschweig, Germany
Ron Arkin, Georgia Tech, USA
Paul Benjamin, Pace University, USA
Misty Blowers, AFRL, USA
Susan Craw, RGU, UK
Henrik Christensen, GaTech, USA
Son Dao, HRL, USA
Ioan Doroftei, TUI, Romania
Dario Floreano, EPFL, Switzerland
Paolo Fiorini, U Verona, Italy
Sue Ellen Haupt, Penn State U, USA
Daniel Howard, HSL, Qinetiq Fellow, UK
Tetsuya Higuchi, AIST Japan
Terry Huntsberger, JPL, USA
Al Kelly, CMU, USA
Tai-hoon Kim, Hannam U, Korea
Isabella Panella, Selex_Galielo, UK
Phil Philips, UK
Horia-Nicolai Teodorescu, TUI, Romania
Jim Torresen, U Oslo, Norway
Edward Tunstel, APL/JHU, USA
Tanya Vladimirova, U Surrey, UK
Svetlana Yanushkevich, U Calgary, Canada

Lecturer and postdoc jobs in Brisbane (Corke/Wyeth)

2010-05-01T22:23:00.000-07:00

QUT in Brisbane is establishing a laboratory for Robotics, Vision and Sensor Networks led by Professors Peter Corke and Gordon Wyeth. This is a significant new (2010) initiative to build research capacity at the confluence of robotics, vision, communications and bio-inspired robotics. Application areas of particular interest include monitoring the natural and built environment. We are looking for motivated early career academics and postdoctoral fellows to join us.

Through the University-wide early-career recruitment scheme we are seeking talented and motivated young academics (equivalent to US tenure track) whose research would support the areas outlined above. The early-career scheme is competitive across the University and candidates will be assessed against research track record as well as fit with University research activities. Applicants should emphasize their research alignment with the goal of the laboratory. Early career is defined as first 3 years.

In addition we have one postdoctoral fellow position.

How to apply:

https://wiki.qut.edu.au/display/cyphy/jobs

or the university recruitment site (refs 10034 and 10027)

https://qut.nga.net.au

Further information about our research is available from the laboratory’s Web site:

https://wiki.qut.edu.au/display/cyphy

VVV10 iCub Summer School Call for Participation

2010-05-01T22:22:00.000-07:00

This is a call for participation for "Veni Vidi Vici 2010",
the fifth iCub Summer School. Those who would like to
participate should email their name, affiliation, and
(if you are not a member of an iCub project) a CV to:
vvv10-admin@icub.org
no later than:
May 30th, 2010
Places are limited. Your application will be acknowledged
within two business days, and notification of placement
will be made on June 1st, 2010. If placed, you will be
expected to register and pay by June 30th. The
school website is available at:
http://www.icub.org/summerschool
Best regards,
The VVV 2010 team

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VVV 2010, the Fifth iCub Summer School

Aim:
The iCub Summer School, "Veni Vidi Vici", serves to
consolidate and disseminate skills in software engineering
for humanoid robots. Our goal is to foster long-lived
academic collaboration on robot software across the
boundaries and lifetimes of individual projects.
The iCub summer school is a peer-to-peer event; there are
no lectures, and no strict division of instructors and
students. All participants are expected to be competent
C/C++ programmers with an interest in working
with others (and an agenda of their own). The school
schedule will be organized flexibly around informal
tutorials from participants on modules they are working on
or interested in.

Format:
The school is structured as a series of hands-on practical
laboratory sessions, and informal talks. There will be real
robots to work with (including at least two full humanoids).
We will have a dedicated local network, with wireless.
Participants are expected to bring their own laptop.

Topics:
Motor control, robot design, image processing,
communication, software engineering, machine learning.

Location:
This year the school will be hosted at the Mediaterraneo
Foundation in Sestri Levante, Liguria, Italy. See the
school website for venue details. Comments on this venue
from other years -

Vincent: "Nice and creative people"+"Dedicated organizers"+
"Perfect location"+"Wonderful robot and software" = VVV08.
Thanks for this well balanced summer school.

Giacomo: Great experience! I really enjoyed accessing such
advanced robots, and working together with great guys.
The location was beautiful too.

Alexis: Such an amazing time with such wonderful people!
Interesting discussions, helpful and giving people and an
awesome location. :) Thanks everyone! It was a good time
living deeply and intensively, just what I needed! I hope to
see you again soon. Pura vida!

Timetable:
We begin the school in the morning of Monday, July 19 2010,
and finish in the evening of Wednesday, July 28 2009 (with
people leaving during Thursday, July 29 2009). Sunday the
25th will be a free day.

Cost:
The summer school registration fee is 1300 euro. This fee
includes the school itself, food, and accommodation. Rooms
are shared between two people. A single room is 300 euro
extra (and subject to availability).

Our sponsors:
This year, the school is sponsored by ITALK, a project to
develop artificial embodied agents able to acquire complex
behavioural, cognitive, and linguistic skills through
individual and social learning.
http://www.italkproject.org
In previous years, the school was funded by RobotCub, a
project to study cognition through robotics. Along the way,
this project created a completely open design for a
humanoid robot - open hardware, open software, open mind:
the iCub.
http://www.robotcub.org
http://www.icub.org

postdoc position in robot manipulation and simulation

2010-05-01T22:20:00.000-07:00

Postdoctoral Position in Robotic Manipulation and Dynamic Simulation
Laboratory for Intelligent Mechanical Systems, Northwestern University

Applications are being accepted for a postdoctoral position in dynamic
robotic manipulation. This NSF-sponsored project is studying
mechanics and simulation, motion planning, control theory, and
experimental validation of dynamically dexterous robots. The goal is
to develop theory to support automatic planning and feedback control
of dynamic manipulation modes such as rolling, sliding, throwing and
catching, and juggling.

