Intelligent Autonomous Systems 12: Volume 2 Proceedings of the 12th International Conference IAS-12, held June 26-29, 2012, Jeju Island, Korea

Front Matter....Pages 1-11
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
Design of Master Console Haptic Handle for Robot Assisted Laparoscopy....Pages 3-10
A New Concept for a “Vaginal Hysterectomy” Robot....Pages 11-16
Mechanism of a Learning Robot Manipulator for Laparoscopic Surgical Training....Pages 17-26
Fusion of Inertial Measurements and Vision Feedback for Microsurgery....Pages 27-35
An Orbital Velocity-Based Obstacle Avoidance Algorithm for Surgical Robots....Pages 37-50
HOG-Based Person Following and Autonomous Returning Using Generated Map by Mobile Robot Equipped with Camera and Laser Range Finder....Pages 51-60
Fast Range Image Segmentation and Smoothing Using Approximate Surface Reconstruction and Region Growing....Pages 61-73
Resilient Navigation through Probabilistic Modality Reconfiguration....Pages 75-88
Scaling Vector Field SLAM to Large Environments....Pages 89-100
Observation Planning for Object Search by a Mobile Robot with Uncertain Recognition....Pages 101-110
Effects of a Frequency-Dependent Dissipative Element in Haptic Interaction....Pages 111-119
A Case Study of Safety in the Design of Surgical Robots: The ARAKNES Platform....Pages 121-130
Classification of Modeling for Versatile Simulation Goals in Robotic Surgery....Pages 131-141
Role of Holographic Displays and Stereovision Displays in Patient Safety and Robotic Surgery....Pages 143-154
A Methodological Framework for the Definition of Patient Safety Measures in Robotic Surgery: The Experience of SAFROS Project....Pages 155-164
System Concept for Collision-Free Robot Assisted Surgery Using Real-Time Sensing....Pages 165-173
The Autonomous Photovoltaic MarXbot....Pages 175-183
Automatic Segmentation and Decision Making of Carotid Artery Ultrasound Images....Pages 185-196
Bilateral Telemanipulation with a Humanoid Robot Hand/Arm between USA and Japan....Pages 197-205
A Feasibility Study of Rate-Mode Mobile Robot Bilateral Teleoperation with Time Domain Passivity Approach....Pages 207-215
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
Backstepping Control of Quadrotor-Type UAVs and Its Application to Teleoperation over the Internet....Pages 217-225
Experiments on Intercontinental Haptic Control of Multiple UAVs....Pages 227-238
Textual Affect Detection in Human Computer Interaction....Pages 239-247
Face Alignment Based on 3D Face Shape Model and Markov Random Field....Pages 249-261
Spontaneous Facial Expression Recognition by Fusing Thermal Infrared and Visible Images....Pages 263-272
A Wearable Plantar Pressure Measurement System: Design Specifications and First Experiments with an Amputee....Pages 273-281
Human-Robot Interaction-Based Intention Sharing of Assistant Robot for Elderly People....Pages 283-291
Human Tracking Using Improved Sample-Based Joint Probabilistic Data Association Filter....Pages 293-302
Research on the Personalized Interaction Model Driven by User Behavior....Pages 303-310
A General Closed-Loop Framework for Multi-dimensional Sequence Processing....Pages 311-321
Facial Expression Recognition from Infrared Thermal Videos....Pages 323-333
Motion Planning of a Dual Manipulator System for Table Tennis....Pages 335-344
Integrated Balance Control on Uneven Terrain....Pages 345-354
Towards Metareasoning for Human-Robot Interaction....Pages 355-367
Learning Probabilistic Decision Making by a Service Robot with Generalization of User Demonstrations and Interactive Refinement....Pages 369-382
A Topic Recognition System for Real World Human-Robot Conversations....Pages 383-391
Semi-autonomous Car Control Using Brain Computer Interfaces....Pages 393-408
Perceptual Social Dimensions of Human - Humanoid Robot Interaction....Pages 409-421
Complex Emotional Regulation Process in Active Field State Space....Pages 423-432
A Development of Art Robot System for Representation of Brightness of Image....Pages 433-441
Front Matter....Pages 443-445
