Estela Bicho’s homepage

University of Minho

Engineering School

Dept. Industrial Electronics

Centre Algoritmi

 

Dept. Electrónica Industrial

(selected publications)

Publications

White paper:

· Dynamic Field Theory (DFT): Applications in Cognitive Science and Robotics”, W. Erlhagen, E. Bicho, 10 pages, euCognition: The European Network for Advancement of Artificial Cognitive Systems, Network Action 057-1, 9 Jan., 2009. (http://www.eucognition.org/euCognition_2006-2008/white_papers.htm)

 

Book:

· E.Bicho, “Dynamic approach to behavior-based robotics: design, specification, analysis, simulation and implementation”, Shaker Verlag, Aachen, 2000, ISBN 3-8265-7462-1. (see related videos

    http://hdl.handle.net/1822/2173

 

Book chapters:

· G. Schöner, C. Faubel, E. Dineva and E. Bicho, “Embodied Neural Dynamics”, chapter 4 in Dynamic Thinking: a primer on dynamic field theory, pp. 95-118,  Edts Gregor Schöner, John P. Spencer and the DFT Research Group, Oxford University Press, 2016  978–0–19–930056–3.

· W. Erlhagen, E. Bicho, “A Dynamic Neural Field Approach to Natural and Efficient Human-Robot Collaboration”, book chapter in “Neural Fields: Theory and Applications”, Edts Stephen Coombes, Peter beim Graben, Roland Potthast, and James J. Wright, Springer, 31st May 2014, ISBN 978-3-642-54592-4.

·  E. Sousa, W. Erlhagen, E. Bicho, “On observational learning of hierarchies in sequential tasks: a dynamic neural field model ”, book chapter in Computational Models of Cognitive Processes: Proceedings of the 13th Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop (Ncpw13), pp.196-210, Edts Julien Mayor & Pablo Gomez,  World Scientific Publishing Company (World Scientific Pub Co Inc), Publication date: 06/11/2013, ISBN-13: 9789814458832 Publication date Hardcover: 30 dec, 2013).   DOI: 10.1142/9789814458849_0015. http://www.amazon.com/Computational-Models-Cognitive-Processes-Proceedings/dp/981445883X

· E. Bicho, W. Erlhagen, L. Louro, E. Costa e Silva, R. Silva, N. Hipolito,"A dynamic field approach to goal inference, error detection and anticipatory action selection in human-robot collaboration", in "New Frontiers in Human-Robot Interaction", Edited by Kerstin Dautenhahn & Joe Sanders, ,pp. 135-164. Advances in Interaction Studies, ISSN 1879-873XJohn Benjamins Publishing Company, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/17339

· W.Erlhagen, A.Mukovskiy, E. Bicho, G.Panin, C.Kiss, A.knoll, H. van Schie, H.Bekkering, “Action-understanding and Imitation Learning in a Robot-Human Task”, Artificial Neural Networks: Biological Inspirations, pp.261-268, Lecture Notes on Computer Science, Springer Verlag, 2005.   http://hdl.handle.net/1822/5971

· P. Mallet, E. Bicho, G. Schöner, “La dynamique des attracteurs comme base de génération de comportements en robotique mobile autonome ", chapter 7  in "Approche dynamique de la cognition artifcielle ", pp. 133-146, ,  Hermes Science Publications, ISBN 2-7462-0583-1. 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/2011

 

Monography:

· E.Bicho, “A dynamical neural model for categorical perception of speech”, Msc thesis (in portuguese), University of Aveiro, Portugal, December 1994.

 

International Journals:

· Toni Machado, Tiago Malheiro, Sérgio Monteiro, Wolfram Erlhagen, Estela Bicho. A Dynamical Systems Approach to Joint Transportation by Teams of Autonomous Robots: theory, implementation and validation on the factory floor. Autonomous Robots. In press. DOI: 10.1007/s10514-018-9729-2.

