Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics: Selected Papers from the International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics 2007

Patrick Millot (auth.), Joaquim Filipe, Juan Andrade Cetto, Jean-Louis Ferrier (eds.)3540856390, 978-3-540-85639-9, 978-3-540-85640-5

The present book includes a set of selected papers from the fourth “International Conference on Informatics in Control Automation and Robotics” (ICINCO 2007), held at the University of Angers, France, from 9 to 12 May 2007. The conference was organized in three simultaneous tracks: “Intelligent Control Systems and Optimization”, “Robotics and Automation” and “Systems Modeling, Signal Processing and Control”. The book is based on the same structure.

ICINCO 2007 received 435 paper submissions, from more than 50 different countries in all continents. From these, after a blind review process, only 52 where accepted as full papers, of which 22 were selected for inclusion in this book, based on the classifications provided by the Program Committee. The selected papers reflect the interdisciplinary nature of the conference. The diversity of topics is an important feature of this conference, enabling an overall perception of several important scientific and technological trends. These high quality standards will be maintained and reinforced at ICINCO 2008, to be held in Funchal, Madeira – Portugal, and in future editions of this conference. Furthermore, ICINCO 2007 included 3 plenary keynote lectures given by Dimitar Filev (Ford Motor Company), Patrick Millot (Université de Valenciennes) and Mark W. Spong (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign).

Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages I-XV
Front Matter….Pages 1-1
Toward Human-Machine Cooperation….Pages 3-20
Front Matter….Pages 21-22
Planning of Maintenance Operations for a Motorway Operator based upon Multicriteria Evaluations over a Finite Scale and Sensitivity Analyses….Pages 23-35
A Multiple Sensor Fault Detection Method based on Fuzzy Parametric Approach….Pages 37-49
The Shape of a Local Minimum and the Probability of its Detection in Random Search….Pages 51-61
Rapidly-exploring Sorted Random Tree: A Self Adaptive Random Motion Planning Algorithm….Pages 63-73
Applying an Intensification Strategy on Vehicle Routing Problem….Pages 75-86
Detection of Correct Moment to Model Update….Pages 87-94
Robust Optimizers for Nonlinear Programming in Approximate Dynamic Programming….Pages 95-106
Front Matter….Pages 107-107
Improved Positional Accuracy of Robots with High Nonlinear Friction using a Modified Impulse Controller….Pages 109-123
An Estimation Process for Tire-Road Forces and Sideslip Angle for Automotive Safety Systems….Pages 125-138
SmartMOBILE and its Applications to Guaranteed Modeling and Simulation of Mechanical Systems….Pages 139-151
Path Planning for Cooperating Unmanned Vehicles over 3-D Terrain….Pages 153-168
Tracking of Manoeuvring Visual Targets….Pages 169-180
Motion Control of an Omnidirectional Mobile Robot….Pages 181-193
A Strategy for Exploration with a Multi-robot System….Pages 195-206
Tracking of Constrained Submarine Robot Arms….Pages 207-222
Front Matter….Pages 223-223
Modelling Robot Dynamics with Masses and Pulleys….Pages 225-238
Stochastic Nonlinear Model Predictive Control based on Gaussian Mixture Approximations….Pages 239-252
The Conjugate Gradient Partitioned Block Frequency-Domain for Multichannel Adaptive Filtering….Pages 253-264
Guaranteed Characterization of Capture Basins of Nonlinear State-Space Systems….Pages 265-272
Front Matter….Pages 223-223
In Situ Two-Thermocouple Sensor Characterisation using Cross-Relation Blind Deconvolution with Signal Conditioning for Improved Robustness….Pages 273-286
Dirac Mixture Approximation for Nonlinear Stochastic Filtering….Pages 287-300
On the Geometry of Predictive Control with Nonlinear Constraints….Pages 301-314
Back Matter….Pages 315-315