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

Front Matter....Pages -
Control Strategies of a Mobile Robot Inspector in Inaccessible Areas....Pages 1-10
Advanced High Precision Control for XY-Table....Pages 11-21
Application of Fixed-Structure Genetic Programming for Classification....Pages 22-33
Variable Universe Fuzzy PID Control Strategy of Permanent Magnet Biased Axial Magnetic Bearing Used in Magnetic Suspension Wind Power Generator....Pages 34-43
Adaptive Dynamic Surface Control of a Class of Nonlinear Systems with Unknown Duhem Hysteresis....Pages 44-55
Balancing and Posture Controls for Biped Robots with Unmodelled Dynamics....Pages 56-65
Adaptive Learning Prediction on Rolling Force in the Process of Reversible Cold Rolling Mill....Pages 66-75
Modeling and Simulation of Air-Boots for a Novel Soft-Terrain Walking Concept Vehicle....Pages 76-86
Concept of Actuation and Control for the EO Smart Connecting Car (EO scc)....Pages 87-98
Wavelet-Based Linearization for Single-Degree-Of-Freedom Nonlinear Systems....Pages 99-110
An Application of DCS Device to a Heat Exchange Process....Pages 111-120
Application of Driver-in-the-Loop Real-Time Simulations to the Design of SUV Differential Braking Controllers....Pages 121-131
Optimization of Measurement Configurations for Geometrical Calibration of Industrial Robot....Pages 132-143
Multi-line Fitting Using Two-Stage Iterative Adaptive Approach....Pages 144-153
Collaborative Training Mechanism Design for Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks....Pages 154-163
A Practical Calibration Method for Spray Painting Robot in Factory....Pages 164-173
Study on a New Bridge Crack Detection Robot Based on Machine Vision....Pages 174-184
Robust Gaussian-Based Template Tracking....Pages 185-195
Combined Online and Offline Information for Tracking Facial Feature Points....Pages 196-206
Extracting Minimalistic Corridor Geometry from Low-Resolution Images....Pages 207-216
Triangulation-Based Plane Extraction for 3D Point Clouds....Pages 217-228
Evolutionary Computation for Intelligent Self-localization in Multiple Mobile Robots Based on SLAM....Pages 229-239
Optimum Design of a Planar 3-DOF Parallel Manipulator for Good Motion and Force Transmissibility....Pages 240-249
Singularity Analysis of the Planar 3-RRR Parallel Manipulator Considering the Motion/Force Transmissibility....Pages 250-260
Dimensional Synthesis of a Planar Parallel Manipulator for Pick-and-Place Operations Based on Rigid-Body Dynamics....Pages 261-270
Analytical Forward Kinematics for Two Kinds of Typical Tripods Part I: Closed-Form Solutions for Forward Kinematics Methods....Pages 271-281
Analytical Forward Kinematics for Two Kinds of Typical Tripods Part II: Analyzing for Their Workspaces, and Performances of the Forward Kinematics....Pages 282-293
Robust Sliding Mode Control Law Design for Unmanned Gyroplane....Pages 294-301
Realization of an Autonomous Team of Unmanned Ground and Aerial Vehicles....Pages 302-312
Design of Helicopter Cable-Orientation Control System Based on Finite-Element Modeling....Pages 313-322
Research on Alignment of Camera and Receptacle during the Autonomous Aerial Refueling....Pages 323-330
Consensus Algorithms in a Multi-agent Framework to Solve PTZ Camera Reconfiguration in UAVs....Pages 331-340
Detection and Tracking of Underwater Object Based on Forward-Scan Sonar....Pages 341-347
Structural Design and Analysis of 3-DOF Bionic Eye Based on Spherical Ultrasonic Motor....Pages 348-356
Cooperative Control for UAV Formation Flight Based on Decentralized Consensus Algorithm....Pages 357-366
Segmentation and Classification of Side-Scan Sonar Data....Pages 367-376
Vision Guidance System for AGV Using ANFIS....Pages 377-385
Payload Drop Application of Unmanned Quadrotor Helicopter Using Gain-Scheduled PID and Model Predictive Control Techniques....Pages 386-395
UAV Flight Performance Optimization Based on Improved Particle Swarm Algorithm....Pages 396-403
Trajectory Optimization of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in Vertical Profile....Pages 404-410
Trajectory Tracking with Model Predictive Control for an Unmanned Quad-rotor Helicopter: Theory and Flight Test Results....Pages 411-420
Parallel Tracking and Mapping with Multiple Cameras on an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle....Pages 421-432
Rotorcraft UAV Actuator Failure Detection Based on a New Adaptive Set-Membership Filter....Pages 433-442
Robust Attitude Control Design for Spacecraft under Assigned Velocity and Control Constraints....Pages 443-452
Fault-Tolerant Control of a Class of Switched Nonlinear Systems with Application to Flight Control....Pages 453-462
Leak Detection in Water Distribution Networks with Optimal Linear Regression Models....Pages 463-472
Experimental Test of an Interacting Multiple Model Filtering Algorithm for Actuator Fault Detection and Diagnosis of an Unmanned Quadrotor Helicopter....Pages 473-482
Reliability Analysis of Fault Tolerant Wind Energy Conversion System with Doubly Fed Induction Generator....Pages 483-492
Distribution Rates Analysis of Symplectic Geometry Spectrum for Surface EMG Signals on Healthy Hand Muscles....Pages 493-498
Mutual Information Analysis with Ordinal Pattern for EMG Based Hand Motion Recognition....Pages 499-506
Design of an Anthropomorphic Prosthetic Hand towards Neural Interface Control....Pages 507-517
Adaptive Pattern Recognition of Myoelectric Signal towards Practical Multifunctional Prosthesis Control....Pages 518-525
SSVEP Based Brain-Computer Interface Controlled Functional Electrical Stimulation System for Knee Joint Movement....Pages 526-535
A Feedforward Compensation Method for Control of Join Equilibrium Position....Pages 536-544
A New 4M Model-Based Human-Machine Interface for Lower Extremity Exoskeleton Robot....Pages 545-554
Design and Performance Evaluation of a Rotary Series Elastic Actuator....Pages 555-564
Realistic Dynamic Posture Prediction of Humanoid Robot: Manual Lifting Task Simulation....Pages 565-578
Human Brain Control of Electric Wheelchair with Eye-Blink Electrooculogram Signal....Pages 579-588
Development of an Endoscopic Continuum Robot to Enable Transgastric Surgical Obesity Treatment....Pages 589-600
Fuzzy Adaptive Backstepping Control of a Two Degree of Freedom Parallel Robot....Pages 601-610
Non-smooth Observer for Mechanical Systems Based on Sandwich Model with Backlash....Pages 611-621
Robust Proportional-Derivative Control of a Three-Axis Milling Machine Tool....Pages 622-631
A Novel Stabilization Scheme for Asymmetric Bilateral Teleoperation Systems with Time Varying Delays....Pages 632-642
Adaptive Exponential Sliding Mode Control for Dynamic Tracking of a Nonholonomic Mobile Robot....Pages 643-652
The Study of a Vision-Based Pedestrian Interception System....Pages 653-662
Self-optimizing Handling System for Assembling Large Components....Pages 663-672
Robot Assisted Manufacturing System for High Gloss Finishing of Steel Molds....Pages 673-685
Measurement of the Cognitive Assembly Planning Impact....Pages 686-695
Selfoptimized Assembly Planning for a ROS Based Robot Cell....Pages 696-705
Virtual Production Intelligence – A Contribution to the Digital Factory....Pages 706-715
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