The ideal candidate would have background in one or more of the
following areas: simulation of rigid bodies in contact, robot motion
planning, control theory, hybrid systems, and experimental systems
including real-time operating systems.

The expected duration of the postdoctoral fellowship is two years,
with other durations possible. The position is available immediately.
To apply, email a brief cover letter describing your professional
interests and future goals, a CV, and contact information for three
references to Prof. Kevin Lynch, kmlynch@northwestern.edu. All
documents should be in pdf format.

Maru Robot that Can Dance

2010-05-01T17:32:00.000-07:00

Mahru the robot can dance and wave and do just about anything you can do, while you're doing it. The latest version of this humanoid-looking robot developed by Korea Institute of Science and Technology's (KISK) Cognitive Robotics Centre can mimic a person's movement in real-time, reports the sci-tech website IEEE Spectrum.

Dubbed Mahru, the robot's movements are fluid and clean. And how it performs them is evolving every day.

Previously, the robot had to learn how to perform new tasks via video. Now, a motion-capture suit allows the wearer's movements to be transferred directly to Mahru.

The motions can be recorded for later use, too.

The KISK Cognitive Robotics Center research focuses on designing robots that do chores for people, and they have made headlines before, as newer models become capable of ever more complex tasks.

Past versions of Mahru have performed chores like grocery shopping, or bringing food to tables.

“Attention is turning to the benefits offered by human friendly intelligent robots since the market for traditional industrial robots does not offer the growth potential it once had,” reads the Center's website.

“The Center’s goal is to develop new intelligent agent technologies to provide human-friendly services for human beings by combining intelligence technologies and bio-mimetic sensing-and-control technologies with traditional robot technologies.”

ABB Robotics and Fox Valley in Partnership to Install Robots for Students

2010-05-01T17:26:00.000-07:00

Automation Technology has had a tremendous impact on industries all over the world, and also act as excellent tools for teaching engineering concepts. Hands-on experience helps students to develop valuable skills. ABB Robotics, a leading supplier of industrial robots, has entered into a partnership with Fox valley Technical College, FVTC ,in short. The partnership is expected to benefit the Appleton Wisconsin college tremendously, as it will enhance the vocational and technical robotics training. ABB also stands to gain, as it will now have an authorized training facility in the north central Midwest.

According to the terms of the partnership, the process of equipping the technical college will be completed in two phases. Phase I would see the installation of seven ABB robots, related software and controllers into the updated industrial training facility. FVTC offers a two-year associate degree in Automated Manufacturing & Robotics, and a series of robotic training courses in its Workforce Development program. “Robotics training plays a significant role in today’s high-tech, global market that is increasingly driven by automation".

This would be an off- shoot of students and workplace trainees being placed in a position where they have access to advanced manufacturing technology.
ABB robotics stood to gain tremendously, as the facility at Fox Valley would be a precursor to other such regional certified training campuses throughout North America., where robotic technicians will have easier access to comprehensive training and certification.

The relationship between Fox Valley and ABB is still in the nascent stages, with ABB currently providing comprehensive training for Fox Valley staff at the Michigan center. ABB has many plans for the future, which will include new industrial system installations, other related industry related activities, and field training for Fox Valley's students.

Fox Valley Technical College offers more than 200 associate degree, technical diploma and certificate programs, and instruction related to 20 apprenticeship trades, in addition to providing services to business and industry. Annually, the college serves about 45,000 people throughout its five-county district.

ABB Robotics is a reputed supplier of industrial robots ,also providing robot software, peripheral equipment, modular manufacturing cells and service for tasks such as welding, handling, assembly, painting and finishing, picking, packing, palletizing and machine tending.

Industrail Robot Output Goes Up

2010-05-01T17:25:00.000-07:00

Industrial robot and machine tool orders are picking up, underpinned by increased investments by automakers and electronics firms in China and other emerging nations. Orders for industrial robots soared 180% on the year to 86.1 billion yen for the January-March period, the Japan Robot Association reported, marking the second straight quarter of gains. And shipments jumped 46.6% on the year to 89.1 billion yen, the first rise since the April-June quarter of 2008.

Japanese companies, including Fanuc Ltd. (6954), are said to control 70% of the global market for industrial robots, which are used to assemble and paint automobiles. The January-March orders still fell 46% shy of the 159 billion yen generated in the same quarter of 2008, before the global financial crisis.

In China, production of smartphones and flat-panel televisions has been robust, pushing up shipments of devices for mounting electronic parts. Demand has also recovered for automotive welding robots. But domestic shipments fell 17.4% to 26.1 billion yen as auto industry demand slumped, extending the losing streak to 10 quarters. "We can't expect a quick recovery of domestic demand," says Executive Vice President Koichi Takei at major robot maker Yaskawa Electric Corp. (6506).

The trade association predicts that a full-fledged recovery will start in fiscal 2011 after a moderate improvement this fiscal year. Machine tool orders climbed 260% to 75.8 billion yen in March, up for the fourth consecutive month, according to the Japan Machine Tool Builders' Association. Demand in China and other overseas markets has been a prime growth driver.

3D Machine Vision

2010-05-01T17:15:00.000-07:00

3-D machine vision is at the start of an extremely fast development, as will be seen at the international trade fair for automation and mechatronics, AUTOMATICA 2010, at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre, 8-11 June 2010. Machine vision systems have achieved notable successes in very different industrial user branches over the past years and developed into a far-ranging system world. The technologically simpler 2-D systems and vision sensors still dominate. However, 3-D applications are clearly on the advance in machine vision. 3-D vision is at the start of an extremely fast development. The merging of machines and machine vision technologies is foreseeable. MVTec is an international software manufacturer for machine vision.

