Robot 2015: Second Iberian Robotics Conference

This book contains a selection of papersaccepted for presentation and discussion at ROBOT 2015: Second Iberian RoboticsConference, held in Lisbon, Portugal, November 19th-21th, 2015. ROBOT 2015 ispart of a series of conferences that are a joint organization of SPR –“Sociedade Portuguesa de Robótica/ Portuguese Society for Robotics”, SEIDROB –Sociedad Española para la Investigación y Desarrollo de la Robótica/ SpanishSociety for Research and Development in Robotics and CEA-GTRob – Grupo Temáticode Robótica/ Robotics Thematic Group. The conference organization had also thecollaboration of several universities and research institutes, including: Universityof Minho, University of Porto, University of Lisbon, Polytechnic Institute ofPorto, University of Aveiro, University of Zaragoza, University of Malaga,LIACC, INESC-TEC and LARSyS.

Robot 2015 was focussed on the Roboticsscientific and technological activities in the Iberian Peninsula, although opento research anddelegates from other countries. The conference featured 19special sessions, plus a main/general robotics track. The special sessions wereabout: Agricultural Robotics and Field Automation; Autonomous Driving andDriver Assistance Systems; Communication Aware Robotics; EnvironmentalRobotics; Social Robotics: Intelligent and Adaptable AAL Systems; FutureIndustrial Robotics Systems; Legged Locomotion Robots; Rehabilitation andAssistive Robotics; Robotic Applications in Art and Architecture; SurgicalRobotics; Urban Robotics; Visual Perception for Autonomous Robots; MachineLearning in Robotics; Simulation and Competitions in Robotics; EducationalRobotics; Visual Maps in Robotics; Control and Planning in Aerial Robotics, theXVI edition of the Workshop on Physical Agents and a Special Session onTechnological Transfer and Innovation.