· Carlos Faria, Flora Ferreira,Wolfram Erlhagen, Sergio Monteiro, Estela Bicho. ”Position-Based Kinematics for 7-DoF Serial Manipulators with Global Configuration Control, Joint Limit and Singularity Avoidance”. Mechanism and Machine Theory, Vol. 121, March 2018, pp.317-334.

· Nafiseh Mollaei, Estela Bicho, , Nuno Sousa, Sergio Monteiro, Miguel Fernandes Gago. ” Review: Different protocols for analyzing behavior and adaptability in obstacle crossing in Parkinson's Disease”. Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2017; 12: 1843–1857.

· Luís Costa, Miguel F. Gago, Darya Yelshyna, Jaime Ferreira , Hélder Silva, , Luís Rocha, Nuno Sousa, Estela Bicho. Application of machine learning on postural control kinematics for the Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease”. Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, 2016, Article ID 3891253. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3891253

· Rui Silva, Luís Louro, Tiago Malheiro, Wolfram Erlhagen, Estela Bicho, “Combining intention and emotional state inference in a dynamic neural field architecture for human-robot joint action”. Adaptive Behavior. Volume 24(5), 2016, pp. 350-372 . http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1059712316665451

·  Miguel F. Gago, Darya Yelshyna, , Estela Bicho, Hélder D. Silva, Luís Rocha, ML Rodrigues, Nuno Sousa. Compensatory postural adjustments in an oculus virtual reality environment and the risk of falling in Alzheimer’s disease”. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra. 2016; 6:252–267. http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000447124

· Flora Ferreira, Wolfram Erlhagen, Estela Bicho. Multi-bump solutions in a neural field model with external inputs”. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena. Volume 326, July 2016, pp. 32-51. DOI: doi:10.1016/j.physd.2016.01.009. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/41796

· Darya Yelshyna, Miguel F. Gago, Estela Bicho, Vítor Fernandes, Hélder David Silva, Maria L Rodrigues, Luís Rocha, Nuno Sousa. Compensatory postural adjustments in Parkinson's disease assessed via a Virtual Reality environment”. Behav Brain Res. 2015 Aug 21. pii: S0166-4328(15)30150-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2015.08.017.

· Emanuel Sousa, Wolfram Erlhagen, Estela Bicho. Off-line simulation inspires insight: a neurodynamics approach to efficient robot task learning. Neural networks, V. 11, Dec 2015, pp. 123-139. DOI:10.1016/j.neunet.2015.09.002.  [impact factor 2014 = 2.708]. [scopus]http://hdl.handle.net/1822/39108. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S089360801500177X

· C. Faria, C. Vale, T. Machado, W. Erlhagen, M. Rito, S. Monteiro, E. Bicho,Experiential Learning of Robotics Fundamentals Based on a Case Study of Robot-Assisted Stereotactic Neurosurgery”,  IEEE Transactions on Education., in Press. DOI:10.1109/TE.2015.2456176. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=7175083

· C. Faria, W. Erlhagen, M. Rito, E.de Momi, G. Ferrigno, E. Bicho, “Review of Robotic Technology for Stereotactic Neurosurgery“, , IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 8, pp. 125-137, 30 April 2015. 10.1109/RBME.2015.2428305

· D. Yelshyna, M. F. Gago,   E. Bicho, V. Fernandes, H.David Silva, M. L.Rodrigues, L.Rocha, N. Sousa, “Compensatory postural adjustments in Parkinson's disease assessed via a Virtual Reality environment”,   Behav Brain Res. 2015 Aug 21. pii: S0166-4328(15)30150-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2015.08.017

· M. Gago, V.Fernandes, J. Ferreira, D.Yelshyna, H. Silva, ML Rodrigues, L. Rocha, E. Bicho, N. Sousa, Role of the visual and auditory systems in postural stability in Alzheimer’s disease”, J Alzheimers Dis. 2015 May 30;46(2):441-9. doi: 10.3233/JAD-150131.

