Simulation plays a pivotal role in providing safely reproducible scenarios to evaluate the
ever-advancing domain of computer science and robotics. It was an essential part of the …

New robotics applications require robots to complete tasks in social spaces (ie environments
shared with people), thus arising the necessity of enabling robots to operate in a socially …

Navigation of agricultural mobile platforms in small-scale orchards poses challenges due to
narrow row-end turning spaces and the need for precise path tracking in the presence of …

Due to demographic shifts and improvements in medical care, person navigation systems
(PNS) for people with disabilities are becoming increasingly important. So far, PNS have …

Understanding the movement of crowds is important to the management of public places
and urban safety. Existing researches mostly focused on tracking pedestrians in video clips …

When robots move through social spaces (ie, environments shared with people) such as
museums and shop** centers, they must navigate in a safe and socially acceptable …

Abstract Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) are playing an increasingly prominent role in our lives.
Numerous studies have been conducted on autonomous mobility. In this study, an …

In recent years, the rapid development of robot technology means more kinds of robots
appear in life and they are applied in different fields of society. Service robots are mainly …

This chapter presents preliminary results of a study on the development of a simulation
framework designed to investigate and evaluate various path tracking control strategies for …

In the future, eventually, robots will become extremely widespread also in urban
environments, and perhaps, us humans will need to learn how to interact and live with them …