Simulation, modeling, and programming for autonomous robots : third international conference, SIMPAR 2012, Tsukuba, Japan, November 5-8, 2012 : proceedings / Itsuki Noda [and others] (eds.).

880-01 Invited Talks. A Geometric Perspective of Anthropomorphic Embodied Actions / Jean-Paul Laumond -- Cybernics: Fusion of Human, Machine and Information / Yoshiyuki Sankai -- If Abstraction Is the Answer, What Is the Question? -- Reasoning for Everyday Manipulation Tasks / Michael Beetz -- Learning and Behavior. Towards Partners Profiling in Human Robot Interaction Contexts / Salvatore M. Anzalone, Yuichiro Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Emanuele Menegatti -- Motivation-Based Autonomous Behavior Control of Robotic Computer / Blagovest Vladimirov, Hyun Kim, Namshik Park -- An Evaluation Method for Smart Variable Space in Living Space / Kazuyoshi Wada, Keisuke Takayama, Yusuke Suganuma, Toshihiko Suzuki -- Modeling Robot Behavior with CCL / Konrad Kułakowski, Tomasz Szmuc -- Visual-Trace Simulation of Concurrent Finite-State Machines for Validation and Model-Checking of Complex Behaviour / Robert Coleman, Vladimir Estivill-Castro, René Hexel, Carl Lusty.

RobotML, a Domain-Specific Language to Design, Simulate and Deploy Robotic Applications / Saadia Dhouib [and others] -- A Java vs. C++ Performance Evaluation: A 3D Modeling Benchmark / Luca Gherardi, Davide Brugali, Daniele Comotti -- Simulation and Applications. A Comparison of Sampling Strategies for Parameter Estimation of a Robot Simulator / Gordon Klaus, Kyrre Glette, Jim Tørresen -- A Framework with a Pedestrian Simulator for Deploying Robots into a Real Environment / Masahiro Shiomi, Francesco Zanlungo, Kotaro Hayashi, Takayuki Kanda -- Simulating Complex Robotic Scenarios with MORSE / Gilberto Echeverria [and others] -- Humanoid and Biped Robots -- Masters' Skill Explained by Visualization of Whole-Body Muscle Activity / Yosuke Ikegami, Ko Ayusawa, Yoshihiko Nakamura -- Studying the Effect of Different Optimization Criteria on Humanoid Walking Motions / Kai Henning Koch, Katja Daniela Mombaur, Philipp Souères.

Modeling and Simulating Compliant Movements in a Musculoskeletal Bipedal Robot / Roberto Bortoletto, Massimo Sartori, Fuben He, Enrico Pagello -- Simulation and Experimental Evaluation of the Contribution of Biarticular Gastrocnemius Structure to Joint Synchronization in Human-Inspired Three-Segmented Elastic Legs / Dorian Scholz [and others] -- Mobile Robots. Graph Optimization with Unstructured Covariance: Fast, Accurate, Linear Approximation / Luca Carlone, Jingchun Yin, Stefano Rosa, Zehui Yuan -- Mobile Robot SLAM Interacting with Networked Small Intelligent Sensors Distributed in Indoor Environments / Fumitaka Hashikawa, Kazuyuki Morioka, Noriaki Ando -- Manipulation. Computing 2D Robot Workspace in Parallel with CUDA / Paul Kilgo, Brandon Dixon, Monica Anderson -- Acquisition of Object Pose from Barcode for Robot Manipulation / Yuexing Han, Yasushi Sumi, Yoshio Matsumoto, Noriaki Ando -- WorkCellSimulator: A 3D Simulator for Intelligent Manufacturing / Stefano Tonello [and others].

Tools and Middleware. A Meta-model and Toolchain for Improved Interoperability of Robotic Frameworks / Johannes Wienke, Arne Nordmann, Sebastian Wrede -- Integrated Software Development for Embedded Robotic Systems / Sebastian Wätzoldt, Stefan Neumann, Falk Benke, Holger Giese -- Combining IEC 61499 Model-Based Design with Component-Based Architecture for Robotics / Li Hsien Yoong, Zeeshan E. Bhatti, Partha S. Roop -- A Reuse-Oriented Development Process for Component-Based Robotic Systems / Davide Brugali [and others] -- UAV Simulation. SwarmSimX: Real-Time Simulation Environment for Multi-robot Systems / Johannes Lächele, Antonio Franchi, Heinrich H. Bülthoff, Paolo Robuffo Giordano -- Evaluating the Effectiveness of Mixed Reality Simulations for Developing UAV Systems / Ian Yen-Hung Chen, Bruce MacDonald, Burkhard Wünsche -- Comprehensive Simulation of Quadrotor UAVs Using ROS and Gazebo / Johannes Meyer [and others].

Includes bibliographical references and author index.

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots, SIMPAR 2012, held in Tsukuba, Japan, in November 2012. The 33 revised full papers and presented together with 3 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 46 submissions. Ten papers describe design of complex behaviors of autonomous robots, 9 address software layers, 8 papers refer to related modeling and learning. The papers are organized in topical sections on mobile robots, software modeling and architecture and humanoid and biped robots.