Acknowledging iTaSC and literature

Please cite following papers when using ideas or software based on/ of iTaSC:

acknowledging iTaSC paradigm/concept

Original concept

Extensions

Bibtex

@Article{            DeSchutter-ijrr2007,
  author          = {De~Schutter, Joris and De~Laet, Tinne and
                     Rutgeerts, Johan and Decr\'e, Wilm and Smits, Ruben and
                     Aertbeli\"en, Erwin and Claes, Kasper and
                     Bruyninckx, Herman},
  title           = {Constraint-Based Task Specification and Estimation
                            for Sensor-Based Robot Systems in the Presence of
                     Geometric Uncertainty},
  journal         =  {The International Journal of Robotics Research},
  volume          = {26},
  number          = {5},
  pages           = {433--455},
  year            = {2007},
  keywords        = {constraint-based programming, task specification,
                     iTaSC, estimation, geometric uncertainty}
}
 
@InProceedings{     decre09,
 author           = {Decr\'e, Wilm and Smits, Ruben and Bruyninckx, Herman
                     and De~Schutter, Joris},
 title            = {Extending {iTaSC} to support inequality constraints
                     and non-instantaneous task specification},
 title            = {Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on
Robotics and Automation},
 booktitle        = {Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on
Robotics and Automation},
 year             = {2009},
 address          = {Kobe, Japan}
 pages            = {964--971},
 keywords         = {constraint-based programming, task specification, iTaSC,
                     convex optimization, inequality constraints, laser tracing}
}
 
@InProceedings{     DecreBruyninckxDeSchutter2013,
 author           = {Decr\'e, Wilm and and Bruyninckx, Herman and De~Schutter, Joris},
 title            = {Extending the {Itasc} Constraint-Based Robot Task Specification Framework to Time-           Independent Trajectories and User-Configurable Task Horizons},
 title            = {Proceedings of the  IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation},
 booktitle        = {Proceedings of the  IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation},
 year             = {2013},
 address          = {Karlsruhe, Germany}
 pages            = {1933--1940},
 keywords         = {constraint-based programming, task specification, human-robot cooperation}
}

acknowledging iTaSC software

Bibtex

@inproceedings{     vanthienenIROS2013,
  author          = {Vanthienen, Dominick and Klotzbuecher, Markus and De~Laet,      Tinne and De~Schutter, Joris and Bruyninckx, Herman},
  title           = {Rapid application development of constrained-based task modelling and execution using Domain Specific Languages},
  booktitle       = {Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems},
  title           = {Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems},
  organization    = {IROS2013},
  year            = {2013},
  address         = {Tokyo, Japan}
  pages           = {1860--1866}
}
 
@inproceedings{      vanthienen_syroco2012,
  title           = {Force-Sensorless and Bimanual Human-Robot Comanipulation},
  author          = {Vanthienen, Dominick and De~Laet, Tinne and Decr\'e, Wilm and Bruyninckx, Herman and         De~Schutter, Joris},
  booktitle       = {10th IFAC Symposium on Robot Control (SYROCO)},
  year            = {2012},
  month           = {September, 5--7},
  address         = {Dubrovnik, Croatia},
  volume          = {10}
}
 
@InProceedings{    SmitsBruyninckxDeSchutter2009,
  author          = {Smits, Ruben and Bruyninckx, Herman and De~Schutter, Joris},
  title           = {Software support for high-level specification, execution and estimation of event-driven, constraint-based multi-sensor robot tasks},
  booktitle       = {Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Advanced Robotics},
  title           = {Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Advanced Robotics},
  year            = {2009},
  address         = {Munich, Germany}
  pages           = {}, 
  keywords        = {specification, itasc, skills}
}

Literature

Papers on iTaSC applications

  • Smits, R., De Laet, T., Claes, K., Bruyninckx, H., De Schutter, J. (2008). iTASC: a tool for multi-sensor integration in robot manipulation. In : Proceedings of the Multisensor fusion and integration for intelligent systems, Seoul, Korea, Aug 20-22, 2008 (pp. 445-452)
  • De Laet, T., Smits, R., Bruyninckx, H., De Schutter, J. (2012). Constraint-based task specification and control for visual servoing application scenarios. Automatisierungstechnik, 60(5), 260-269
  • Borghesan, G., Willaert, B., De Laet, T., De Schutter, J. (2012). Teleoperation in Presence of Uncertainties: a Constraint-Based Approach. Symposium on robot control. Dubrovnik, Croatia, 5-7 September 2012
  • Vanthienen, D., De Laet, T., Decré, W., Bruyninckx, H., De Schutter, J. (2012). Force-Sensorless and Bimanual Human-Robot Comanipulation. In : 10th IFAC Symposium on Robot Control, 10. IFAC Symposium on Robot Control. Dubrovnik, Croatia, 5-7 September 2012 (pp. 1-8). IFAC
  • Borghesan, G., Willaert, B., De Schutter, J. (2012). A constraint-based programming approach to physical human-robot interaction. In : IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2012 (pp. 3890-3896)

related papers

  • Klotzbücher, M., Smits, R., Bruyninckx, H., De Schutter, J. (2011). Reusable Hybrid Force-Velocity controlled Motion Specifications with executable Domain Specific Languages. In : 2011 IEEE/RSJ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT ROBOTS AND SYSTEMS, San Francisco, USA., 25-30 September, 2011 IEEE
  • Klotzbücher, M., Bruyninckx, H. (2012). Coordinating Robotic Tasks and Systems with rFSM Statecharts. JOSER: Journal of Software Engineering for Robotics, 3 (1), 28-56.

Phd's

  • J. Rutgeerts. Constraint-based task specification and estimation for sensor-based robot tasks in the presence of geometric uncertainty. PhD thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, KU Leuven, Belgium, 2007
  • R. Smits, “Robot skills: design of a constraint-based methodology and software support,” Ph.D. dissertation, Dept. Mech. Eng., KU Leuven, Belgium, May 2010

Workshops

  • Vanthienen, D., De Laet, T., De Schutter, J., Bruyninckx, H. (2013). Software framework for robot application development: a constraint-based task programming approach. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation SDIR workshop. Karlsruhe, 6 May 2013.
  • Vanthienen, D., Robyns, S., Aertbeliën, E., De Schutter, J. (2013). Force-sensorless robot force control within the instantaneous task specification and estimation (iTaSC) framework. Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control. Houffalize, Belgium, 26-28 March 2013.
  • Vanthienen, D., De Laet, T., Decré, W., De Schutter, J. (2013). Acceleration- vs. velocity-resolved constraint-based instantaneous task specification and estimation (iTaSC). Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control 2013. Houffalize, Belgium, 26-28 March 2013.
  • Vanthienen, D., De Laet, T., Decré, W., Smits, R., Klotzbücher, M., Buys, K., Bellens, S., Gherardi, L., Bruyninckx, H., De Schutter, J. (2011). iTaSC as a unified framework for task specification, control, and coordination, demonstrated on the PR2. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. San Francisco, 25-30 September 2011.
  • Vanthienen, D., De Laet, T., Smits, R., Buys, K., Bellens, S., Klotzbücher, M., Bruyninckx, H., De Schutter, J. (2011). Demonstration of iTaSC as a unified framework for task specification, control, and coordination for mobile manipulation. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. San Francisco, 25-30 September 2011.

More detailed list of literature

iTaSC is not iTaSK

Remark the common mistake in the naming, it is iTaSC (instantaneous Task Specification using Constraints), not iTASK.
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