· E.Costa e Silva, F.Costa, Z.P. Araújo, D. Machado, L..Louro, W. Erlhagen and E. Bicho, "Towards human-like bimanual movements in anthropomorphic robots: a non-linear optimization approach", Appl. Math. Inf. Sci. (, 9, No. 2, 619-629 (2015).

· Gago MF, Ferreira J, Silva H, Rocha L, Bicho E, Sousa N., “Postural Stability Analysis with Inertial Measurement Units in Alzheimer’s DiseaseDement Geriatr Cogn Disord Extra 2014;4:22-30, DOI:10.1159/000357472   (PubMed ID 23949370).

· C. Faria, O.S adowsky, E. Bicho, G.Ferrigno, L. Joskowicz, M.Shoham, R. Vivanti, and E. De Momi, "Validation of a stereo camera system to quantify brain deformation due to breathing and pulsatility",  Medical Physics, 2014, Nov; 41(11):113502. doi: 10.1118/1.4897569, (Q1, 2013 IF 3.012).

· Gago MF, Ferreira J, Silva H, Rocha L, Bicho E, Sousa N“Postural Stability Analysis with Inertial Measurement Units in Alzheimer’s Disease”,  Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord Extra 2014; 4:22-30 , DOI:10.1159/000357472   (PubMed ID 23949370)

· M. Gago,, V. Fernandes, J. Ferreira,  H. Silva,  ML Rodrigues, L.Rocha, E. Bicho, N.SousaThe effect of levodopa on postural stability evaluated by wearable inertial measurement units for Idiopathic and Vascular Parkinson's disease”, Gait Posture. 2015 Feb;41(2):459-64. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2014.11.008. Epub 2014 Nov 24.

· E.Bicho, W. Erlhagen, L.Louro, E. Costa e Silva, “Neuro-cognitive mechanisms of decision making in joint action: a Human-Robot interaction study”, Human Movement Science, 30 (2011) 846–868. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2010.08.012 http://hdl.handle.net/1822/11987  

· E.Bicho, L.Louro, W. Erlhagen, “Integrating verbal and non-verbal communication in a dynamic neural field architecture for human-robot interaction”, Frontiers in Neurorobotics,  May 2010, Vol.4, Article 5 ,doi: 10.3389/fnbot.2010.00005.  (videos: http://dei-s1.dei.uminho.pt/pessoas/estela/JASTVideosFneurorobotics.htm ) http://hdl.handle.net/1822/11972

· S. Monteiro, E. Bicho,Attractor dynamics approach to robot formations: theory and implementation”, Autonomous Robots ,Volume 29 (2010), Issue 3, 331-355, DOI: 10.1007/s10514-010-9198-8.  http://www.autonomousrobotsblog.com/robot-formations-that-avoid-obstacles/     http://hdl.handle.net/1822/10919

· W.Erlhagen, E. Bicho, The dynamic neural field approach to cognitive robotics”, Journal of Neural Engineering,  3 (2006), R36-R54.  doi:10.1088/1741-2560/3/3/R02, http://hdl.handle.net/1822/5920, http://iopscience.iop.org/1741-2552/3/3/R02, http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/JNE

· W.Erlhagen, A.Mukovskiy, E. Bicho, “A dynamic model for action understanding and goal-directed imitation”, Brain Research, 1083 (2006), 174-188. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/5780

· W.Erlhagen, A.Mukovskiy,E. Bicho, G.Panin, C.Kiss, A.knoll, H. van Schie, H.Bekkering, “Goal-directed Imitation for Robots: a bio-inspired approach to action understanding and skill learning”, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 54 (2006), 353-360. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/5938

· P. Mallet, G. Schöner, E. Bicho, "Attracteurs et Repousseurs aident à la navigation en fauteuil roulant ”,  JESA-Journal Européen des Systèmes Automatisés, Vol.34, No 6-7, pp.783-797, Septembre 2000.

