Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems 16th Annual Conference, TAROS 201
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference on Towards Autonomous Robotics, TAROS 2015, held in Liverpool UK, in September 2015. The 16 revised full papers presented together with 18 short papers were carefully reviewed an
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Clare Dixon Karl Tuyls (Eds.)
Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems 16th Annual Conference, TAROS 2015 Liverpool, UK, September 8–10, 2015 Proceedings
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Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science LNAI Series Editors Randy Goebel University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Yuzuru Tanaka Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Wolfgang Wahlster DFKI and Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
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Clare Dixon Karl Tuyls (Eds.) •
Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems 16th Annual Conference, TAROS 2015 Liverpool, UK, September 8–10, 2015 Proceedings
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Editors Clare Dixon University of Liverpool Liverpool UK
Karl Tuyls University of Liverpool Liverpool UK
ISSN 0302-9743 ISSN 1611-3349 (electronic) Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence ISBN 978-3-319-22415-2 ISBN 978-3-319-22416-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-22416-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015945155 LNCS Sublibrary: SL7 – Artificial Intelligence Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
The 16th edition of the Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS) conference was held September 8–10, 2015, at the University of Liverpool, UK. The event included an academic conference, industry exhibitions and talks, robot demonstrations, and other satellite events. The TAROS series was initiated by Ulrich Nehmzow in Manchester in 1997 under the name TIMR (Towards Intelligent Mobile Robots). In 1999, Chris Melhuish and Ulrich formed the conference Steering Committee, which was joined by Mark Witkowski in 2003 when the conference adopted its current name. The Stee