Seeing in three dimensions is a necessity for many tasks. This concerns both the people as well as the industrial world and machines. Three-dimensional information will make it possible to master tasks in mechanical engineering and industrial production, for which conventional 2D technologies are not sufficient.

The reason for this is that orientation must be given to detect objects with 2-D technologies. On the other hand, 3-D vision can detect objects regardless of their position. The perspective matching can even detect tilted and turned objects unambiguously in their spatial coordinates. As a result, a robot becomes more or less independent with 3-D vision. It sees how a work piece is lying, upright, or hanging and can grab the right item in a targeted manner.

3D vision makes robots more flexible

Different options exist in principle for recording three-dimensional data. You can determine the pictures from several cameras (stereometry), or detect two dimensions with one camera and the third using another sensor (for example, a distance sensor). It is also possible to use a line laser, a 3-D laser profile sensor, or a mixture of all these sensors and cameras. The option used depends on the application.

In addition to use for measurement tasks?-a very successful application area?-3-D vision is used increasingly in automation, especially in robotics. Robo3DVision, a division of the Polish company AIC, is at home in this sector. For the needs of AIC, developer and manufacturer of quality heat exchangers and supplier of complete solutions, Robo3DVision has developed an Adaptive Vision System I, which is specialized for three-dimensional tube-to-tubesheet welding using robots. The company is going a step further at AUTOMATICA 2010 and is presenting the new Adaptive Vision System II, which makes it possible to control various robot-supported processes (among others, linear welding, assembling, bonding and inspection).

AVS is one of the vision-based robot guidance systems, which are the only genuine 3-D vision systems. Such systems scan the scene, find the position of sought elements and generate the path for the robot. They are especially well suited for gripping, palletizing and assembling as well as for the bonding and welding tasks of robots.Thanks to the three-dimensional information, the machine vision system of the robot can identify an object type and detect its position. As a result, malfunction-free handling is guaranteed, an important prerequisite for automated production processes.

The future is in simple operation and a high degree of flexibility

The future of vision systems is in a high degree of flexibility such as 3-D vision can provide. "Today, vision systems are mostly specialized for concrete tasks. Each change in process specifications is expensive and time-consuming. This has to change. The solution lies in the direction of 3-D scanners, which can determine the shape, size, position, and orientation of any objects and consequently can be used for different applications." Important prerequisite: Handling robots and vision systems has to be simple. To that end, a standardized system should be developed on a PC platform, which controls robots and additional equipment such as welding machines, but which also has a command of vision algorithms and implement them.

"The robots of the future will certainly be integrated devices, in which machine vision, i.e., 3-D vision, and control software are merged. Of course, it is important to increase ease of operation and use integrated development environments. Consequently, many automated processes will run less on PCs in the future and more on energy-saving embedded hardware. For that to become a reality, software companies have to provide standard products that can be used on such systems without conversion work. That will also result in increasingly more inexpensive solutions."

AUTOMATICA ? Platform for machine visions solutions

The exhibitors of machine vision will exhibit their products and novelties in Halls A2 and B2.

ABB`s annual Technology Days 2010

2010-04-30T14:45:00.000-07:00

Two-day event at ABB’s Auburn Hills, MI training facility featured live, on-floor demonstrations and seminars from ABB Robotics and outside technology partners

ABB Robotics hosted over 1,100 people at its annual Technology Days held April 21st & 22nd, 2010 at its North American headquarters and training center in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The record attendance for the event included current and potential customers, system integrator partners, technology equipment partners, members of the media, and for the Thursday Open House, a steady crowd of industrial robot enthusiasts of all ages. The 55,000 sq ft exhibit floor included over 40 live robot related demonstrations from ABB and over a dozen peripheral equipment technology partners. Featured were the latest in robotic technology specific to a wide range of applications including metal fabrication and welding, picking, packing and palletizing, machine tending, assembly, and painting; as well as numerous product, software and control advancements that will enhance the full swath of general industrial applications.

On Wednesday, the day dedicated to current and prospective customers, a roster of ABB and technology partner experts presented over 30 seminars and tutorials on general and application specific advancements in industrial robotic technology. This provided a great opportunity for industry professionals to gain first hand intelligence and network with their peers in the industrial robotic, motion, control and automation industries. In addition to customers, the Thursday open house was attended by friends, family, youth organizations and students, many of whom were exposed to the agility, strength and versatility of industrial robots for the first time.

"ABB Technology Days 2010 exceeded our expectations on all counts", noted Joe Campbell, vice president sales and marketing for ABB Robotics, North America. "We hosted automation and manufacturing professionals from Los Angeles to Boston, and from Canada to Mexico. The interest in improving all aspects of manufacturing with robotics was impressive."

Campbell also commented on a notable visitor, Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson.

"We were proud to host Mr. Patterson and Mr. Phil Bertolini from the Oakland County Executive's Office. We were even more proud that we demonstrated automation solutions for six of the top ten sectors in Oakland County’s Emerging Sectors initiative, including Aerospace, Alternative Energy and Power Generation, Defense & Homeland Security, Entertainment, and of course, Robotics and Automation." ABB’s Auburn Hills facility is located in Oakland County, Michigan.

New for 2010 was the presence of ABB Automation Products Rolling Road Show, a 45 ft long, 60,000 lb expandable trailer will be in the parking lot featuring an array of product and service solutions from the Drives, Low Voltage Products, and Low Voltage Motors business units. Also outside the facility was a mobile robot concept vehicle currently under development for potential military and other applications.

