Intelligent Robotics and Applications

The 9-volume set LNAI 14267-14275 constitutes the proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2023, which took place in Hangzhou, China, during July 5-7, 2023.

The 413 papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 630 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows:

Part I: Human-Centric Technologies for Seamless Human-Robot Collaboration; Multimodal Collaborative Perception and Fusion; Intelligent Robot Perception in Unknown Environments; Vision-Based Human Robot Interaction and Application.

Part II: Vision-Based Human Robot Interaction and Application; Reliable AI on Machine Human Reactions; Wearable Sensors and Robots; Wearable Robots for Assistance, Augmentation and Rehabilitation of Human Movements; Perception and Manipulation of Dexterous Hand for Humanoid Robot.

Part III: Perception and Manipulation of Dexterous Hand for Humanoid Robot; Medical Imaging for Biomedical Robotics; Advanced Underwater Robot Technologies; Innovative Design and Performance Evaluation of Robot Mechanisms; Evaluation of Wearable Robots for Assistance and Rehabilitation; 3D Printing Soft Robots.

Part IV: 3D Printing Soft Robots; Dielectric Elastomer Actuators for Soft Robotics; Human-like Locomotion and Manipulation; Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning for Smart Robots.

Part V: Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning for Smart Robots; Robotic Tactile Sensation, Perception, and Applications; Advanced Sensing and Control Technology for Human-Robot Interaction; Knowledge-Based Robot Decision-Making and Manipulation; Design and Control of Legged Robots.

Part VI: Design and Control of Legged Robots; Robots in Tunnelling and Underground Space; Robotic Machining of Complex Components; Clinically Oriented Design inRobotic Surgery and Rehabilitation; Visual and Visual-Tactile Perception for Robotics.

Part VII: Visual and Visual-Tactile Perception for Robotics; Perception, Interaction, and Control of Wearable Robots; Marine Robotics and Applications; Multi-Robot Systems for Real World Applications; Physical and Neurological Human-Robot Interaction.

Part VIII: Physical and Neurological Human-Robot Interaction; Advanced Motion Control Technologies for Mobile Robots; Intelligent Inspection Robotics; Robotics in Sustainable Manufacturing for Carbon Neutrality; Innovative Design and Performance Evaluation of Robot Mechanisms.

Part IX: Innovative Design and Performance Evaluation of Robot Mechanisms; Cutting-Edge Research in Robotics.

Human-centric Technologies for Seamless Human-robot Collaboration. - Method for Identifying Knee Joint Stiffness During Human Standing. - Motion Control and Simulation Analysis of a manipulator Based on Computed Torque Control Method. - Design and Realization of a Multi-DoF Robotic Head for Affective Humanoid Facial Expression Imitation. - Adversarial Attacks on Skeleton-based Sign Language Recognition. - Adaptive Goal-Biased Bi-RRT for Online Path Planning of Robotic Manipulators. - A Novel 3-DOF Spherical Hybrid Mechanism for Wrist Movement: Design, Kinematics, and Simulation. - Dimensional Synthesis of a Novel Redundantly Actuated Parallel Manipulator. - A Novel Hyper-Redundant Manipulator Dynamic Identification Method Based on Whale Optimization and Nonlinear Friction Model. - Study on Shared Compliance Control of Teleoperated Abdominal Ultrasonic Robot. - Construction of Control System on Kinematic Redundant Hybrid Parallel Mechanism for Micro-assembly. - Multimodal Collaborative Perception and Fusion. - Influence of Contact Characteristics on Pressure Sensing of IPMC Sensors. - Optimization-Based Motion Planning Method for a Robot Manipulator under the Conditions of Confined Space and Heavy Load. - Vision-based Categorical Object Pose Estimation and Manipulation. - Animal-Like Eye Vision Assisted Locomotion of a Quadruped Based on Reinforcement Learning. - Abnormal Emotion Recognition Based on Audio-Visual Modality Fusion. - Powerful Encoding and Decoding Computation of Reservoir Computing. - Bidirectional Delay Estimation of Motor Control Systems at Different Muscle Contraction Levels. - Growing Memory Network with Random Weight 3DCNN for Continuous Human Action Recognition. - Sleep-dependent memory replay enables brain-like robustness in neural networks. - Improving Motor Imagery Brain-Computer Interface Per-Formance through Data Screening. - The Impact of Three-Week Passive Robotic Hand Therapy on Stroke Patients. - A Six-Dof Parallel Robot-Assisted Dispensing Platform with Visual Servoing and Force Sensing for Accurate Needle Positioning and Mass Control. - Post-Stroke Motor Function Assessment Based on Brain-Muscle Coupling Analysis. - Factors Affecting the Perception Performance of Biomimetic Tactile Sensing System. - Intelligent Robot Perception in Unknown Environments. - Air-Ground Robots Cooperation-Based Mountain Glaciers Thickness Continuous Detection: Systems and Applications. - A Modified Artificial Potential Field Method Based on Subgoal Points for Mobile Robot. - A Modular Tensegrity Mobile Robot with Multi-Locomotion Modes. - Quantum Genetic Algorithm with Fuzzy Control Based on Clustering Analysis. - Design and Research of a Snake-Like Robot Based on Orthogonal Joint and Wheel Modules. - Multi-Sensor Tightly Coupled SLAM Algorithm Based on Feature Planes in IndoorScenes. - Intelligent Perception Solution for Construction Machinery Based on Binocular Stereo Vision. - Design and Experimental Study of an Intelligent Soft Crawling Robot for Environmental Interactions. - Vision based flame detection using compressed domain motion prediction and multi-feature fusion. - Vision-LiDAR-Inertial Localization and Mapping Dataset of a Mining Cave. - Gesture recognition based on LightViT network against sEMG electrode shift. - Hybrid Scheme for Efficient Deformable Image Registration. - A Trunk Map Construction Method for Long-Term Localization and Navigation for Orchard Robots. - Relational Alignment and Distance Optimization for Cross-modality Person Re-Identification. - RGB-D Camera Based Map Building and Path Planning of Snake Robot. - Map Smoothing Method for Map Distortion with Localization Error. - A Novel Line Approximation Approach for State Updates of Grid Maps. - A Flexible and Highly Sensitive Ultrasonic Transducer for Accurate Three-Dimensional Positioning. - Grasp Compliant Control using Adaptive Admittance Control Methods for Flexible Objects. - Vision-Based Human Robot Interaction and Application. - Research on an Embedded System of Cotton Field Patrol Robot based on AI Depth Camera. - Hard Disk Posture Recognition and Grasping Based on Depth Vision. - Design of a Visual Guidance Robotic Assembly System for Flexible Satellite Equipment Unit Assembly. - Full Resolution Repetition Counting. - Human-robot interactive operating system for underwater manipulators based on hand gesture recognition. - Registration of Structured Light Camera Point Cloud Data with CT Images. - Automatic loading and unloading system with workpiece identification based on YOLOv5.