Survey Papers
| Title | Author | |
|---|---|---|
| The World robot summit disaster robotics category - achievements of the 2018 preliminary competition | Satoshi Tadokoro, Tetsuya Kimura, Masayuki Okugawa, Katsuji Oogane, Hiroki Igarashi, Yoshikazu Ohtsubo, Noritaka Sato, Masaru Shimizu, Soichiro Suzuki, Tomoichi Takahashi, Shin'ichiro Nakaoka, Mika Murata, Mitsuru Takahashi, Yumi Morita & Elena Mary Rooney | |
| Assembly Challenge: a robot competition of the Industrial Robotics Category, World Robot Summit – summary of the pre-competition in 2018 | Yasuyoshi Yokokohji, Yoshihiro Kawai, Mizuho Shibata, Yasumichi Aiyama, Shinya Kotosaka, Wataru Uemura, Akio Noda, Hiroki Dobashi, Takeshi Sakaguchi & Kazuhito Yokoi | |
| What competitions were conducted in the service categories of the World Robot Summit? | Hiroyuki Okada, Tetsunari Inamura & Kazuyoshi Wada |
Disaster Response Robot
| Title | Author | |
|---|---|---|
| Development and field test of the articulated mobile robot T2 Snake-4 for plant disaster prevention | Motoyasu Tanaka, Kazuyuki Kon, Mizuki Nakajima, Nobutaka Matsumoto, Shinnosuke Fukumura, Kosuke Fukui, Hidemasa Sawabe, Masahiro Fujita & Kenjiro Tadakuma | |
| Development of a folding arm on an articulated mobile robot for plant disaster prevention | Nobutaka Matsumoto, Motoyasu Tanaka, Mizuki Nakajima, Masahiro Fujita & Kenjiro Tadakuma | |
| Development of the Multifunctional Rescue Robot FUHGA2 and Evaluation at the World Robot Summit 2018 | Tatsuya Takemori, Masato Miyake, Tomoaki Hirai, Xixun Wang, Yuto Fukao, Mau Adachi, Kaiyo Yamaguchi, Suomi Tanishige, Yusuke Nomura, Fumitoshi Matsuno, Toshiaki Fujimoto, Akito Nomura, Hikaru Tetsui, Masahiro Watanabe & Kenjiro Tadakuma | |
| Plant Inspection by Using a Ground Vehicle and an Aerial Robot: Lessons Learned from Plant Disaster Prevention Challenge in World Robot Summit 2018 | H. Miura, A. Watanabe, M. Okugawa, T. Miura & T. Koganeya | |
| Development of a separable search-and-rescue robot composed of a mobile robot and a snake robot | Tetsushi Kamegawa, Taichi Akiyama, Satoshi Sakai, Kento Fujii, Kazushi Une, Eitou Ou, Yuto Matsumura, Toru Kishutani, Eiji Nose, Yusuke Yoshizaki & Akio Gofuku |
Service Robot Technology
| Title | Author | |
|---|---|---|
| Portable Compact Suction Pad Unit for Parallel Grippers | Junya Tanaka, Daisuke Yamamoto, Hideki Ogawa, Hiroshi Ohtsu, Keisuke Kamata & Kohei Nara | |
| A Mobile Dual-arm Manipulation Robot System for Stocking and Disposing of Items in a Convenience Store by using Universal Vacuum Grippers for Grasping Items | Ryo Sakai, Shinichi Katsumata, Takahiro Miki, Taiki Yano, Wenpeng Wei, Yuya Okadome, Nobuhiro Chihara, Nobutaka Kimura, Yusuke Nakai, Isamu Matsuo & Toshihiko Shimizu | |
| Q-bot: Heavy Object Carriage Robot for In-House Logistics based on Universal Vacuum Gripper | Isamu Matsuo, Toshihiko Shimizu, Yusuke Nakai, Masahiro Kakimoto, Yuki Sawasaki, Yoshiki Mori, Takamasa Sugano, Shuhei Ikemoto & Takeshi Miyamoto | |
| System for augmented human-robot interaction through mixed reality and robot training by non-experts in customer service environments | L. El Hafi, S. Isobe, Y. Tabuchi, Y. Katsumata, H. Nakamura, T. Fukui, T. Matsuo, G. A. Garcia Ricardez, M. Yamamoto, A. Taniguchi, Y. Hagiwara & T. Taniguchi | |
| Restock and straightening system for retail automation using compliant and mobile manipulation | G. A. Garcia Ricardez, S. Okada, N. Koganti, A. Yasuda, P. M. Uriguen Eljuri, T. Sano, P.-C. Yang, L. El Hafi, M. Yamamoto, J. Takamatsu & T. Ogasawara | |
| Adaptive motion generation using imitation learning and highly-compliant end effector for autonomous cleaning | G. A. Garcia Ricardez, N. Koganti, P.-C. Yang, S. Okada, P. M. Uriguen Eljuri, A. Yasuda, L. El Hafi, M. Yamamoto, J. Takamatsu & T. Ogasawara | |
| Optimization of criterion for objective evaluation of HRI performance that approximates subjective evaluation: A case study in robot competition | Y. Mizuchi & T. Inamura | |
| Reusable Robot System for Display and Disposal Tasks at Convenience Stores Based on a SysML Model and RT Middleware | Hiroyasu Tsuji, Mayuka Shii, Shogo Yokoyama, Yuki Takamido, Yuji Murase, Soshi Masaki & Kenichi Ohara |
Industrial Robot Technology
| Title | Author | |
|---|---|---|
| Towards robot cell matrices for agile production - SDU Robotics’ assembly cell at the WRC 2018 | C. Schlette, A. G. Buch, F. Hagelskjær, I. Iturrate, D. Kraft, A. Kramberger, A. P. Lindvig, S. Mathiesen, H. G. Petersen, M. H. Rasmussen, T. R. Savarimuthu, C. Sloth, L. C. Sørensen & T. N. Thulesen | |
| What are the Important Technologies for Bin Picking? Technology Analysis of Robots in Competitions based on a Set of Performance Metrics | M. Fujita, Y. Domae, A. Noda, G. A. Garcia Ricardez, T. Nagatani, A. Zeng, S. Song, A. Rodriguez, A. Causo, I. M. Chen & T. Ogasawara | |
| Towards Easy Setup of Robotic Assembly Tasks | Christoffer Sloth, Aljaž Kramberger & Iñigo Iturrate | |
| Robots Assembling Machines: Learning from the World Robot Summit 2018 Assembly Challenge | Felix von Drigalski, Christian Schlette, Martin Rudorfer, Nikolaus Correll, Joshua C. Triyonoputro, Weiwei Wan, Tokuo Tsuji & Tetsuyou Watanabe | |
| Robust Bin-Picking System Using Tactile Sensor | Sho Tajima, Seiji Wakamatsu, Taiki Abe, Masanari Tennomi, Koki Morita, Hirotoshi Ubata, Atsushi Okamura, Yuji Hirai, Kota | |
| Task-board task for assembling a belt drive unit | Mizuho Shibata, Hiroki Dobashi, Wataru Uemura, Shinya Kotosaka, Yasumichi Aiyama, Takeshi Sakaguchi, Yoshihiro Kawai, Akio Noda, Kazuhito Yokoi & Yasuyoshi Yokokohji |
