ICRA Workshop on Automated Diagnosis - New pages [en]

Contact

2011-01-21T16:05:56Z

Summary: New page: Please direct all questions and comments to: Dr. Gerald Steinbauer Institute for Software Technology, Graz University of Technology Address: Inffeldgasse 16b/2, 8010 Graz, Austria Pho...

Please direct all questions and comments to:

Dr. Gerald Steinbauer

Institute for Software Technology, Graz University of Technology

Address: Inffeldgasse 16b/2, 8010 Graz, Austria

Phone: +43 316 873 5723

Email: steinbauer@ist.tugraz.at

Call for Papers

2011-01-21T15:51:04Z

Summary:

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ICRA Workshop on Automated Diagnosis, Repair and Re-Configuration
of Robot Systems

2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
(ICRA 2011)

9 - 13 May 2011

Shanghai International Convention Center, Shanghai, China

http://icra2011.ist.tugraz.at

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CALL FOR PAPERS

OBJECTIVES

Technical systems in particular robot systems get more complex as they
work on more advanced tasks in more realistic environments. The increase
of complexity is true for the hardware and software of the robot systems
as well as for the algorithms and methods uses in the system. This
complexity is hard to control and lead to unexpected behaviors, faults
and mission failures. These characteristics are diametrical to the goal
of reliable, dependable, autonomous robot systems.

In the last two decades a lot of research had been conducted in the
field of fault-tolerant, self-aware and robust autonomous systems. The
attempts to develop such intelligent systems can roughly be divided into
two directions. One direction is basically driven by the development and
application of robust robot systems while the other direction followed
the development of intelligent monitoring, reasoning and diagnosis
algorithms in general.

The main objective of the workshop is to bring together practitioners
and researcher dealing with techniques for robust dependable systems in
the context of one of the largest Robotics and Automation conferences.
We expect an intense exchange of knowledge, experiences and ideas
between these groups. This exchange will lead to an stimulating
cross-fertilization of these areas. In particular researchers which
develop and build intelligent robot systems will learn new methods to
cope with unexpected situations and researchers from the diagnosis
community will see new potential application domains and learn where are
real problems in an autonomous system acting in a real-world
environment.

TOPICS

The list of topics includes (but is not limited to):

* autonomous robots and systems
* automated diagnosis
* automated repair
* automated re-configuration and adaptation
* fault-tolerance
* self-healing systems
* self-aware systems
* modelling of robot systems
* verification and validation
* faults in hardware, software and algorithms in robot systems
* dependability
* trust
* automated reasoning
* case studies
* successful applications

IMPORTANT DATES

* 25 February 2011 Paper Submission Due
* 1 March 2011: Notification of acceptance
* 16 March 2011: Final version for workshop material CD
* 9 May 2011: Workshop

SUBMISSION

All papers that deal automated repair, diagnosis and re-configuration in
automated systems and its application are highly welcome.

All submissions should be in PDF format using the ICRA template
(http://ras.papercept.net/conferences/support/tex.php).

Papers should be up to 6 pages in length. Submissions should be emailed
to steinbauer@ist.tugraz.at by 25 February 2011.

All submission will be reviewed by at least two members of the program
committee.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

* Gerald Steinbauer, Institute for Software Technology,
Graz University of Technology, Austria
* Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
California Institute of Technology, USA
* Franz Wotawa Institute for Software Technology,
Graz University of Technology, Austria

Submission

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Summary:

All papers that deal automated repair, diagnosis and reconfiguration in robot sytsems and its application are highly welcome.

All submissions should be in PDF format using the ICRA template (http://ras.papercept.net/conferences/support/tex.php). Papers should be up to 6 pages in length. Submissions should be emailed to ''steinbauer@ist.tugraz.at'' by 25 February 2011.

All submission will be reviewed by at least two members of the program committee.

Program

2011-01-21T15:44:41Z

Summary:

8:50 - 9:00 ''Franz Wotawa and Gerald Steinbauer''. '''Welcome Notes'''

9:00 - 9:50 ''Franz Wotawa''. '''Model-Based Diagnosis - Challenges and Techniques'''

9:50 - 10:30 ''Thierry Peynot, Robert Fitch, Rowan McAllister and Alen Alempijevic''. '''Autonomous Reconfiguration of a Multi-Modal Mobile Robot'''

10:30 - 11:00 '''Coffee Break'''

11:00 - 11:40 ''Naveed Akhtar, Anastassia Kuestenmacher and Erwin Prassler''. '''Fault reasoning based on Naive Physics'''

11:40 - 12:20 ''Oliver Zweigle, Kai Häussermann, Björn Schiessle and Paul Levi''. '''Using Situation Analysis Techniques with Bayesian Networks for Recognizing Hardware Errors on Mobile Robots'''

