Relevant Publications

• Ruiz-del-Solar, J. (2009). Robotics-Centered Outreach Activities: An Integrated Approach. IEEE Trans. on Education (in press).

• Ruiz-del-Solar, J., Verschae, R., Correa, M. (2009). Recognition of Faces in Unconstrained Environments: A Comparative Study. EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing (Recent Advances in Biometric Systems: A Signal Processing Perspective), Vol. 2009, Article ID 184617, 19 pages.

• Ruiz-del-Solar, J., Palma-Amestoy, R., Marchant, R., Parra-Tsunekawa, I., and Zegers, P. (2009). Learning to Fall: Designing Low Damage Fall Sequences for Humanoid Soccer Robots. Robotics and Autonomous Systems (Special Issue on Humanoid Soccer Robots), 57, pp. 796-807, July 2009.

• Zagal, J.C., Delpiano, J., and Ruiz-del-Solar, J. (2009). Self-Modeling in Humanoid Soccer Robots. Robotics and Autonomous Systems (Special Issue on Humanoid Soccer Robots), 57, pp. 819-827, July 2009.

• Ruiz-del-Solar, J., and Loncomilla, P. (2009). Robot Head Pose Detection and Gaze Direction Determination using Local Invariant Features. Advanced Robotics, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 305-328, Feb. 2009.

• Ruiz-del-Solar, J., and Quinteros, J. (2008). Illumination Compensation and Normalization in Eigenspace-based Face Recognition: A comparative study of different pre-processing approaches. Pattern Recognition Letters, Vol. 29, No. 14, pp. 1966-1979, 2008.

• Verschae, R., Ruiz-del-Solar, J., Correa, M. (2008). A Unified Learning Framework for object Detection and Classification using Nested Cascades of Boosted Classifiers. Machine Vision and Applications, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 85-103, 2008.

• Zagal, J., and Ruiz-del-Solar, J. (2007). Combining Simulation and Reality in Evolutionary Robotics. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Vol. 50, No. 1, pp. 19 – 39, 2007. The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com

• Correa, M., Ruiz-del-Solar, J., Parra-Tsunekawa, I., Verschae, R. (2010). A Realistic Simulation Tool for Testing Face Recognition Systems under Real-World Conditions. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (RoboCup Symposium 2010) (accepted).

• Hermosilla, G., Loncomilla, P., Ruiz-del-Solar, J. (2010). Thermal Face Recognition using Local Interest Points and Descriptors for HRI Applications. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (RoboCup Symposium 2010) (accepted).

• Correa, M., Ruiz-del-Solar, J., Verschae, R., Lee-Ferng, J. Castillo, N. (2010). Real-Time Hand Gesture Recognition for Human Robot Interaction. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5949 (RoboCup Symposium 2009), pp. 46-57.

• Ruiz-del-Solar, J., Mascaró, M., Correa, M., Bernuy, F., Riquelme, R., Verschae, R., (2010). Analyzing the Human-Robot Interaction Abilities of a General-Purpose Social Robot in Different Naturalistic Environments. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5949 (RoboCup Symposium 2009), pp. 308–319.

• Ruiz-del-Solar, J., Loncomilla, P., Vallejos, P. (2007). An automated refereeing and analysis tool for the Four-Legged League.Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4434 (RoboCup 2006), Springer, 206-218.

• Correa, M., Ruiz-del-Solar, J., Bernuy, F. (2009). Face Recognition for Human-Robot Interaction Applications: A Comparative Study. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5399 (RoboCup Symposium 2008) pp. 473-484

• Arenas, M., Ruiz-del-Solar, J., Norambuena, S., Cubillos, S. (2009). A robot referee for robot soccer. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5399 (RoboCup Symposium 2008) pp. 426-438.

• Guerrero, P., Ruiz-del-Solar, J., Romero, M. (2009). Explicitly Task Oriented Probabilistic Active Vision for a Mobile Robot. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5399 (RoboCup Symposium 2008) pp. 85-96.