Recycling Robot From Kiva

2010-04-27T04:47:00.000-07:00

Kiva Systems (www.kivasystems.com), a developer of game-changing mobile-robotic solutions that automate order fulfillment and warehouse operations, announced the availability of its new Trash and Recycling System (TRS). The Kiva TRS uses the same robots as its Mobile Fulfillment System, but adds dedicated trash bins, an automated dumper, and sophisticated control software for a complete solution that automatically takes away the trash bins and empties them directly into the facility compactor, shedder or baler. The Kiva TRS is already in use at customers such as Walgreens, and is being introduced publicly at the NA 2010 tradeshow in Cleveland, OH.

“Kiva’s new Trash and Recycle System is another elegant extension of our mobile-robotic order fulfillment system”

Many distribution centers create a lot of refuse, and most of it is recyclable. Dealing with the accumulation and processing of cardboard, shrink-wrap and general trash is an expensive and time-consuming process. Traditional approaches include workers pushing carts filled with corrugate over to dump stations or trash-takeaway conveyor belts. These traditional approaches take up valuable warehouse real estate and are subject to frequent jams that often halt production. Kiva’s TRS solution uses the same robots customers already rely on to pick, pack and ship orders. The new capability allows the robots to shuttle newly designed trash/recycling pods from pick-pack or replenish workstations to an automated dumping fixture which empties the trash bins directly into hoppers, balers or short incline belts without human intervention. In contrast with traditional approaches, the mobile robotic solution is a parallel processing material handling system without any single point of failure that can halt production.

Kiva’s innovative approach to order fulfillment uses hundreds of mobile robotic drive units that bring inventory on movable shelves directly to workers, allowing easy and efficient access to all inventory items at all times. Elimination of operator walking and waiting enables worker productivity that is two- to four-times higher than with other automated systems. What’s more, because all the system components are mobile and modular, a Kiva-equipped distribution center has unprecedented flexibility when adding new products or expanding throughput—without disrupting ongoing operations.

This new product highlights both the flexibility of the mobile-robotic approach to fulfillment, and the maturity of Kiva’s full four-wall DC solutions.”

Small Presentation on Robotics

2010-04-26T14:06:00.000-07:00

Robotics and Automation

Brief History and Present of robotics in one Paper

2010-04-26T13:58:00.000-07:00

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2010-04-24T16:59:00.001-07:00

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2010 Hard for Automation Industry

2010-04-23T01:44:00.000-07:00

The manufacturers and systems integrators that gathered for ABB's 2010 Robotic Technology Days, April 21-22, in Auburn Hills, Mich., showed up in good moods. The economy looks to be slowly emerging from the depths, and the technological innovations haven't slowed down during the slowdown.

The past 16 months have been very sobering for those involved in the robotics industry. It has slumped with the automotive and automotive components industries, where most robots are used in the U.S.

According to Paul Kellett, director of market analysis, Robotic Industry Association, Ann Arbor, Mich., shipments of industrial robots in 2009 decreased by more than 50 percent when compared to 2008, from 16,242 in 2008 to 7,864 in 2009. Shipments in early 2010 remain sluggish as well.

Like general industry, the robotics industry is looking for growth opportunities elsewhere. As the automotive and metals industries shrink, more robots are being sold in the food and consumer goods and pharmaceutical industries. However, those gains do not offset the decline in traditional manufacturing segments.

One of the reasons traditional manufacturers will seek out robotic technology likely is technological innovation. Attendees at ABB's open house event got to see evidence of this firsthand.

Bob Brown, CEO, Integrated Systems Inc., Darlington, S.C., mentioned the work his company was doing in the area of heavy welding, or the welding of any large part that doesn't lend itself to being fixtured in a traditional way. He said his team is very good at collecting all the information (location, length, width, and consistency of groove to be filled) it can about a weldment before unleashing the GMAW robot on the project. Even so, they still would find inconsistencies in some welds.

Because of the extensive data capture the team conducted, they could always go back and check the welding parameters before and during the weld. In one case, they found that the operator was simply plugging the wrong information, a botched measurement, into the computer, so they turned over measuring responsibilities to the robot. In other cases, however, they were left scratching their heads.

That's when Brown realized that the heat transfer effect was a likely culprit of some of these welding difficulties. As a result, the team came up with a "heat factor" that helps them make adjustments to the GMAW robot before welding commences. The company has shared its findings with ABB, and their efforts could conceivably eliminate some guesswork for other robotic welding operations.

Jeff Defalco, ESAB Welding & Cutting Products, Florence, S.C., shared his company's developments in the area of plasma technology. While not widespread in general manufacturing, he said the technology really makes sense for some materials.

"Plasma welding lends itself to nonferrous quite well," Defalco said, referring to 2000 and 7000 series aluminum and titanium.

The real news, however, was in the area of changeover. Defalco said ESAB's M3 plasma technology allows a robot to switch between plasma cutting, gouging, and welding with only a few minutes needed to change front-end consumables. Some companies may need to compensate the plasma power supply depending on the material and its thickness, but for the most part, a robot armed with a plasma power source could conceivably pierce material up to about 75 mm, cut material 150 mm thick, and weld all in a matter of minutes, according to Defalco.

Nathan Moyer, a welding specialist for Airgas Great Lakes, Independence, Ohio, told attendees about the importance of the right shielding gas for efficient robotic welding. Too many times a metal fabricator assumes everything is OK with the shielding gas selection for a robotic welding operation because the customer never raised an issue over it, Moyer said. However, the fabricator could be changing the material's metallurgy without even knowing it. Such is the case when a fabricator is using a shielding gas mix that contains more than 3 percent CO2 on a stainless steel welding job; that additional CO2 eventually will cause that stainless steel joint to rust even if the initial weld looks acceptable after a simple visual check.