12:20 - 14:00 '''Lunch Break'''

14:00 - 14:40 ''Hamid Abdi, Saeid Nahavandi and Zoran Najdovski''. '''Discrete Fault Tolerance Measures for Redundant Manipulators'''

14:40 - 15:20 ''Gerald Steinbauer''. '''A Survey on the Nature of Faults of Autonomous Robot Systems'''

15:20 - 16:00 '''Coffee Break'''

16:00 - 16:30 '''Panel Discussion and Workshop Wrap up'''

Intended Audience

2011-01-21T15:43:26Z

Summary: New page: This workshop is intend for researchers interesting in using intelligent methods that allow their systems to automatically and actively cope with unforeseen events like faults, uncertain a...

This workshop is intend for researchers interesting in using intelligent methods that allow their systems to automatically and actively cope with unforeseen events like
faults, uncertain acting and sensing and exogenous events. We believe that the workshop is interesting for practitioners
from the autonomous agents and robots domain as well as for researchers from complementary areas like computer science, machine learning, reliability, diagnosis and repair
as well as researchers dealing with more fundamental and theoretical issues.

Objectives

2011-01-21T15:39:24Z

Summary: New page: Technical systems in particular robot systems get more complex as they work on more advanced tasks in more realistic environments. The increase of complexity is true for the hardware and s...

Technical systems in particular robot systems get more complex as they work on more advanced tasks in more realistic environments.
The increase of complexity is true for the hardware and software of the robot systems as well as for the algorithms and methods uses in the system.
This complexity is hard to control and lead to unexpected behaviors, faults and mission failures. These characteristics are diametrical to the
goal of reliable, dependable, autonomous robot systems.

In the last two decades a lot of research had been conducted in the field of fault-tolerant, self-aware and robust autonomous systems.
The attempts to develop such intelligent systems can roughly be divided into two directions. One direction is basically driven by the
development and application of robust robot systems and origin from the Robotics, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering community.
The focus lies here for instance on the development of safe development processes, redundant systems and highly technical solutions in order to cope with the issue.

The other direction followed the development of intelligent monitoring, reasoning and diagnosis algorithms and has been driven by people from Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence.
The main interests are here is a fundamental understanding of how technical systems can be modeled accurately, how faults or unexpected behaviors can be
detected efficiently and how plausible explanations and solutions for a problem can be found automatically.

Both directions went a long way and achieved fantastic results. But we are convinced that both direction can learn a lot from each other.
Therefore, the main objective of the workshop is to bring together researcher from these various directions in the context of one of the
largest Robotics and Automation conferences. We expect an intense exchange of knowledge, experiences and ideas between these groups.
This exchange will lead to an stimulating cross-fertilization of these areas. In particular researchers which develop and build intelligent
robot systems will learn new methods to cope with unexpected situations and researchers from the diagnosis community will see new potential
application domains and learn where are the real problems in an autonomous system acting in a real-world environment.

Organizing Committee

2011-01-21T15:27:25Z

Summary:

== Organizing Committee ==

* Gerald Steinbauer, Institute for Software Technology, Graz University of Technology, Austria
* Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, USA
* Franz Wotawa Institute for Software Technology, Graz University of Technology, Austria

== Program Committee (Tentative) ==

* Werner Bockmann, University Osnabrück, Germany
* Richard Dearden, University of Birmingham, UK
* Michael Hofbaur, UMIT, Austria
* Johann de Kleer, Parc, USA
* Felix Ingrand, LAAS, France
* Rolf Isermann, TU Darmstadt, Germany
* Alexander Kleiner, University Freiburg, Germany
* George Coghill, University of Aberdeen, UK
* Gerald Steinbauer, TU Graz, Austria
* Peter Struss, TU M\"unchen, Germany
* Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu, JPL, USA
* Vandi Verma, JPL, USA
* Brian Wiliams, MIT, USA
* Franz Wotawa, TU Graz, Austria

Important Dates

2011-01-21T15:25:23Z

Summary:

* 21 March 2011 Paper Submission Due (Extended!!!)
* 4 April 2011: Notification of acceptance
* 18 April 2011: Final version
* 9 May 2011: Workshop

Topics

2011-01-21T15:13:31Z

Summary:

The preliminary list of topics includes (but is not limited to):

* autonomous robots and systems
* automated diagnosis
* automated repair
* automated re-configuration and adaptation
* fault-tolerance
* self-healing systems
* self-aware systems
* modeling of robot systems
* verification and validation
* faults in hardware, software and algorithms in robot systems
* depandability
* trust
* automated reasoning
* case studies
* successful applications