• Palma-Amestoy, R., Guerrero, P., Ruiz-del-Solar, J., Garretón, C. (2008). Bayesian Spatiotemporal Context Integration Sources in Robot Vision Systems. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5399 (RoboCup Symposium 2008) pp. 212-224.

• Ruiz-del-Solar, J., Palma-Amestoy, R., Vallejos, P., Marchant, R., Zegers, P. (2008). Designing Fall Sequences that Minimize Robot Damage in Robot Soccer. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5399 (RoboCup Symposium 2008) pp. 271-283.

• Arenas, M., Ruiz-del-Solar, J., Verschae, R. (2008).Detection of Aibo and Humanoid Robots using Cascades of Boosted Classifiers.Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5001 (RoboCup 2007) pp. 449-456.

• Guerrero, P., Ruiz-del-Solar, J., Fredes, J., and Palma-Amestoy,R.(2008). Automatic On-Line Color Segmentation using Classes-Relative color Spaces.Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5001 (RoboCup 2007) pp. 246-253

• Guerrero, P., Ruiz-del-Solar, J., and Díaz, G. (2008). Probabilistic Decision Making in Robot Soccer.Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5001 (RoboCup 2007) pp. 29-40.

• Guerrero, P., and Ruiz-del-Solar, J. (2008). Improving robot self-localization using landmarks' poses tracking and odometry error compensation.Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5001 (RoboCup 2007) pp. 148-158.

• Loncomilla, P., and Ruiz-del-Solar, J. (2008). Robust Object Recognition using Wide Baseline Matching for RoboCup Applications.Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5001 (RoboCup 2007) pp. 441-448.

• Zagal, J., Sarmiento, I., Ruiz-del-Solar, J. (2006). An Application Interface for UCHILSIM and the arrival of new challenges. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4020 (RoboCup 2005), Springer, 464 – 471.

• Loncomilla, P., Ruiz-del-Solar, J. (2006).Gaze Direction Determination of Opponents and Teammates in Robot Soccer.Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4020 (RoboCup 2005), Springer, 230 – 242.

• Ruiz-del-Solar, J., Guerrero, P., Vallejos, P., Loncomilla, P., Palma-Amestoy, R., Astudillo, P., Dodds, R., Testart, J., Monasterio, D., and Marinkovic, A. (2006). UChile1 Strikes Back, 2006 Team Description Paper, 3rd IEEE Latin American Robotics Symposium – LARS 2006, Oct. 26 - 27, Santiago, Chile (CD Proceedings).

• Ruiz-del-Solar, J., Vallejos, P., Guerrero,P., Loncomilla, P., Palma-Amestoy, R. (2006). UChile1 2006 Team Description Paper, RoboCup 2006 Symposium, June 19 – 20, Bremen, Germany (CD Proceedings).

• Zagal, J., Sarmiento, I., Ruiz-del-Solar, J. (2005). An Application Interface for UCHILSIM and the arrival of new challenges. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4020 (RoboCup 2005), Springer, 464  – 471.

• Ruiz-del-Solar, J., and Vallejos, P. (2005). Motion Detection and Tracking for an AIBO Robot using Camera Motion Compensation and Kalman Filtering. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3276 (RoboCup Symposium 2004), Springer, 619-627.

• Zagal, J., and Ruiz-del-Solar, J. (2005). UCHILSIM: A Dynamically and Visually Realistic Simulator for the RoboCup Four Legged League. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3276 (RoboCup Symposium 2004), Springer, 34 - 45. RoboCup 2004 Engineering Challenge Award

• Zagal, J., and Ruiz-del-Solar, J. (2005). Learning to Kick the Ball Using Back to Reality. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3276 (RoboCup Symposium 2004), Springer, 335 - 346.

