Intelligent Robotics and Applications: 5th International Conference, ICIRA 2012, Montreal, Canada, October 3-5, 2012, Proceedings, Part II

Front Matter....Pages -
Wireless Master-Slave FES Rehabilitation System Using sEMG Control....Pages 1-10
Intelligent Prescription-Diagnosis Function for Rehabilitation Training Robot System....Pages 11-20
Human Behavior Recognition by a Bio-monitoring Mobile Robot....Pages 21-30
Differentiated Time-Frequency Characteristics Based Real-Time Motion Decoding for Lower Extremity Rehabilitation Exoskeleton Robot....Pages 31-40
3D Semantic Map-Based Shared Control for Smart Wheelchair....Pages 41-51
Nonlinear Sliding Mode Control Implementation of an Upper Limb Exoskeleton Robot to Provide Passive Rehabilitation Therapy....Pages 52-62
sEMG-Based Control of an Exoskeleton Robot Arm....Pages 63-73
Approaches of Applying Human-Robot-Interaction-Technologies to Assist Workers with Musculoskeletal Disorders in Production....Pages 74-84
Simulation Study of an FES-Involved Control Strategy for Lower Limb Rehabilitation Robot....Pages 85-95
Development of a Rehabilitation Robot for Upper-Limb Movements....Pages 96-102
Dynamic Optimization with a New Performance Index for a 2-DoF Translational Parallel Manipulator....Pages 103-115
Research of Piezoelectric Printing Actuator for High-Power White LED Phosphor Coating....Pages 116-126
Development of OLED Panel Defect Detection System through Improved Otsu Algorithm....Pages 127-134
The Linkage Control Strategy for the Two-Phase Flow Dispensing System....Pages 135-144
The Transient Temperature Field Measurement System for Laser Bonding Process....Pages 145-152
Modeling of Electromagnetic Interference Noise Mechanism for Magneto-Rheological Damper....Pages 153-163
An Image Based Algorithm to Safely Locate Human Extremities for Human-Robot Collaboration....Pages 164-175
Research of a Multi-DOF Pathological Sampling Flexible Robot....Pages 176-185
Control by 3D Simulation – A New eRobotics Approach to Control Design in Automation....Pages 186-197
Human Intention Estimation Using Time-Varying Fuzzy Markov Models for Natural Non-verbal Human Robot Interface....Pages 198-206
Influence of Human Driving Characteristics on Path Tracking Performance of Vehicle....Pages 207-216
Single Machine Oriented Match-Up Rescheduling Method for Semiconductor Manufacturing System....Pages 217-226
Sub-regional Flank Milling Method....Pages 227-234
Robotics for the Benefit of Footwear Industry....Pages 235-244
Application of Grey Based Taguchi Method to Determine Optimal End Milling Parameters....Pages 245-254
Force Prediction in Plunge Milling of Inconel 718....Pages 255-263
Dynamic Cutter Runout Measurement with Laser Sensor....Pages 264-272
Structure and Electromagnetic Actuation Systems of Microrobot....Pages 273-280
Modeling of Rate-Dependent Hysteresis for Piezoelectric Actuator with MPI Model-Based Hammerstein System....Pages 281-290
Identification of Prandtl-Ishlinskii Hysteresis Models Using Modified Particle Swarm Optimization....Pages 291-300
Wireless Electrical Power to Sub-millimeter Robots....Pages 301-312
A Digital Lock-In Amplifier Based Contact Detection Technique for Electrochemical Nanolithography....Pages 313-322
Optimization of a Compliant Mechanical Amplifier Based on a Symmetric Five-Bar Topology....Pages 323-332
Hybrid Potential Field Swarm Optimization Based Novel Targeted Drug Delivery System Using Drug Loaded Nano Carriers....Pages 333-343
The CSUF Unmanned Utility Ground Robotic Vehicle....Pages 344-353
Guaranteed Mobile Robot Tracking Using Robust Interval Constraint Propagation....Pages 354-365
Trajectory Tracking of Wheeled Mobile Robot with a Manipulator Considering Dynamic Interaction and Modeling Uncertainty....Pages 366-375
Proposal and Evaluation of Integer Inverse Kinematics for Multijoint Small Robot....Pages 376-386
Velocity Selection for High-Speed UGVs in Rough Unknown Terrains Using Force Prediction....Pages 387-396
Modeling and Autonomous Control of Multiple Mobile Manipulators Handling Rigid Objects....Pages 397-406
A Mobile Robotic Platform for Generating Radiation Maps....Pages 407-416
Effect of Limiting Wheel Slip on Two-Wheeled Robots in Low Traction Environments....Pages 417-426
Nao Robot Localization and Navigation Using Fusion of Odometry and Visual Sensor Data....Pages 427-438
A Graph-Based Hierarchical SLAM Framework for Large-Scale Mapping....Pages 439-448
LOCOBOT - Low Cost Toolkit for Building Robot Co-workers in Assembly Lines....Pages 449-459
Model Identification and $\\mathcal{H}_{\\infty}$ Attitude Control for Quadrotor MAV’s....Pages 460-471
An Intelligent Approach to Hysteresis Compensation while Sampling Using a Fleet of Autonomous Watercraft....Pages 472-485
Concept of a Biologically Inspired Robust Behaviour Control System....Pages 486-495
 MinPos : A Novel Frontier Allocation Algorithm for Multi-robot Exploration....Pages 496-508
Experimental Validation of the Extended Computed Torque Control Approach in the 5R Parallel Robot Prototype....Pages 509-518
Model-Free Robust Control for Fluid Disturbed Underwater Vehicles....Pages 519-529
Sliding-Mode Observer Based Flux Estimation of Induction Motors....Pages 530-539
A Gasoline Engine Crankshaft Fatigue Analysis and Experiment....Pages 540-550
High Precision Embedded Control of a High Acceleration Positioning System....Pages 551-560
Rapid Control Selection through Hill-Climbing Methods....Pages 561-570
Robust Mode-Free Sliding Mode Control of Multi-fingered Hand with Position Synchronization in the Task Space....Pages 571-580
An FPGA-Based Real-Time Solution for Networked Motion Control Systems....Pages 581-591
Synchronous Control for Trajectory Tracking in Networked Multi-agent Systems....Pages 592-602
Multirobot Behavior Synchronization through Direct Neural Network Communication....Pages 603-614
Virtual Field Testing for Performance Evaluation of Cooperative Multiple Robots....Pages 615-624
Leader-Follower Formation Control Using PID Controller....Pages 625-634
Internet-Based Telerobotics of Mobile Manipulators: Application on RobuTER/ULM ....Pages 635-644
Multi-agent Control Architecture of Mobile Manipulators: Pulling Doors Open....Pages 645-655
Planar Surface Area Transformation and Calculation Using Camera and Orientation Sensor....Pages 656-665
Multi-modal People Tracking for an Awareness Behavior of an Interactive Tour-Guide Robot....Pages 666-675
A Robotic Pan and Tilt 3-D Target Tracking System by Data Fusion of Vision, Encoder, Accelerometer, and Gyroscope Measurements....Pages 676-685
A DSmT-Based Approach for Data Association in the Context of Multiple Target Tracking....Pages 686-695
Planning Sensor Feedback for Assembly Skills by Using Sensor State Space Graphs....Pages 696-707
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