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Selected papers on robot vision

Husain F., Schulz H., Dellen B., Torras C. and Behnke S.: "Combining semantic and geometric features for object class segmentation of indoor scenes". IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 2, num. 1, pp. 49-55, 2017.


Ramisa A., Alenyà G., Moreno-Noguer F. and Torras C.
: "A 3D descriptor to detect task-oriented grasping points in clothing". Pattern Recognition, vol. 60, pp. 936-948, 2016.


Husain F., Dellen B. and Torras C.
: "Action recognition based on efficient deep feature learning in the spatio-temporal domain". IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 1, num. 2, pp. 984-991, 2016.


Husain F., Dellen B. and Torras C.
: "Consistent depth video segmentation using adaptive surface models". IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, vol. 45, num. 2, pp. 266-278, 2015.


Simo-Serra E., Torras C. and Moreno-Noguer F.
: "DaLI: Deformation and light invariant descriptor". Intl. Journal of Computer Vision, vol. 115, num. 2, pp. 136-154, 2015.


Husain F., Dellen B. and Torras C.
: "Robust surface tracking in range image sequences". Digital Signal Processing, vol. 35, pp. 37-44, 2014.


Husain F., Dellen B. and Torras C.
: "Recognizing point clouds using conditional random fields". 22nd Intl. Conf. on Pattern Recognition (ICPR'14), Stockholm, Sweden, pp. 4257-4262, 2014.


Alenyà G., Foix S. and Torras C.
: "Using ToF and RGBD cameras for 3D robot perception and manipulation in human environments". Intelligent Service Robotics, vol. 7, num. 4, pp. 211-220, 2014.


Ramisa A., Alenyà G., Moreno-Noguer F. and Torras C.
: "Learning RGB-D descriptors of garment parts for informed robot grasping". Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, vol. 35, pp. 246-258, 2014.


Alenyà G., Foix S. and Torras C.
: "ToF cameras for active vision in robotics". Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, vol. 218, pp. 10-22, 2014.


Husain F., Colomé A., Dellen B., G. Alenyà and Torras C.
: "Realtime tracking and grasping of a moving object from range video". Proc. IEEE Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'14), Hong-Kong, pp. 2617-2622, 2014.


Ramisa A., Alenyà G., Moreno-Noguer F. and Torras C.
: "FINDDD: A fast 3D descriptor to characterize textiles for robot manipulation". IEEE/RSJ Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS'13), Tokyo, pp. 824-830, 2013.


Alenyà G., Dellen B., Foix S. and Torras C.
: "Robotized plant probing: Leaf segmentation utilizing time-of-flight data". IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, vol. 20, num. 3, pp. 50-59, 2013. Ramisa A., Alenyà G., Moreno-Noguer F. and Torras C.: "Using depth and appearance features for informed robot grasping of highly wrinkled clothes". Proc. IEEE Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'12), St. Paul, Minnesota, pp. 1703-1708, May 2012.


Foix S., Alenyà G. and Torras C.
: "Lock-in time-of-flight (ToF) cameras: a survey". IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 11, num. 9, pp. 1917-1926, 2011.


Alenyà G., Dellen B. and Torras C.
: "3D modelling of leaves from color and ToF data for robotized plant measuring". Proc. IEEE Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'11), Shanghai, pp. 3408-3414, May 2011.


Dellen B., Alenyà G., Foix S. and Torras C.
: "Segmenting color images into surface patches by exploiting sparse depth data". Proc. IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV'11), Kona, Hawaii, pp. 591-598, Jan. 2011.


Foix S., Alenyà G., Andrade-Cetto J. and Torras C.
: "Object modeling using a ToF camera under an uncertainty reduction approach". Proc. IEEE Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'10), Anchorage, Alaska, pp. 1306-1312, May 2010.


Alenyà G. and Torras C.
: "Camera motion estimation by tracking contour deformation: Precision analysis". Image and Vision Computing, vol. 28, pp. 474-490, 2010.


Dellen B., Alenyà G., Foix S. and Torras C.
: "3D object reconstruction from Swissranger sensor data using a spring-mass model". 4th Intl. Conf. on Computer Vision Theory and Applications (VISAPP'09), pp. 368-372, Feb. 2009.


Alberich-Carramiñana M., Alenyà G., Andrade-Cetto J., Martínez E. and Torras C.
: "Recovering epipolar direction from two affine views of a planar object". Computer Vision and Image Understanding, vol. 112, pp. 195-209, 2008.


Celaya E., Albarral J.L., Jiménez P. and Torras C.
: "Visually-guided robot navigation: From artificial to natural landmarks". In "Field and Service Robotics", edited by C. Laugier and R. Siegwart, STAR Series, num. 42, pp. 287-296, Springer-Verlag, 2008.