• Ruiz-del-Solar, J. and Zagal, J. (2004). How contests can foster the research activities on robotics in developing countries: Chile a case study. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3020 (RoboCup Symposium 2003), Springer, 748 - 756.

• Zagal, J., Ruiz-del-Solar, J., Guerrero, P. and Palma R. (2004). Evolving Visual Object Recognition for Legged Robots. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3020 (RoboCup Symposium 2003), Springer, 181-191.

• Ruiz-del-Solar, J., Moya, J., Parra-Tsunekawa, I. (2009). Fall Detection and Management in Biped Humanoid Robots, IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation 2010 - ICRA 2010, May 3-8, 2010, Anchorage, Alaska, USA (accepted).

• Lee-Ferng, J., Ruiz-del-Solar, J., Verschae, R., Correa, C. (2009). Dynamic Gesture Recognition for Human Robot Interaction, 6th IEEE Latin American Robotics Symposium – LARS 2009, Oct. 29 - 30, Valparaíso, Chile (CD Proceedings).

• Hermosilla, G., Ruiz-del-Solar, J., Verschae, R., Correa, C. (2009). Face Recognition using Thermal Infrared Images for Human-Robot Interaction Applications: A Comparative Study, 6th IEEE Latin American Robotics Symposium – LARS 2009, Oct. 29 - 30, Valparaíso, Chile (CD Proceedings).

• Guerrero, P., Ruiz-del-Solar, J., Romero, M., Herrera, L. (2009). An Integrated Multi-Agent Decision Making Framework for Robot Soccer, 6th IEEE Latin American Robotics Symposium – LARS 2009, Oct. 29 - 30, Valparaíso, Chile (CD Proceedings).

• Ruiz-del-Solar, J., Guerrero, P., Palma-Amestoy, R. (2008). Context Integration in Humanoid Robot Vision. Proc. Cognitive Humanoid Vision Workshop, in Humanoids 2008, Daejeon, Korea, Dec. 1, 2008 (CD Proceedings).

• Verschae R., Ruiz-del-Solar J., Correa M. (2008). Face Recognition in Unconstrained Environments: A Comparative Study. Proc. Workshop Faces in Real-Life Images: Detection, Alignment, and Recognition, ECCV 2008, Marseille, France, Oct. 17, 2008 (CD Proceedings).

• Zagal, J.C., Ruiz-del-Solar, J., Palacios, A.G. (2008). Fitness Based Identification of a Robot Structure. Proc. 11th Int. Conf. on Artificial Life, pp.733-740, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.

• Francke, H., Ruiz-del-Solar, J., Verschae, R. (2007). Real-time Hand Gesture Detection and Recognition using Boosted Classifiers and Active Learning. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4872 (PSIVT 2007), Springer, pp. 533-547

• Guerrero, P., Ruiz-del-Solar, J., and Palma-Amestoy, R. (2007). Spatiotemporal Context in Robot Vision: Detection of Static Objects in the RoboCup Four Legged League, Proc. 1st Int. Workshop on Robot Vision, in 2nd Int. Conf. on Computer Vision Theory and Appl. – VISAPP 2007, pp. 136 – 148, March 8 – 11 2007, Barcelona, Spain.

• Ruiz-del-Solar, J. (2007). Personal Robots as Ubiquitous-Multimedial-Mobile Web Interfaces.5th Latin American Web Congress LA-WEB 2007, pp. 120 – 127, Santiago, Chile, Oct. 31 – Nov 2, 2007.

• Verschae, R., Ruiz-del-Solar, J., Correa, M. (2006). Gender Classification of Faces using Adaboost. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (CIARP 2006) 4225, Springer, 68 - 78.

• Loncomilla, P., and Ruiz-del-Solar, J. (2006). A fast probabilistic model for hypothesis rejection in SIFT-based Object Recognition. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4225 (CIARP 2006), Springer, 696 - 705.