Moyer added that the use of premixed gas can eliminate the guesswork. It also can contribute to higher production efficiency because the right mixure may allow the robot to run at higher speeds.

Those types of advancements will keep the robotics industry moving forward. Kellett puts the North American robotics market at $3 billion, so it's not likely to disappear anytime soon.

Why one Needs Industrial Automation ?

2010-04-23T01:40:00.000-07:00

Investing in robotic equipment can be a big leap for a small business. Industrial robots have been automating tasks since 1961. The first industrial robot, the Unimate, worked with the die casting machines at a General Motors plant. In the last decade there has been a surge of robots being integrated into mid-sized and smaller companies. One reason is the growth and affordability of the used robot market. With the leaps made in controls technology, companies are upgrading robots before the current model has finished its life-span. However, the overall functionality of the six-axis articulated arm has not changed in the last decade. As companies consolidate and reorganize, the factory surplus is sold.

Automation benefits include saving money and reducing production time. Automation also leads to an increase in part quality and reliability. These are some tips to help you get started implementing automation onto your factory floor.

Involve the Shop Floor Workers Consulting the workers that currently produce the part is a good starting point. This is the person who has the experience to know what works and what had not worked in the past. They often have helpful insight into the process that you can not gain by simply watching. Requesting their participation in the robotic welding project will help it be more successful. The workers who manually perform the process can provide advice on the configuration and specifications of the equipment up front, avoiding the possibility that the equipment is not as ergonomically friendly or productive as it could be. Failure to involve them disregards the insight they have gained though experience with the process. Choose your Robot Operators and Robotic Programmers Carefully Most industrial robots are controlled by the use of teach pendants. Several of these pendants now are programmed with an interface that resembles a personal computer. An individual that is computer-literate will have less trouble learning how to instruct the robot and moving it to accomplish the desired tasks such as welding or material handling.

For instance, the challenge of transforming a manual welding process to a robotic welding process is best handled by someone with a solid background in manual welding. This would be an ideal person to select for programming or operating the robotic welder. When choosing robot operators, programmers, and technicians, special consideration should be given to motivated employees that are willing to learn and advance their skills. Make Training a Priority It is important when purchasing a robot integrator to choose one that provides training on the robotic system. This allows your company to be able to fully utilize the robot and minimize later down-time due to mechanical problems. Ideally the person chosen to receive the training should be the future programmer or operator. With the proper training, the programmer should be able to reliably produce efficient and effective robot programs. Basic groundwork training is a minimum, with the real learning happening on the shop floor. Generally your robotic integrator will program your robotic system to interact with your current equipment and leave you with a turnkey solution that requires only a push of a button. It is still ideal to have trained personnel on hand should a future problem arise. Routine maintenance, such as an annual grease replenishment and battery replacement, is also an issue that you will want a trained individual to perform. Many robotic systems have been destroyed by well-meaning maintenance by individuals that do not understand the complex nature of the robotic system. Watch Part Fit-Up and Repeatability The most problematical issue with welding robots is part quality. Robotic systems are designed to repeat the same sequence of events. If the robot system has been damaged, repeatability can become an issue. Robotics systems sold feature a repeatability measurement and that should be taken into account along with payload and reach requirements. Used robots should be tested for accuracy and repeatability during the reconditioning process. When performing properly, robotic systems are more reliable and produce parts far superior in quality than manually welded parts. Touch sensing and seam tracking can be used to compensate for weld joints that are not static, but robots are limited by the laws of physics. The use of quality equipment in conjunction with robots improves the part fit-up. Attention should be paid to lasers, welding and cutting torches, welding power supplies, raw consumables, and other variables that could lead to a loss of quality in the finished product.Calculate Estimated ROI There has been a steady growth in the robot industry over the past decade. Experts predict that this growth trend will continue in future years. Welding robots are still the majority of the market, but many applications can be handled by robots. The general rule-of-thumb is that a robotic welder can do the work of four manual welders. Therefore when production is increasing, the choice to add robotic welders is easily justified. It will also improve efficiency, productivity, and part quality. Higher quality leads to a greater demand for your product. Improved efficiency will enable you to be more competitive in your market. The improved productivity will allow you to meet your production demands without a larger workforce.

4th Asia International Symposium on Mechatronics

2010-04-22T16:03:00.000-07:00

The 4th Asia International Symposium on Mechatronics (AISM) will be held on December 15-18, 2010, in Singapore. AISM is a biannual conference with the 1st, 2nd and 3rd one held in China in 2004, Hong Kong in 2006, and Japan in 2008. Mechatronics is an ever-widening field involving actuators/sensors, electronics/mechanics, computing, controls, system design/integration, and beyond. The aim of the symposium is to promote the research, development and application in this field by bringing together researchers and practitioners in this multidisciplinary field to stimulate new ideas, to share knowledge in practical problems and solutions, as well as to facilitate cooperation for the future.

The scope of the Symposium includes, but is not limited to, the following:

Modeling and Design
Instrumentation, Measurement and Control
Mechatronics in Manufacturing and Automation
Micro-and Nano-Mechatronics
Medical Mechatronics
Different Applications

All the papers published in the conference will be indexed at Crossref with doi assigned by default. Apart from this, the publication will be submitted to all the major subject specific indexers for possible inclusion which includes, Elseviers' Scopus, Engineering Village EI, Compdex and ISI Thomson's Web of Science.

Important Date:
15 July 2010 Full Paper Submission
15 Sept 2010 Notification of Acceptance of Full Paper
15 Oct 2010 Final (Camera-Ready) Paper Submission
15 Oct 2010 Early Registration

Please visit http://guppy.mpe.nus.edu.sg/aism2010 for more details about the Symposium.

