Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics [electronic resource] : Selcted Papers from the International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics 2008 / edited by Juan Andrade Cetto, Jean-Louis Ferrier, Joaquim Filipe.

Invited Papers -- Distributed Technology for Global Control -- Dealing with Uncertainty in the Hybrid World -- I: Intelligent Control Systems and Optimization -- Adaptive Fuzzy Controller for Output Power Maximization of Induction Generators -- Architectural Approach for the Implementation of a Position Control System for a Boat-Like Inspection Robot -- Fast and Compact Encoding of Numerical Controllers Using OBDDs -- II: Robotics and Automation -- Dynamic-Based Simulation for Humanoid Robot Walking Using Walking Support System -- People Tracking and Identification Using Laser Features and Colour Distributions -- Robotic Wheelchair Trajectory Control Considering User Comfort -- Calibration and Comparison of Visual Tracking on the Ground for Multi Camera Tracking -- Mobile Robot Teleoperation via Wireless Multihop Networks - Parameter Tuning of Protocols and Real World Application Scenarios -- Safe Test Flights for Small Rotorcrafts -- Particle Filter with Temporal Smoothing for Mobile Robot Vision-Based Localization -- Oscillatory Controllers with Recurrent Neural Networks -- Concept and Design of the Intellwheels Platform for Developing Intelligent Wheelchairs -- III: Signal Processing, Systems Modeling and Control -- Hybrid Controller for Tracking Systems -- Modeling the Buoyancy System of a Wave Energy Power Plant -- Outbreaks Detection at the Beginning of Monitoring Process: The CUSUM Test Modification -- A Novel Wearable Instrumentation System for Bomb Disposal Suits -- Hybrid Modeling for Set-Membership State Estimation with Uncertain Nonlinear Continuous-Time Systems -- An Embedded Attitude and Heading Reference System Based on a Nonlinear Filter.

The present book includes a set of selected papers from the 5th "International Conference on Informatics in Control Automation and Robotics" (ICINCO 2008), held in Funchal-Madeira, Portugal, 11-15 May 2008. The conference was organized in three simultaneous tracks: "Intelligent Control Systems and Optimization", "Robotics and Automation" and "Systems Modeling, Signal Processing and Control". The book is based on the same structure. The purpose of this conference is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in the application of informatics to Control, Automation and Robotics. Informatics applications are pervasive in many areas of Control, Automation and Robotics, and this conference intends to emphasize this connection, therefore, most papers highlight applications of Information Technology (IT) in these areas and present ideas on how to solve problems using IT, both in R&D and industrial applications. A diversity of papers are included in the book, ranging from papers describing advanced prototypes, systems, tools and techniques to papers presenting surveys indicating future directions.