• Palma-Amestoy, R., Guerrero, P., Vallejos, P., and Ruiz-del-Solar, J. (2006). Context - dependent color segmentation for Aibo robots, 3rd IEEE Latin American Robotics Symposium – LARS 2006, Oct. 26 - 27, Santiago, Chile (CD Proceedings).

• Dodds, R., Vallejos, P., and Ruiz-del-Solar, J. (2006). Probabilistic kick selection in robot soccer, 3rd IEEE Latin American Robotics Symposium – LARS 2006, Oct. 26 - 27, Santiago, Chile (CD Proceedings).

• Ruiz-del-Solar, J., Loncomilla, P., Vallejos, P. (2006). An automated refereeing and analysis tool for robot soccer, CVBASE '06 - Workshop on Computer Vision Based Analysis in Sport Environments (ECCV Workshop), Graz, Austria, May 12, 2006.

• Lastra, R., Vallejos, P., and Ruiz-del-Solar, J. (2005). Self-Localization and Ball Tracking for the RoboCup 4-Legged League, 2nd IEEE Latin American Robotics Symposium – LARS 2005, Sept. 21 - 23, Sao Luis, Brazil (CD Proceedings).

• Loncomilla, P., Ruiz-del-Solar, J. (2005). Improving SIFT-based Object Recognition for Robot Applications. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3617 (ICIAP 2005), Springer, 1084 - 1092.

• Lastra, R., Vallejos, P., and Ruiz-del-Solar, J. (2004). Integrated Self-Localization and Ball Tracking in the Four-Legged Robot Soccer League, 1st IEEE Latin American Robotics Symposium – LARS 2004, 54 – 59, Oct. 28 – 29, México City, México.

• Olivares, X., Ruiz-del-Solar, J., and Zagal, J. (2004). On-line Learning of an Object Manipulation Behavior for Legged Robots, 1st IEEE Latin American Robotics Symposium – LARS 2004, 42 – 27, Oct. 28 – 29, México City, México.

• Vallejos, P., Ruiz-del-Solar, J., and Duvost, A. (2004). Cooperative Strategy using Dynamic Role Assignment and Potential Fields Path Planning, 1st IEEE Latin American Robotics Symposium – LARS 2004, 48 – 53, Oct. 28 – 29, México City, México.

• Zagal, J., Ruiz-del-Solar, J., Vallejos, P. (2004). Back to Reality: Crossing the Reality Gap in Evolutionary Robotics. 5th IFAC/EURON Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles - IAV2004, Lisbon, Portugal, 5 – 7 July 2004 (CD Proceedings).

• Correa, M., Ruiz-del-Solar, J., and Verschae, R. (2006). Indexación Automatizada de Imágenes Digitales usando Información Facial. Anales del Instituto de Ingenieros de Chile, Vol. 118, No. 3, 93-105.

• Palma-Amestoy, R., Guerrero, P., Vallejos, P., Ruiz-del-Solar, J. (2006). Segmentación Dinámica de Colores para robots Aibo. Anales del Instituto de Ingenieros de Chile, Vol. 118, No. 2, 71-81.

• Zagal., J., and Ruiz-del-Solar, J. (2004). Aprendizaje de Comportamientos Complejos en Robots Cuadrúpedos. Anales del Instituto de Ingenieros de Chile, Vol. 116, No. 1, 17 - 31.

• Guerrero, P., and Ruiz-del-Solar, J. (2003) Auto-localización de un Robot Móvil AIBO mediante el Método de Monte Carlo. Anales del Instituto de Ingenieros de Chile, Vol. 115, No. 3, 91 – 102.

• Zagal., J., and Ruiz-del-Solar, J. (2003). Adaptación Evolutiva de un Sistema Visual de Reconocimiento de Objetos para el Campeonato de Fútbol Robótico Robocup. Anales del Instituto de Ingenieros de Chile, Vol. 115, No. 1, 11-22.