With best regards,

Dr Guilin Yang
Publicity Co-Chair of AISM 2010

[AAMAS-10] - Call for participation

2010-04-22T16:02:00.000-07:00

NINTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
AUTONOMOUS AGENTS AND MULTIAGENT SYSTEMS (AAMAS-2010)
http://www.cse.yorku.ca/AAMAS2010/

**** AAMAS has a special track on Robotics ****

May 10 - 14, 2010
Toronto, Canada

You can find the a preliminary schedule of the conference at
http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~wiebe/AAMAS/timetable.shtml

Hotel booking information is available from:
http://www.cse.yorku.ca/AAMAS2010/#content=accommodation

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AAMAS is the leading scientific conference for research on autonomous
agents and multiagent systems.

This year, AAMAS-2010 has joined forces with DL, FOIS, ICAPS, KR, and NMR.
This has materialized in the possibility to register for events jointly, and
at AAMAS there will be KR/AAMAS and ICAPS/AAMAS paper sessions, as well as
some joint combined invited talk sessions.

PROGRAM: The list of accepted long and short papers is available through
the website.

Among the invited talks are

KR/AAMAS talk:
Ron Brachman and Hector Levesque, “Great moments in KR”

ICAPS/AAMAS talk:
Daniele Nardi, “Robotic Agents for Disaster Response Robotics”.

On top of this, the program will include talks of winners of the ACM/SIGART Award
and the IFAAMAS Dissertation Award, demos, posters of all accepted papers, an
industrial track session, sessions on virtual agents, and many others. While the
main conference program is on May 12, 13, and 14, there are also opportunities to
attend 13 tutorials, 30 workshops and a doctoral training consortium for PhD
students on the days before.

Online seminars from the Virtual Research Centre in Personal Robotics

2010-04-22T16:01:00.000-07:00

The Virtual Research Centre (VRC) in Personal Robotics (http://vrcpersonalrobotics.org/), coordinated by the University of Plymouth, UK, is streaming live (and subsequently podcasting) a number of seminars related to personal robotics including the Distinguished Research Seminar Series form the Robotic Intelligence Lab at the University of Wales, Newport (http://ril.newport.ac.uk/drss.htm).

Membership/registration with the VRC is required for access.
The VRC also provides facilities for online interaction during live seminars.

This Friday, April 23rd, at 12 noon GMT, Adam Spiers from the Bristol Robotics Lab will present his work on 'Biology inspired operational space control of humanoid robots'.

Please accept our invitation to attend.

Best regards,
Torbjorn Dahl
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Torbjørn S. DAHL, MEng, PhD, ACGI
Reader in Cognitive Robotics - Coordinator of the Robotic Intelligence Lab
Newport Business School - University of Wales, Newport
Allt-yr-yn Campus, Allt-yr-yn Avenue, Newport NP20 5DA, UK
e-mail: torbjorn.dahl@newport.ac.uk torbjorn.dahl@newport.ac.uk> web-site: http://staff.newport.ac.uk/tdahl01 <http://staff.newport.ac.uk/tdahl01>
phone: +44 (0)1633 432344 fax: +44 (0)1633 432307 skype: torbjorn.s.dahl
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1st International Workshop on Domain-Specific Languages and models for ROBotic systems

2010-04-22T16:00:00.000-07:00

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CALL FOR PAPERS

1st International Workshop on Domain-Specific Languages and models for
ROBotic systems (DSLRob’10)
October 2010, Tapei, Taiwan
Web site : http://www.doesnotunderstand.org/wikka.php?wakka=DSLRob10

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This workshop will take place in October 2010 in Taipei (台北) Taiwan,
during the 2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent
Robots and Systems (IROS'10) : http://www.iros2010.org.tw/

Description

A domain-specific language (DSL) is a programming language dedicated
to a particular problem domain that offers specific notations and
abstractions that increase programmer productivity within that domain.
Models offer a high-level way for domain users to specify the
functionality of their system at the right level of abstraction. DSLs
and models have historically been used for programming complex
systems. However recently they have garnered interest as a separate
field of study. Robotic systems blend hardware and software in a
holistic way that intrinsically raises many crosscutting concerns
(concurrency, uncertainty, time constraints, ...), for which reason,
traditional general-purpose languages often lead to a poor fit between
the language features and the implementation requirements. DSLs and
models offer a powerful, systematic way to overcome this problem,
enabling the programmer to quickly and precisely implement novel
software solutions to complex problems within the robotics domain.

The main objective of this workshop is a cross-pollination of ideas
between robotics researchers in DSLs and models from different
domains. DSLs and models are key elements in many robotic systems
presented at leading conferences such as IROS and ICRA, but the
domain-centric structure of the typical robotics conference does not
offer a natural venue for exchange of ideas regarding DSLs and models.
This workshop will bring together robotics researchers from different
parts of the robotics community, thus forming a base for future
collaboration.

This workshop will focus on the use of Domain-Specific Languages and
Models for Robotic Systems. Topics that are of special interest
include:
- domain-specific languages to express reactive behaviors, variability
in robotic systems,
- domain-specific languages to express uncertainty, modelling of
physical system, real-time constraints,
- domain-specific languages to describe cooperative robotics and
modular robotics systems,
- languages to teach robotics, visual languages for robotics,
- tools support and frameworks for describing and manipulating DSLs
for robotic systems,
- model-driven engineering approaches for robotic systems,
- code generation and code transformation for robotics systems,
- frameworks to combine DSLs in an uniform manner,
- benchmarks to compare use of DSL vs general-purpose programming,
- programming languages in the context of robotic systems.

Type of workshop: half-day

The intended audience is those robotics researchers throughout the
entire robotics community who use DSLs and models as a key component
of their robotics software infrastructure. In addition, robotics
researchers with an interest in modern approaches to solving complex
software-related issues will find the workshop inspirational.