Celaya E., Albarral J.L., Jiménez P. and Torras C.
: "Natural landmark detection for visually-guided robot navigation". Proc. 10th Conf. of the Italian Assoc. for Artif. Intell. (AI*IA 2007), Roma, Italia. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, vol. 4733, pp. 555-566, Sept. 2007.


Alenyà G., Alberich-Carramiñana M. and Torras C.
: "Depth from the visual motion of a planar target induced by zooming". Proc. IEEE Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'07), Roma, Italia, pp. 4727-4732, April 2007.


Todt E. and Torras C.
: "Outdoor landmark-view recognition based on bipartite-graph matching and logistic regression". Proc. IEEE Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'07), Roma, Italia, pp. 4289-4294, April 2007.


Alberich-Carramiñana M., Alenyà G., Andrade-Cetto J., Martínez E. and Torras C.
: "Affine epipolar direction from two views of a planar contour". Proc. Intl. Conf. on Advanced Concepts for Intelligent Vision Systems (ACIVS'06), Antwerp, Belgium, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 4179, pp. 944-955, Sept. 2006.


Todt E. and Torras C.
: "Color-contrast landmark detection and encoding in outdoor images". Proc. 11th Intl. Conf. on Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns (CAIP-2005), INRIA Rocquencourt, Sept. 2005.


Alenyà G., Escoda J., Martínez A.B. and Torras C.
: "Using laser and vision to locate a robot in an industrial environment: A practical experience". Proc. IEEE Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'05), Barcelona, April 2005.


Todt E. and Torras C.
: "Detecting salient cues through illumination-invariant color ratios". Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 48, num. 2-3, pp. 111-130, Sept. 2004.


Alenyà G., Martínez E. and Torras C.
: "Fusing visual and inertial sensing to recover robot egomotion". Journal of Robotic Systems, vol. 21, num. 1, pp. 23-32, Jan. 2004.


Martínez E. and Torras C.
: "Contour-based 3D motion recovery while zooming". Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 44, num. 3/4, pp. 219-227, Sept. 2003.


Celaya E. and Torras C.
: "Visual navigation outdoors: The ARGOS project". In "Intelligent Autonomous Systems 7", edited by M. Gini, W-M. Shen, C. Torras and H. Yuasa, IOS Press, pp. 63-67, 2002.


Martínez E. and Torras C.
: "3D motion recovery while zooming using active contours". In "Intelligent Autonomous Systems 7", edited by M. Gini, W-M. Shen, C. Torras and H. Yuasa, IOS Press, pp. 207-214, 2002.


Todt E. and Torras C.
: "Color constancy for landmark detection in outdoor environments". Proc. 4th European Workshop on Advanced Mobile Robots (Eurobot'01), Lund, Sweden, Sept. 2001.


Martínez E. and Torras C.
: "Qualitative vision for the guidance of legged robots in unstructured environments". Pattern Recognition, Special Issue on "Data and Information Fusion in Image Processing and Computer Vision", vol. 34, num. 8, pp. 1585-1599, Aug. 2001.


Wells G. and Torras C.
: "Assessing image features for vision-based robot positioning". Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, vol. 30, num. 1, pp. 95-118, Jan. 2001.


Martínez E. and Torras C.
: "Depth map from the combination of matched points with active contours". Proc.  IEEE Symp. on Intelligent Vehicles (IVS-2000), Dearborn, MI, Oct. 2000.


Martínez E. and Torras C.
: "Epipolar geometry from the deformation of an active contour". Proc. 15th Intl. Conf. on Pattern Recognition (ICPR-2000), Barcelona, Sept. 2000.


Todt E. and Torras C.
: "Detection of natural landmarks through multiscale opponent features". Proc. 15th Intl. Conf. on Pattern Recognition (ICPR-2000), Barcelona, Sept. 2000.


Martínez E. and Torras C.
: "Integration of appearance and geometric methods for the analysis of monocular sequences". Proc. IST/SPIE 12th Annual Symp. on Electronic Imaging , San Jose, California, Jan. 2000.


Wells G. and Torras C.
: "Selection of image features for robot positioning using mutual information". Proc. IEEE Intl. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Leuven, Belgium, pp. 2819-2826, May 1998.


Wells G., Venaille C. and Torras C.
: "Vision-based robot positioning using neural networks". Image and Vision Computing, vol. 14, pp. 715-732, Dec. 1996.


Wells G., Venaille Ch. and Torras C.
:"Vision-based robot positioning". Proc. 3rd Intl. Symp. on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics (MMAR'96), Miedzyzdroje, Poland, pp. 899-908, Sept. 1996.


Venaille C., Wells G. and Torras C.
: "Application of neural networks to image-based control of robot arms", Proc. SICICA, edited by Cs. Bányász, pp. 281-286, Budapest, June 1994.


Book

Torras C. (ed.): "Computer Vision: Theory and Industrial Applications". Berlin Heidelberg New-York: Springer-Verlag, 1992.