This is a collection of papers presented at the 1st International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO). The papers focus on real world applications, covering three main themes: Intelligent Control Systems, Optimization, Robotics and Automation, Signal Processing, Systems Modeling and Control. The book will interest professionals in the areas of control and robotics.

"This book contains a collection of papers presented at the 1st International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO). The purpose of ICINCO is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in the application of informatics to Control, Automation and Robotics. The research papers focus on real world applications, covering three main themes: Intelligent Control Systems, Optimization, Robotics and Automation, Signal Processing, Systems Modeling and Control.

INVITED SPEAKERS.- ROBOT-HUMAN INTERACTION Practical experiments with a cyborg.- INDUSTRIAL AND REAL WORLD APPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS Illusion or reality?.- THE DIGITAL FACTORY Planning and simulation of production in automotive industry.- WHAT'S REAL IN "REAL-TIME CONTROL SYSTEMS"? Applying formal verification methods and real-time rule-based systems to control systems and robotics.- SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS FOR THE STABILIZABILITY OF MULTI-STATE UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS, UNDER INFORMATION CONSTRAINTS.- Intelligent Control Systems and Optimization.- DEVICE INTEGRATION INTO AUTOMATION SYSTEMS WITH CONFIGURABLE DEVICE HANDLER.- NON LINEAR SPECTRAL SDP METHOD FOR BMI-CONSTRAINED PROBLEMS : APPLICATIONS TO CONTROL DESIGN.- A STOCHASTIC OFF LINE PLANNER OF OPTIMAL DYNAMIC MOTIONS FOR ROBOTIC MANIPULATORS.- FUZZY MODEL BASED CONTROL APPLIED TO IMAGE-BASED VISUAL SERVOING.- AN EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH TO NONLINEAR DISCRETE-TIME OPTIMAL CONTROL WITH TERMINAL CONSTRAINTS.- A DISTURBANCE COMPENSATION CONTROL FOR AN ACTIVE MAGNETIC BEARING SYSTEM BY A MULTIPLE FXLMS ALGORITHM.- AN INTELLIGENT RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM BASED ON FUZZY LOGIC.- MODEL REFERENCE CONTROL IN INVENTORY AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT The implementation of a more suitable cost function.- AN LMI OPTIMIZATION APPROACH FOR GUARANTEED COST CONTROL OF SYSTEMS WITH STATE AND INPUT DELAYS.- USING A DISCRETE-EVENT SYSTEM FORMALISM FOR THE MULTI-AGENT CONTROL OF MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS.- Robotics and Automation.- FORCE RIPPLE COMPENSATOR FOR A VECTOR CONTROLLED PM LINEAR SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR.- HYBRID CONTROL DESIGN FOR A ROBOT MANIPULATOR IN A SHIELD TUNNELING MACHINE.- MOCONT LOCATION MODULE: A CONTAINER LOCATION SYSTEM BASED ON DR/DGNSS INTEGRATION.- PARTIAL VIEWS MATCHING USING A METHOD BASED ON PRINCIPALCOMPONENTS.- TOWARDS A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK-BASED ARCHITECTURE FOR UNMANNED SYSTEMS.- A INTERPOLATION-BASED APPROACH TO MOTION GENERATION FOR HUMANOID ROBOTS.- REALISTIC DYNAMIC SIMULATION OF AN INDUSTRIAL ROBOT WITH JOINT FRICTION.- A NEW PARADIGM FOR SHIP HULL INSPECTION USING A HOLONOMIC HOVER-CAPABLE AUV.- DIMSART: A REAL TIME - DEVICE INDEPENDENT MODULAR SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE FOR ROBOTIC AND TELEROBOTIC APPLICATIONS.- Signal Processing,Systems Modeling and Control.- ON MODELING AND CONTROL OF DISCRETE TIMED EVENT GRAPHS WITH MULTIPLIERS USING (MIN, +) ALGEBRA.- MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL FOR HYBRID SYSTEMS UNDER A STATE PARTITION BASED MLD APPROACH (SPMLD).- EFFICIENT SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FOR MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL WITH THE ISIAC SOFTWARE.- TWO-DIMENSIONAL BARCODE SYMBOLOGY PDF417 IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF THE DECODER FOR.- CONTEXT IN ROBOTIC VISION Control for real-time adaptation.- DYNAMIC STRUCTURE CELLULAR AUTOMATA IN A FIRE SPREADING APPLICATION.- SPEAKER VERIFICATION SYSTEM Based on the stochastic modeling.- MOMENT-LINEAR STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS.- ACTIVE ACOUSTIC NOISE CONTROL IN DUCTS.- HYBRID UML COMPONENTS FOR THE DESIGN OF COMPLEX SELF-OPTIMIZING MECHATRONIC SYSTEMS.