· E. Bicho, P. Mallet, G. Schöner, Target representation on an autonomous vehicle with low level sensors“, The International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 19, No. 5, May 2000, pp. 424-447. (see related videos) http://hdl.handle.net/1822/2289

· E. Bicho, G. Schöner, “The dynamic approach to autonomous robotics demonstrated on a low-level vehicle platform”, Robotics and Autonomous Systems 21 (1997) pp.23-35. (Video)  http://hdl.handle.net/1822/2024

 

Proceedings in International Conferences with peer review:

· (2018) Flora Ferreira, Miguel Gago, Nafiseh Mollaei, Estela Bicho, Nuno Sousa, João Gama and Carlos Ferreira. “Objective Graphical Clustering of Spatio-temporal Gait Pattern in Parkinson’s Disease Using Principal Components”. Symposium on Statistical Models and Computational Challenges with Applications, 16TH International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (ICNAAM 2018), Greece, 13-18 September 2018. [Scopus]

· (2017) Weronika Wojtak, Flora Ferreira, Luis Louro, Estela Bicho, Wolfram Erlhagen. Towards temporal cognition for robots: a neurodynamics approach”.  7th Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics (ICDL-EPIROB 2017), IST, Lisboa, Portugal, 18-21 September. Aceite.[Scopus]

· (2017) Tiago Malheiro, Estela Bicho, Luís Louro, Sergio Monteiro, Paulo Vicente, Wolfram Erlhagen. A software framework for the implementation of dynamic neural field control architectures for human-robot interaction”. IEEE 17th International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions, Coimbra, Portugal, 26-28 April, 2017. [scopus]

· (2017) Ana Correia, Bruno Amaro, Emanuel Júnior, João Barbosa, Tiago Pinto, Estela Bicho, Filomena Soares, Paulo Moura Oliveira. Teaching/Learning PBL Activity: Gantry Crane Control System Implementation”. 25th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED 2017), Valletta, Malta, 3-6 July, 2017. [scopus]

· (2017) Carlos Faria, Carolina Vale, Manuel Rito, Wolfram  Erlhagen, Estela Bicho. A Simple Control Approach for Stereotactic Neurosurgery Using a Robotic Manipulator”. In CONTROLO 2016 (pp. 397-408). Springer International Publishing. [scopus]

· (2016) Weronika Wojtak, Steven Combes, EstelaBicho, Wolfram Erlhagen. “Combining spatial and parametric working memory in a dynamic neural field model”. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks 2016 (ICANN 2016), pp.411-418. Springer International Publishing.

· (2016) Toni Machado, Tiago Malheiro, Sergio Monteiro, Wolfram Erlhagen, Estela Bicho. Multi-constrained joint transportation tasks by teams of autonomous mobile robots using a dynamical systems approach”. In Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA 2016), 16-21 May, 2016, Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre, Stockholm, Sweden.

· (2016) Emanuel Sousa, Tiago Malheiro, Estela Bicho, Wolfram Erlhagen, Jorge Santos, Alfredo Pereira. MUVTIME: a multivariate time series visualizer for behavioral science”. In 7th International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications (IVAPP 2016), Vol.2, Rome, Italy, 27-29 Fev., 2016. 

· (2015) E. Costa e Silva, M.F. Costa, W. Erlhagen, E. Bicho. Superquadrics Objects Representation for Robot Manipulation”. In 13th International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (ICNAAM 2015), Numerical Optimization and Applications Symposium , Rhodes, Greece 23-29 Set. 2015.

· Global vs. local nonlinear optimization techniques for human-like movement of an anthropomorphic robot”, Costa e Silva, E., Costa, M.F., Erlhagen, W., Bicho, E., AIP Conference Proceedings1648 , 10 March 2015, art. no. 140004, 2015.  AIP Conf. Proc. 1648, 140004 (2015) http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4912424 

· Learning joint representations for order and timing of perceptual-motor sequences: a dynamic neural field approach”, We. Wojtak, F. Ferreira, W. Erlhagen and E. Bicho, in Proceedings of the 2015 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2015), Killarney, Irland, July 12-17, 2015. Accepted.

