ROSE 2008 - IEEE International Workshop on Robotic and Sensors Environments
17-18 October, 2008



Location:

School of Information Technology and Engineering (SITE)
University of Ottawa
800 King Edward, Ottawa, Ontario
Room 5084 (5th floor)

The workshop will be held in the building of the School of Information Technology and Engineering (SITE) located at 800 King Edward, Ottawa on the main campus of the University of Ottawa. A map of the campus is available here.

All papers will be presented orally. Presenters should plan for a 15 minutes presentation followed by 5 minutes of discussion. The room will be equipped with a projector and a computer configured with usual softwares running on a MSWindows platform [PowerPoint and Acrobat Reader (PDF files)].

Advanced Program:

Friday, October 17, 2008
8:30 Registration
9:00 Welcome Word Dr. Claude D'Amours, Vice-Dean, Academic, Faculty of Engineering, University of Ottawa
9:15 - 10:35 Session 1 Collaborative Robotics
Chair Pierre Payeur, University of Ottawa
9:15 - 9:35 Cooperation in a Swarm of Robots using RFID Landmarks
G. Zecca, P. Couderc, M. Banatre, R. Beraldi
INRIA, FRANCE
Sapienza Università di Roma, ITALY

9:35 - 9:55 Fish Shoal Inspired Movement in Robotic Collectives
R. Cioarga, B. Panus, C. Oancea, M. Micea, V. Cretu, E.M. Petriu
Politehnica University of Timisoara, ROMANIA
University of Ottawa, CANADA

9:55 - 10:15 Emergent Exploration and Resource Gathering in Collaborative Robotic Environments
R. Cioarga, I. Nalatan, S. Tura-Bob, M. Micea, V. Cretu, M. Biriescu, V. Groza
Politehnica University of Timisoara, ROMANIA
University of Ottawa, CANADA

10:15 - 10:35 Inter-Task Communication and Synchronization in the Hard Real-Time Compact Kernel HARETICK
M. Micea, C. Certajan, V. Stangaciu, R. Ciorga, V. Cretu, E.M. Petriu
Politehnica University of Timisoara, ROMANIA
University of Ottawa, CANADA

10:35 - 10:50 Coffee Break
10:50 - 12:00 Session 2 Sensor Controlled Robotic Operation
Chair Christophe Doignon, University of Strasbourg, France
10:50 - 11:10 Iterative Learning-Based Fuzzy Control System
R.-E. Precup, S. Preitl, E. Petriu, J. Tar, J. Fodor
Politehnica University of Timisoara, ROMANIA
University of Ottawa, CANADA
Budapest Tech Polytechnical Institution, HUNGARY

11:10 - 11:30 A Multiscale Calibration of a Photon Video Microscope for Visual Servo Control
B. Tamadazte, S. Dembele, N. Le Fort-Piat
University of Franche-Comté, FRANCE
FEMTO-ST Institute, FRANCE

11:30 - 11:50 Towards a Mouth Gesture Based Laparoscope Camera Command
J. Gomez-Mendoza, F. Prieto, T. Redarce
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, COLOMBIA
INSA de Lyon, FRANCE

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch (provided)
13:00 - 14:00 Keynote Speaker Dr. Sergey Y. Yurish, Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
Self-Adaptive Intelligent Sensors and Systems: From Theory to Practical Design
14:00 - 15:00 Session 3 Robot Control
Chair Voicu Groza, University of Ottawa
14:00 - 14:20 Two–layer Sliding Mode Control of Pneumatic Position Synchro System with Feedback Linearization Based on Friction Compensation
G. Zhao,P. Ben-Tzvi, T. Lin, A. Goldenberg
University of Toronto, CANADA
The George Washington University, USA
Xi'an Jiaotong University, CHINA

14:20 - 14:40 Bipedal Modeling and Decoupled Optimal Control Design of Biomechanical Sit-to-Stand Transfer
A. Mughal, K. Iqbal
University of Arkansas, USA

14:40 - 15:00 Dynamic Modeling of a Rotating Beam Having a Tip Mass
S. Bai, P. Ben-Tzvi, Q. Zhou, X. Huang
National University of Defence Technology, CHINA
The George Washington University, USA
University of Toronto, CANADA

15:00 - 15:20 Coffee Break
15:20 - 16:20 Session 4 Robotic Manipulation
Chair Hong Zhao, University of Toronto
15:20 - 15:40 Estimating the 3D Orientation of a Microgripper by Processing the Focus Data from the Images Delivered by a Videomicroscope
G. Fortier, B. Tamadazte, S. Dembele, N. Le Fort-Piat
FEMTO-ST Institute, FRANCE
University of Franche-Comté, FRANCE

