Autonomous and Intelligent Systems: Second International Conference, AIS 2011, Burnaby, BC, Canada, June 22-24, 2011. Proceedings

Front Matter....Pages -
Global Optimal Path Planning for Mobile Robots Based on Hybrid Approach with High Diversity and Memorization....Pages 1-10
Small Tree Probabilistic Roadmap Planner for Hyper-Redundant Manipulators....Pages 11-20
A Fuzzy Logic Approach for Indoor Mobile Robot Navigation Using UKF and Customized RFID Communication....Pages 21-30
Toward Opportunistic Collaboration in Target Pursuit Problems....Pages 31-40
A Multi-agent Framework with MOOS-IvP for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles with Sidescan Sonar Sensors....Pages 41-50
Three-Dimensional Path-Planning for a Communications and Navigation Aid Working Cooperatively with Autonomous Underwater Vehicles....Pages 51-62
Autonomous Haulage Systems – Justification and Opportunity....Pages 63-72
Building a No Limit Texas Hold’em Poker Agent Based on Game Logs Using Supervised Learning....Pages 73-82
Autonomous Manipulation Combining Task Space Control with Recursive Field Estimation....Pages 83-92
Accessibility of Fuzzy Control Systems....Pages 93-101
Thermal Dynamic Modeling and Control of Injection Moulding Process....Pages 102-111
Analysis of Future Measurement Incorporation into Unscented Predictive Motion Planning....Pages 112-123
Nonlinear Maneuvering Control of Rigid Formations of Fixed Wing UAVs....Pages 124-133
Intelligent Control System Design for a Class of Nonlinear Mechanical Systems....Pages 134-145
Trends in the Control Schemes for Bilateral Teleoperation with Time Delay....Pages 146-155
Bilateral Teleoperation System with Time Varying Communication Delay: Stability and Convergence....Pages 156-166
Online Incremental Learning of Inverse Dynamics Incorporating Prior Knowledge....Pages 167-176
Experimental Comparison of Model-Based and Model-Free Output Feedback Control System for Robot Manipulators....Pages 177-188
P-Map: An Intuitive Plot to Visualize, Understand, and Compare Variable-Gain PI Controllers....Pages 189-198
Sufficient Conditions for Global Synchronization of Continuous Piecewise Affine Systems....Pages 199-211
Question Type Classification Using a Part-of-Speech Hierarchy....Pages 212-221
Exploring Wikipedia’s Category Graph for Query Classification....Pages 222-230
Combination of Error Detection Techniques in Automatic Speech Transcription....Pages 231-240
Developing a Secure Distributed OSGi Cloud Computing Infrastructure for Sharing Health Records....Pages 241-252
Extreme Learning Machine with Adaptive Growth of Hidden Nodes and Incremental Updating of Output Weights....Pages 253-262
Face Recognition Based on Kernelized Extreme Learning Machine....Pages 263-272
Detection and Tracking of Multiple Similar Objects Based on Color-Pattern....Pages 273-283
Argo Vehicle Simulation of Motion Driven 3D LIDAR Detection and Environment Awareness....Pages 284-293
Signal Processing and Pattern Recognition for Eddy Current Sensors, Used for Effective Land-Mine Detection....Pages 294-302
Velocity Measurement for Moving Surfaces by Using Spatial Filtering Technique Based on Array Detectors....Pages 303-310
Towards Unified Performance Metrics for Multi-robot Human Interaction Systems....Pages 311-320
Augmented HE-Book: A Multimedia Based Extension to Support Immersive Reading Experience....Pages 321-330
Human-Machine Learning for Intelligent Aircraft Systems....Pages 331-342
Haptic Data Compression Based on Curve Reconstruction....Pages 343-354
Diastolic Timed Vibrator: Applying Direct Vibration in Diastole to Patients with Acute Coronary Ischemia during the Pre-hospitalization Phase....Pages 355-365
Low Noise CMOS Chopper Amplifier for MEMS Gas Sensor....Pages 366-373
Modeling Reliability in Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 374-383
Fading Compensation for Improved Indoor RF Tracking Based on Redundant RSS Readings....Pages 384-395
Redundant Reader Elimination Approaches for RFID Networks....Pages 396-405
NoC-MPSoC Performance Estimation with Synchronous Data Flow (SDF) Graphs....Pages 406-415
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