· Nonlinear optimization for human-like synchronous movements of a dual arm-hand robotic system”, G. Gulletta, S. M. Araújo, E. Costa e Silva, M. F. Costa, W. Erlhagen, and E. Bicho, 12th Internactional Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (ICNAAM 2014), Numerical Optimization and Applications Symposium , Rhodes, Greece, 22-28 Set. 2014, American Institute of Physics (AIP) Conference Series, AIP Conf. Proc. 1648, 140007 (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4912427.

· Concurrent projects in control laboratorial classes”, Soares, F., Lopes, G., Garrido, P., Esteves, J.S., Bicho, E., Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
321 LNEE pp. 741 – 750, 2015. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering CONTROLO’2014 – Proceedings of the 11th Portuguese Conference on Automatic Control Volume 321 2015 , Vol. 321, pp: 741-750, (ISBN: ISBN: 978-3-319-10379-2), Springer, Porto, 2014.   Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 01/2015; 321:741-750. DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-10380-8_71

· "Learning a musical sequence by observation: a robotics implementation of a dynamic neural field model", F. Ferreira, W. Erlhagen, E. Sousa,L. Louro, and E. Bicho, Proceedings of the 2014 Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics, IEEE ICDL – EPIROB 2014, October 13-16, 2014, Genoa, Italy, pp. 104-109. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=6982973 http://hdl.handle.net/1822/33386  DOI:10.1109/DEVLRN.2014.6982973

· Pereira, A. F., Lisboa, I. C., Sousa, E., Santos, J. A., Erlhagen, W., & Bicho, E. (2014). Vocal and motor coordination in joint-construction tasks during parent-child social interactions. Paper presented at the Special session: Dynamic Interactions Between Visual Experiences, Actions and Word Learning, part of the Fourth Joint Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics, Genoa, Italy. (é scopus) DOI: 10.1109/DEVLRN.2014.6982944.

· J. Ferreira, M. F. Gago,  V. Fernandes, H. Silva, N. Sousa, L. Rocha, E. Bicho, “Analysis of Postural Kinetics data using Artificial Neural Networks in Alzheimer’s Disease”, in proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Medical Mesurements and Applications (MeMeA), June, 11-12, 2014, ISCTE- University Institute of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal. To appear.

· E. Costa e Silva, J.P. Araujo, D. Machado, M.F. Costa, W. Erlhagen  and E. Bicho, “Generating Human-like Movements on an Anthropomorphic Robot using an Interior Point Method”,  11th International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (ICNAAM 2013), Numerical Optimization and Applications Symposium , Rhodes, Greece 21-27 Set. 2013, American Institute of Physics (AIP) Conference Series. AIP Conf. Proc. 1558, 602 (2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4825563,  http://hdl.handle.net/1822/27485

· T. Machado, T. Malheiro, S. Monteiro, E. Bicho, W. Erlhagen, Transportation of long objects in unknown cluttered environments by a team of robots: a dynamical systems approach, The 22nd IEEE  International Conference on Industrial Electronics (ISIE 2013), Taipai, Taiwan, 28-31 May. Pp: 1-6, ISSN: 2163-5137 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6563794. DOI: 10.1109/ISIE.2013.6563794

· C. Teixeira, E. Bicho, L. Rocha and M. Gago, “A Self-Tunable Dynamic Vibration Absorber: Analysis, Modulation and Simulation for Parkinsonian Tremors”, in Proceedings of IEEE Computer Science 2013 15th International Conference on Computer Modelling and Simulation (UKSim 2013), pp.9 5-100, Cambridge, United Kindgom, April 10-12, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/26244

· C. Faria, E. Bicho, M. Rito, L. Louro, S. Monteiro and W. Erlhagen, “Robotic Assisted Deep Brain Stimulation Neurosurgery: first steps on system development”, , in Proceedings of the 10th IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineeering (BioMed 2013), Innsbruck, Austria February 13-15, 2013. Accepted.  Best Student Paper Award.