15:40 - 16:00 Velocity Field Control for Free-Form Contour Following Tasks by a Two Link Robot
C.-Y. Chen, M.-Y. Cheng, Y.-H. Wang
National Cheng Kung University, TAIWAN

16:00 - 16:20 Positioning Accuracy Improvement of a Vision-based Optical Fiber Alignment Stage Powered by a Piezo-Actuator
C.-M. Wen, M.-Y. Cheng
National Cheng Kung University, TAIWAN

16:30 - 17:30 Lab Tour and Demos Sensing and Modeling Research Laboratory
School of Information Technology and Engineering
University of Ottawa
19:00 - 21:30 Conference Dinner Métropolitain Restaurant
700 Sussex Drive, Ottawa


Saturday, October 18, 2008
8:30 Registration
9:00 - 10:40 Session 5 Wireless and Distributed Sensor Networks
Chair Ziad Sakr, University of Trinidad and Tobago
9:00 - 9:20 An Auto Load Balancing ALOHA System for Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
J. Sarker, H. Mouftah
University of Ottawa, CANADA

9:20 - 9:40 Towards a Model and Specification for Visual Programming of Massively Distributed Embedded Systems
M. Wang, V. Subramanian, A. Doboli
State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA

9:40 - 10:00 Message Redundancy in Sensor Networks Implemented with Intelligent Agents
V. Ancusa
University Politehnica of Timisoara, ROMANIA

10:00 - 10:20 Use of RSSI for Motion Control of Wirelessly Networked Robot Swarm
T. Ishimoto, S. Hara
Osaka City University, JAPAN

10:20 - 10:40 Predictable Data Communication Interface for Hard Real-Time Systems
M. Micea, G. Carstoiu, L. Ungurean, D. Chicidean, V. Cretu, V. Groza
Politehnica University of Timisoara, ROMANIA
University of Ottawa, CANADA

10:40 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:20 Session 6 Intelligent Sensing
Chair Jens Kuehnle, Fraunhofer Institute of Manufacturing Engineering and Automation, Germany
11:00 - 11:20 Intelligent Haptics Sensing and Biometric Security
A. Kanneh, Z. Sakr
University of Trinidad and Tobago, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

11:20 - 11:40 Evaluation of Growing Neural Gas Networks for Selective 3D Scanning
A.-M. Cretu, E.M. Petriu, P. Payeur
University of Ottawa, CANADA

11:40 - 12:00 Minimum Set of Feedback Sensors for High Performance Decentralized Cooperative Force Control of Redundant Manipulators
D. Navarro-Alarcon, V. Parra-Vega, E. Olguin-Diaz
Research Center for Advanced Studies, MEXICO

12:00 - 12:20 Feature Selection for a Real-Time Vision-Based Inspection System
M.M. Chetima, P. Payeur
University of Ottawa, CANADA

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch (provided)
13:30 - 15:10 Session 7 Robot Vision and Imaging
Chair J. Gomez-Mendoza, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, COLOMBIA
13:30 - 13:50 Position-Based Visual Servoing Using a Coded Structured Light Sensor
C. Doignon, T. Heitzmann, C. Albitar, P. Graebling
Louis Pasteur University, FRANCE

13:50 - 14:10 Grasping in Depth Maps of Time-Of-Flight Cameras
J. Kuehnle, Z. Xue
Fraunhofer Institute of Manufacturing Engineering and Automation, GERMANY
Research Center for Information Technology, GERMANY

14:10 - 14:30 An Omnidirectional Stereoscopic System for Mobile Robot Navigation
R. Boutteau, X. Savatier, J.-Y. Ertaud, B. Mazari
IRSEEM, FRANCE

14:30 - 14:50 Design of Fast Steering Mirror Systems for Precision Laser Beams Steering
Q. Zhou, P. Ben-Tzvi, D. Fan, A. Goldenberg
University of Toronto, CANADA
The George Washington University, USA
National University of Defence Technology, CHINA

14:50 - 15:10 Robust Pseudo-Random Coded Colored Structured Light Technique for 3D Object Model Recovery
A. Kazantsev, E.M. Petriu
CGI, CANADA
University of Ottawa, CANADA

15:10 - 15:30 Best Paper Awards and Closing Remarks