Effect of Mediolateral Knee Displacement on Ligaments and Muscles around Knee Joint: Quantitative Analysis with Three-Dimensional Musculoskeletal Ligament Knee Model....Pages 447-456
Robot Colony Mobility in a Thermodynamics Frame....Pages 457-468
Throwing Darts Training Support System Based on Analysis of Human Motor Skill....Pages 469-478
Muscle Activities Changing Model by Difference in Sensory Inputs on Human Posture Control....Pages 479-491
Minimalist CPG Model for Inter- and Intra-limb Coordination in Bipedal Locomotion....Pages 493-502
Dynamic Partition of Collaborative Multiagent Based on Coordination Trees....Pages 503-510
A Distributed Kinodynamic Collision Avoidance System under ROS....Pages 511-521
Authentication Using Shared Knowledge: Learning Agents....Pages 523-531
Cooperative Particle Swarm Optimization-Based Predictive Controller for Multi-robot Formation....Pages 533-541
Modeling Pedestrians in an Airport Scenario with a Time-Augmented Petri Net....Pages 543-551
Cooperation without Exploitation between Self-interested Agents....Pages 553-562
Controlling Formations of Robots with Graph Theory....Pages 563-574
Information Gathering Multi Agent Framework System....Pages 575-584
Study of Query Translation Dictionary Automatic Construction in Cross-Language Information Retrieval....Pages 585-592
A Multi-Agent Information Retrieval System Based on Ontology....Pages 593-602
Task Allocation for Spatially and Temporally Distributed Tasks....Pages 603-612
Learning Task Performance in Market-Based Task Allocation....Pages 613-621
A Framework for Unknown Environment Manipulator Motion Planning via Model Based Realtime Rehearsal....Pages 623-631
Embedded Joint Torque Sensor with Reduced Torque Ripple of Harmonic Drive....Pages 633-640
Design and Analysis of Variable Yielding-Torque Spring Clutch (VSC) for the Safety of Operating Robot Arm....Pages 641-649
Front Matter....Pages 443-445
Vibrotactile Cues for Motion Guidance....Pages 651-659
Driving and Turning Control of a Single-Wheel Mobile Robot....Pages 661-670
Modeling, Dynamics and Control of an Extended Elastic Actuator in Musculoskeletal Robot System....Pages 671-681
Towards Long-Term Collective Experiments....Pages 683-692
Control of a Trident Steering Walker - Design of Motion Parameters Based on a Propulsion Transfer Function....Pages 693-705
Real-Time 3D Model Reconstruction with a Dual-Laser Triangulation System for Assembly Line Completeness Inspection....Pages 707-716
An Evolution Strategy Based Autonomous Algorithm for Roll-to-Roll Web Control System....Pages 717-729
Mechanism Design and Locomotion of a Snake Robot....Pages 731-738
Expression Intensity Recognition Based on Multilayer Hybrid Classifier....Pages 739-748
Cooperative Multi-robot Searching Algorithm....Pages 749-756
Analysis of Affective Effects on Steady-State Visual Evoked Potential Responses....Pages 757-766
Effect of Potential Model on Monte-Carlo Go....Pages 767-774
Acquisition of Ground Behavior on the Locust Model under the Virtual Physical Environment....Pages 775-783
Behavior of Ships after the Great East Japan Earthquake....Pages 785-793
Target Enclosure for Multiple Targets....Pages 795-803
A Study on Acquisition Method of Nonverbal Cues for Intelligent Agents: A Case Study on Facial Expression Analysis....Pages 805-813
Study on Twining of Virtual Seaweed in Fluid Environment....Pages 815-824
Visualization of Spatial Expression Ability Using a 3-D Expression System....Pages 825-834
Application of Flocking Algorithm to Attitude Control of Humanoid Robot....Pages 835-842
Velocity Correlation in Swarm Robtos with Directional Neighborhood....Pages 843-851
Front Matter....Pages 443-445
Feedback Control of Traffic Signal Network of Less Traffic Sensors by Help of Machine Learning....Pages 853-861
Composite Artificial Neural Network for Controlling Artificial Flying Creature....Pages 863-871
Polycentric Framework for Robotic Kinematics....Pages 873-881
Cluster Analysis of Collective Behavior for a Robotic Swarm....Pages 883-891
Detection of Breast Cancer Based on Texture Analysis from Digital Mammograms....Pages 893-900
Back Matter....Pages 0--1