· C. Teixeira, E. Bicho, M. Gago and L. Rocha, “A self-tunable dynamic vibration absorber for tremor suppression”, in Proceedings of the 10th IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (BioMed 2013), pp. 81-88, February 13-15, 2013. Innsbruck, Austria. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/26761

· E. Bicho et al, “The Power of Prediction: Robots that Read Intentions”, in Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2012), Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, 7-12 Oct., 2012. Nominated for the IROS 2012 Jubilee video awards: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JisAUhyXzus&feature=youtu.be

· M. Sousa, T. Machado, S. Monteiro, W.Erlhagen, E. Bicho, “Multi-Robot Cognitive Formations”, in Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2012), Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, 7-12 Oct., 2012.  Nominated for the Jubilee Video Award.

· E. Costa e Silva, M. F. Costa, E. Bicho, and W. Erlhagen, “Human-Like Movement of an Anthropomorphic Robot: Problem Revisited”, in AIP Conference Proceedings Volume 1389, NUMERICAL ANALYSIS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS ICNAAM 2011: International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics, pp. 779-782 , Halkidiki, (Greece), 19–25 September 2011, ISBN: 978-0-7354-0956-9  http://hdl.handle.net/1822/14754

· F. Ferreira, W. Erlhagen, E. Bicho, “A Dynamic Field Model of Ordinal and Timing Properties of Sequential events”, in Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning - ICANN 2011, Part II, T. Honkela et al. (Eds.) LNCS 6792, pp. 325-332, Springer , 2011. http://www.springerlink.com/content/9x101w00n1546053/   http://hdl.handle.net/1822/12906

· E. Costa e Silva , F. Costa, E. Bicho and W. Erlhagen, “Nonlinear Optimization for Human-like Movements of a High Degree of Freedom Robotics Arm-hand system”, in 11th International Conference on Computational Sciences and Applications (ICCSA 2011), Lecture Notes in
Computer Science, B. Murganteet al., Ed., vol. 6784, Part III. Springer-Verlag, June 2011, pp. 327-342.      
http://hdl.handle.net/1822/12905  

· M. Pinheiro, E. Bicho, W. Erlhagen, “A dynamic neural field architecture for a pro-active assistant robot”, in Proceedings of 3rd IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (IEEE BioRob 2010), pp. 777– 784, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 26-29 Sept., 2010. ISBN: 978-1-4244-7707-4. IEEE Catalog Number: CFP10BRB-DVD. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/10962

· E. Bicho, L. Louro, N. Hipólito, W. Erlhagen, “A dynamic field approach to goal inference and error monitoring for human-robot interaction“, In: Dautenhahn, E. (Ed.), Proceedings of the 2009 International Symposium on New Frontiers in Human-Robot Interaction. AISB (Adaptive & Emergent Behaviour & Complex Systems) Convention, pp. 31-37, Heriot-Watt University,  Edinburgh, Scotland, 8-9 April, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/10306

· M. E. Foster, M. Giuliana, T. Müller, M. Rickert, A. Knoll, W. Erlhagen, E. Bicho, N. Hipólito and L. Louro, Combining Goal Inference and Natural-Language Dialogue for Human-Robot Joint Action, in Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Combinations of Intelligent Methods and Applications (CIMA 2008) in conjunction with the 18th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 08), 6 pages, Patras, Greece, 21-22 July, 2008. 

· E. Bicho, L. Louro, N. Hipólito, W. Erlhagen, “A dynamic neural field architecture for flexible and fluent human-robot interaction”, in Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Cognitive Systems (CogSys 2008), pp.179-185, University of Karlsruhe, Germany, 2-4 April, 2008.

· S.Monteiro, E.Bicho, Robot formations: robots allocation and leader-follower pairs”,  in Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA2008), pp. 3769-3775, Pasadena, California, USA,  May 18-23, 2008.

· N. Hipólito, L. Louro, E. Bicho and W. Erlhagen, “A neuro-inspired architecture for goal inference and decision making in joint action tasks”, in Proceedings of the workshop on Robotics and Mathematics, RoboMat 2007, International Center for Mathematics (CIM), University of Coimbra, Portugal, 17-19 September, 2007.