Important dates

- Due date for full workshop papers submission: July 1st, 2010
- Final acceptance: July 23rd, 2010
- Camera-ready paper due: August 6th, 2010
- Workshop date: October, 2010 (half day workshop) during IROS'10

Submission guidelines

All submitted papers will be reviewed on the basis of technical
quality, relevance, significance, and clarity. At least two reviews
for each paper will be conducted. All workshop papers should be
submitted electronically in PDF format through the Easychair website
and should use the IEEE US letter format. We are looking for
submission of full research papers and experiences reports (up to 6
pages) and work in progress submissions (up to 4 pages).

Please create your account on Easychair website as soon as possible if
you intend to submit a paper:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dslrob10

Organizers

- Ulrik P. Schultz, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
- Serge Stinckwich, UMI UMMISCO IRD/UPMC/MSI-IFI, Vietnam
- Mikal Ziane, LIP6, France

Program committee

- Jean-Christophe Baillie, GOSTAI
- Alexandre Bergel, University of Chile, Chile
- Mirko Bordignon, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
- Sébastien Gerard, CEA LIST, France
- Henrik Nilsson, University of Nottingham, UK
- Ulrik P. Schultz, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
- Serge Stinckwich, UMMISCO (IRD/UPMC/MSI), Vietnam
- Mikal Ziane, LIP6, France
- Tewfik Ziadi, LIP6, France

--
Serge Stinckwich
UMI UMMISCO 209 (IRD/UPMC), Hanoi, Vietnam
Every DSL ends up being Smalltalk
http://doesnotunderstand.org/

IJRR May 2010 issue: vol. 29 No 6

2010-04-22T15:59:00.000-07:00

The next issue of The International Journal of Robotics Research is available online:
1 May 2010; Vol. 29, No. 6

The below Table of Contents is available online at: http://ijr.sagepub.com/content/vol29/issue6/?etoc

An Ultrasound-based Localization Algorithm for Catheter Ablation Guidance in the Left Atrium
Aditya Brij Koolwal, Federico Barbagli, Christopher Carlson, and David Liang
The International Journal of Robotics Research 2010;29 643-665
http://ijr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/29/6/643

Robustly Stable Haptic Interaction Control using an Energy-bounding Algorithm
Jong-Phil Kim and Jeha Ryu
The International Journal of Robotics Research 2010;29 666-679
http://ijr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/29/6/666

Reduction-based Control of Three-dimensional Bipedal Walking Robots
Robert D. Gregg and Mark W. Spong
The International Journal of Robotics Research 2010;29 680-702
http://ijr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/29/6/680

Generalizing Dubins Curves: Minimum-time Sequences of Body-fixed Rotations and Translations in the Plane
Andrei A. Furtuna and Devin J. Balkcom
The International Journal of Robotics Research 2010;29 703-726
http://ijr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/29/6/703

Leader-Follower Formation Control of Multiple Non-holonomic Mobile Robots Incorporating a Receding-horizon Scheme
Jian Chen, Dong Sun, Jie Yang, and Haoyao Chen
The International Journal of Robotics Research 2010;29 727-747
http://ijr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/29/6/727

Autonomous Exploration and Mapping of Flooded Sinkholes
Nathaniel Fairfield, George Kantor, Dominic Jonak, and David Wettergreen
The International Journal of Robotics Research 2010;29 748-774
http://ijr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/29/6/748

Grasping Non-stretchable Cloth Polygons
Matthew Bell and Devin Balkcom
The International Journal of Robotics Research 2010;29 775-784
http://ijr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/29/6/775

PhD Position "Human-Robot Interaction" (Reference Number HCI/1001), at the HCI Unit / ICT&S Center / University of Salzburg (Austria)

2010-04-22T15:58:00.001-07:00

The Human-Computer Interaction & Usabilty Unit of the ICT&S Center at the University of Salzburg invites applicants for a PhD. position related to national and international research and cooperations projects.

The HCI Unit is doing research in the areas of Contextual User Experience, Contextual User Experience Measurement, Interface Simulation & Prototyping, Human-Robot Interaction, Automotive Interfaces, Factory Interfaces, Ambient Persuasion, Ambient Assisted Living and Networked Media. The Unit is running several projects including the Christian Doppler Laboratory on "Contextual Interfaces".

Task:
Explore and conduct insightful empirical research into core issues in human-robot interaction. Especially, investigating aspects of human-robot communication in a factory context, where humans and robots are closely collocated.

- Reviewing and documenting existing related work in the relevant HRI research domain
- Conducting a novel, empirical exploration of that research domain (e.g., field studies, lab experiments, field experiments)
- Analyzing data collected
- Presenting and writing up findings for publication
- Working closely with interdisciplinary team members (computer scientists, psychologists, interaction designers etc.)

Requirements:
- A Master in / Background in Communication Sciences, Psychology, Sociology or related fields
- Experience with robots and/or collaborating with roboticists
- Experience with using the research methods of empirical social science (quantitative and qualitative)
- Experiences in statistical data analysis with SPSS (descriptive as well as inductive)
- Affinity with the topic of human-robot interaction

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Applicants should send their application, the curriculum vitae, statement of research interests as a PDF attachment, to jobs@hciunit.org

Further information on the position could be obtained from:

Astrid Weiss
HCI & Usability Unit
Christian Doppler Laboratory "Contextual Interfaces"
HCI & Usability Unit, ICT&S Center, University of Salzburg
astrid.weiss@sbg.ac.at, +43 662 8044 4838
Sigmund-Haffner-Gasse 18, 5020 Salzburg

RoboEarth Workshop, ICRA 2010, Anchorage, Alaska

2010-04-22T15:57:00.001-07:00

RoboEarth Workshop
ICRA 2010 - Anchorage, Alaska
http://www.roboearth.org/ICRA2010/RoboEarth-Workshop.html

• Date: Fri, 7 May 2010
• Time: 2:00 pm - 5:30 pm
• Location: ICRA 2010 (Dena'ina Center, Kahtnu 1), Anchorage, Alaska.
• Registration: Please email mwaibel@ethz.ch to let us know that you'll be attending.

