Distributed, Parallel and Biologically Inspired Systems
7th IFIP TC 10 Working Conference, DIPES 2010 and 3rd IFIP TC 10 International Conference, BICC 2010, Held as Part of WCC 2010, Brisbane, Australia, September 20-23, 2010. Proceedings
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Combining Service-Oriented Computing with Embedded Systems - A Robotics Case Study
In this paper, we introduce an approach for combining embedded systems with Service-oriented Computing techniques based on a concrete application scenario from the robotics domain. Our proposed Service-oriente...
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Methods for the Design and Development
After the domain-spanning conceptual design, engineers from different domains work in parallel and apply their domain-specific methods and modeling languages to design the system. Vital for the successful desi...
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Examples of Self-optimizing Systems
In this chapter, the benefits resulting from self-optimization will be described based on application examples from the Collaborative Research Center 614 “Self-optimizing Concepts and Structures in Mechanical ...
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A 3D Path Planning Approach Extended by Bifurcation Theory for Formation Flights
After big disasters, search and rescue missions take place. During these missions it is essential to obtain an overview of the overall situation to arrange efficient rescue tasks as soon as possible. Afterward...
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A Fast Hierarchical Learning Approach for Autonomous Robots
In this article we present an approach that enables robots to learn how to act and react robustly in continuous and noisy environments while not loosing track of the overall feasibility, i.e. minimising the ex...
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Increasing Learning Speed by Imitation in Multi-robot Societies
The paradigm of imitation provides a powerful means for increasing the overall learning speed in a group of robots. While separately exploring the environment in order to learn how to behave with respect to a ...
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An Infrastructure for Flexible Runtime Reconfigurable Multi-microcontroller Systems
Embedded systems in robotics or mechatronics need flexibility since they are working in dynamic environments. We consider an embedded modular multi-microcontroller system. Each module includes a microcontrolle...
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Preface
IFIP Working Group 10.2 was pleased to sponsor DIPES 2010, the IFIP Conference on Distributed and Parallel Embedded Systems. The conference was held in Brisbane, Australia during September 20-22, 2010 as part ...
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Integrating Emotional Competence into Man-Machine Collaboration
Emotional competence plays a crucial role in human communication and hence should also be considered for improving cooperation between humans and robots. In this paper we present an architecture and its realiz...
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Hierarchically Distributing Embedded Systems for Improved Autonomy
Distribution of functionality among nodes is a contemporary research issue for embedded systems, e.g. in the field of autonomous mobile robot groups. In such groups, the concept of distribution is mainly used ...
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Measurement of Robot Similarity to Determine the Best Demonstrator for Imitation in a Group of Heterogeneous Robots
Imitation is not only a powerful means to drastically downsize the exploration space when learning behavior. It also helps to align the learning efforts of a robot group towards a common goal. However, one pre...
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Real-Time Camera Tracking for Mobile Devices: The VisiTrack System
This paper presents VisiTrack, a novel approach for video based incremental tracking in real-time. The major objectives in the development of VisiTrack was to design or select algorithms that are well suited f...
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From Model-Driven Design to Resource Management for Distributed Embedded Systems
IFIP TC 10 Working Conference on Distributed and Parallel Embedded Systems (DIPES 2006), October 11–13, 2006, Braga, Portugal
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The Paderkicker Team: Autonomy in Realtime Environments
The Paderkickers are a robot soccer team that makes heavy use of automotive technology like C167 micro-controllers or communication over CAN bus. All sensor data is processed on these decentralized embedded no...
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Trading off Impact and Mutation of Knowledge by Cooperatively Learning Robots
We present a socially inspired approach that allows agents in Multi-Agent Systems to speed up their own learning process through communication. Thereby, they are able to trade off impact of knowledge by mutati...
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Evolving Agent Societies Through Imitation Controlled by Artificial Emotions
An architecture is proposed that combines a simple learning method with one of the most natural evaluation systems: imitation controlled by emotions. Using this architecture agents develop behavioral clusters ...
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Learning Action Sequences Through Imitation in Behavior Based Architectures
In this paper a new architecture for learning action sequences through imitation is proposed. Imitation occurs by means of observing and applying sequences of basic behaviors. When an agent has observed anothe...
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Design Methods and Applications for Distributed Embedded Systems
IFIP 18th World Computer Congress TC10 Working Conference on Distributed and Parallel Embedded Systems (DIPES 2004) 22–27 August 2004 Toulouse, France