· R. Soares,  E. Bicho, T.Machado, W.Erlhagen, “Object transportation by multiple mobile robots controlled by attractor dynamics: theory and implementation”, in Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2007), pp....-..., San Diego, CA, USA, 29 - 2 Nov, 2007.

· W. Erlhagen, A. Mukovskiy, F. Chersi and E. Bicho, “On the Development of Intention Understanding for Joint Action Tasks”,  In: Proceedings of the 6th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning, ICDL 2007, Imperial College London, 11-13 July 2007 (ISBN: 1-4244-1116-5) http://hdl.handle.net/1822/10953

· R. Soares, E. Bicho, “Coordinated transportation of a large object by a team of three robots”, In Proceedings of the 3rd Int. Conf. on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, in Workshop Multi-Agent Robotic Systems (MARS 2006), pp.-66-79 , August 1-2, Setúbal/Portugal, 2006.

· E. Bicho, S. Diegues, M. Carvalheira, A. Moreira, S. Monteiro, “Airship Formation Control”, in Proceedings of the 3rd Int. Conf. on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, in Workshop Multi-Agent Robotic Systems (MARS 2006), pp.22-33, August 1-2, Setúbal, Portugal, 2006.

· W.  Erlhagen, A. Mukovskiy, E. Bicho, G. Panin, C. Kiss, A. Knoll, H. van Schie, H. Bekkering, “Action Understanding and Imitation learning in a Robot-Human Task”,  in Proceedings (LCNS Springer-Verlag series) of the International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN 2005, Warsaw, Sept. 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/4458

· E. Bicho, A. Moreira, M.Carvalheira, Autonomous Flight trajectory generation via attractor dynamics, in Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2005), pp. 615-621, Aug. 2005(Video)

· W. Erlhagen,  A. Mukovskiy, E. Bicho, H. Bekkering, “Development of action understanding in imitation tasks”,  in Proceedings (CD) of the workshop on “Social Mechanisms of Robot Programming by Demonstration”, 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation  (ICRA 2005), Barcelona, Spain, April 2005.

· E.Bicho, A. Moreira, M.Carvalheira, Control of floating robots using attractor dynamics”, in Proceedings of Mechatronics & Robotics’ 04, pp. 107-112, Aachen, Germany, 2004. (video1 ,video2 , video3)

·  E.Bicho, L.Louro, W.Erlhagen, “Coordinated transportation with minimal explicit communication between robots”, in Proceedings of the 5th IFAC Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles (IAV 2004), Lisbon, Portugal, July 5-7, 2004.(Video1,Video2,Video3) (object transport / cooperative transport) .

· S.Monteiro, M. Vaz, E.Bicho, “Attractor dynamics generates robot formations: from theory to implementation”, in Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA2004), pp. 2582-2587, New Orleans, LA, USA,  April 26- May1, 2004. (Video1, Video2, Video3) http://hdl.handle.net/1822/2020

·  E.Bicho, S.Monteiro, "Formation control for multiple mobile robots: a non-linear attractor dynamics approach ", Iin Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (ROS 2003), pp. 2016-2022, Las Vegas, USA, 27-31 Oct., 2003.(Video)

· E.Bicho, L.Louro, N.Hipolito, S.Monteiro, W.Erlhagen, “Motion control of a mobile robot transporting a large size object in cooperation with a human: a nonlinear dynamical systems approach”, in Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR 2003), pp. 197-203, Coimbra, Portugal, June 30 - July 3, 2003.(Video1,Video2) (object transport / cooperative transport)

·  R.Soares, E.Bicho, "Using Attractor Dynamics to Generate Decentralized Motion Control of Two Mobile Robots Transporting a Long Object in Coordination“, in Proceedings of the Workshop on Cooperative Robotics, in 2002 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (ROS 2002:), 8 pages, EPFL Lausanne, 30Sep-4 Oct., 2002.