PURPOSE
RoboEarth is a World Wide Web for robots: A giant network and database repository where robots can share information and learn from each other about their behavior and their environment.
At this workshop the key players of this new European initiative will introduce all main aspects of RoboEarth. Part 1 will focus on providing an insight into the potential of this new approach, the anticipated challenges and ways of addressing them. Part 2 will allow participants to join interactive group discussions around core topics and highlight opportunities for academia and industry.

SCHEDULE
Part 1
• 2:05pm - Introduction to RoboEarth (Dr. M.J.G. van de Molengraft, Eindhoven University of Technology)
• 2:25pm - Concepts for architectural design of RoboEarth, and interfaces that will be available for third parties to connect to (Dipl.-Inf O. Zweigle, University of Stuttgart)
• 2:45pm - Language for knowledge representation in RoboEarth (Dr. R. Lafrenz, TU München)
• 3:05pm - Cognition and robot self-awareness in RoboEarth (Prof. Dr. P. Levi, University of Stuttgart)
• 3:30pm - COFFEE BREAK

Part 2
• 4:00pm - Workgroup Discussion
• 4:45pm - 3D sensing in RoboEarth (Dr. J. Martinez Montiel, University of Zaragoza)
• 5:05pm - Opportunities for industry (Dr. M. Waibel, ETH Zürich)

MOTIVATION AND OBJECTIVES
• Inform the industrial and scientific robotics community
• Discuss required developments
• Discuss development and adoption of standards
• Discuss opportunities for industry and academia

TOPICS
• 3D-sensing
• World modeling
• Action recognition and labeling
• Learning
• Language
• Standardization

INTENDED AUDIENCE
The intended audience is both industry and academia.

ORGANIZERS
Dr. M.J.G. van de Molengraft (René)
Eindhoven University of Technology
Email: M.J.G.v.d.Molengraft (at) tue.nl
Phone: +31 40 2472998

Prof. Dr. Paul Levi, Dipl.-Inf. Oliver Zweigle
University of Stuttgart
Email: Oliver.Zweigle (at) ipvs.uni-stuttgart.de, Levi (at) ipvs.uni-stuttgart.de
Phone: +49 711 7816421

Dr. Markus Waibel
ETH Zurich
Email: mwaibel (at) ethz.ch
Phone: +41 44 6323192

MORE INFORMATION
Web: http://www.roboearth.org/ICRA2010/RoboEarth-Workshop.html
Email: Markus Waibel, mwaibel@ethz.ch

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Dr. Markus Waibel
Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
http://mwaibel.info
+41 44 632 3192

ICRA 2010 Workshop on Mobile Microrobotics

2010-04-22T15:55:00.001-07:00

IEEE ICRA 2010 Full Day Workshop on Mobile Microrobotics
May 7, 2010, Anchorage, Alaska, USA

Workshop website: http://www.iris.ethz.ch/msrl/misc/2010-icra-workshop/

MOTIVATION AND OBJECTIVES

Although mobile microrobotic systems have been proposed for years, veritable wireless mobile microrobots have only recently come into being. These devices found their origins in the MEMS community where much effort has been given to developing new types of actuators. Although actuators are important for micromanipulation tasks, mobile microrobots must also take into consideration sensing as well as intelligently interacting with their environment. Unlike their macroscale counterparts, microrobots are often unable to leverage off-the-shelf individual components such as sensors, actuators, and computing units for use on-board due to size and fabrication requirements. Thus, microrobots are often designed as part of multidisciplinary efforts where the system is holistically designed, often for a particular task or environment. This inherent interdisciplinarity of microrobotics makes it a challenging research environment, and strongly favors collaboration between different groups.

Due to its relative newness and the small size of the field, few meetings with the express intent of discussing mobile robots in the submillimeter range have occurred. As this field matures and more researchers participate, it becomes important to gather the members for networking, explanations, discussions, and debate. This workshop will provide an international venue for presentation and discussion between the world's leading microrobotics researchers. The workshop will encompass discussions on a variety of wireless actuation and sensing technologies, as well as control methodologies and future applications. Participants will be exposed to a wide variety of different successful device strategies and will be able to participate in panel discussions as to the efficacy of the proposed strategies and future directions of the field. As one would expect, working with individual agents, often on the order of a few tens of microns, can be a challenging affair. Therefore, in addition to purely academic discussions of the different technologies, participants will also discuss real-world concerns about interacting with the devices (such as agent handling, environmental concerns, etc.) in an effort to bootstrap those interested in future participation to the field.

INVITED SPEAKERS
- Igor Paprotny, U. C. Berkeley
- Metin Sitti, Carnegie Mellon
- Dominic Frutiger, ETH Zurich
- Peer Fischer, Harvard University
- Li Zhang, ETH Zurich
- M. Selman Sakar, University of Pennsylvania
- John Gibbs, University of Georgia
- Jake Abbott, University of Utah
- Aaron Becker, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Craig McGray, NIST
- Sylvain Martel, Ecole Polytechnique Montreal

ORGANIZER

Brad Kratochvil
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
tel: +41 44 632 69 21
bkratochvil@ethz.ch

ICRA 2010 Workshop on Mobile Microrobotics

2010-04-22T15:55:00.000-07:00

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