· S.Monteiro, E.Bicho, “A Dynamical Systems Approach to Behavior-Based Formation Control”, in Proceedings of 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA 2002), Washigton DC, USA,  May 11-15, pp. 2606-2611, 2002.

·  E. Bicho, "Detecting, representing and following walls based on low-level distance sensors“, In Proceedings of the Second International ICSC Symposium on Neural Computation (NC'2000), Berlin, Germany, May 23-26, 2000, ISBN 3-906454-21-5, 2000. (see related videos)

· E. Bicho, P. Mallet, G. Schöner, “Using Attractor Dynamics to control autonomous vehicle motion“, In Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON'98), p. 1176-1182, Aachen, Germany, 31de August- 4 de Set., 1998.

· E. Bicho, G. Schöner, “Target position estimation, target acquisition and obstacle avoidance“, In Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE'97),  pss.13-20, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, 1997.

·  E. Bicho, G. Schöner, "The dynamic approach to autonomous robotics demonstrated on a low-level vehicle platform“, In Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Intelligent Robotic Systems'96 (SIRS'96), pp. 17-24, Lisbon, Portugal, July 22-26, 1996.

 

Proceedings in National Conferences with peer review:

· E. Sousa, E. Bicho,  W. Erlhagen. “On the learning of inter-field connections in a dynamic field architecture for human-robot collaboration.” In 9th Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (Robótica’2009), Castelo Branco, Portugal, p. 87-92. 2009.

· F. Flora, E. Bicho, W. Erlhagen, “A competitive dynamic model for decision making in autonomous
robots performing cooperative tasks
.” In 9th Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (Robótica’2009), Castelo Branco, Portugal, p. 147-152. , 2009.

· R. Silva, E. Bicho, W. Erlhagen, “AROS: an anthropomorphic robot for human-robot interaction and coordination studies”, in Proceedings of the 8th Portuguese Conference on Automatic Control (Control 2008), pp. 819-826, 21-23 Julho, Vila Real, Portugal, 2008.

·  E. Bicho, L. Louro, R. Soares, W. Erlhagen  “Competitive Dynamics for behavior coordination in a joint transportation task“, in Proceedings of the 8th Portuguese Conference on Automatic Control (Controlo’2008), pp. 808-813 (6 páginas), 21-23 Julho, Vila Real, Portugal, 2008.

· E. Costa e Silva, E. Bicho, W. Erlhagen, “Potential Field Method and Nonlinear Attractor Dynamics Approach: What are the differences?”, In Proceedings of the 7th Portuguese Conference on Automatic Control(CONTROLO‘2006), 7 pag.

· A. Moreira, M. Antunes, E. Bicho, P. Ventura, “A Service Robot for Samples Transportation and Delivery “, In Actas do Encontro Científico do 6ºFestival Nacional de Robótica (Robótica'2006), pp.52-57, Guimarães, Portugal, Abril 28, 2006.

· R.Soares, E. Bicho, “Coordinated Transportation of a Large Object by a Team of Two Robots “, In Actas do Encontro Científico do 6ºFestival Nacional de Robótica (Robótica'2006), pp. 16-23, Guimarães, Portugal, Abril 28, 2006.

· E.Silva, E. Bicho, W. Erlhagen, “Real Time Trajectory Generation Methods: a comparative study“, In Actas do Encontro Científico do 5ºFestival Nacional de Robótica (Robótica‘2005), pp. 57-66, Coimbra, Portugal, April 29, 2005.

· S.Monteiro, E. Bicho, “Robot Formations generated by non-linear attractor dynamics “, In Actas do Encontro Científico do 3ºFestival Nacional de Robótica (Robótica‘2003), pp. 37-44, Lisboa, Portugal, May 9, 2003. (Selected to be published in the Portuguese journal “Revista Robótica”).

· E. Bicho, G. Schöner, “Scaling the Dynamical Systems Approach to Physical Robots“, In Proceedings of the 4th Portuguese Conference on Automatic Control(CONTROLO‘2000), pp. 440-446, Guimarães, Portugal, October 4-6, 2000, ISBN 972-98603-0-0.