Robotics, Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Page v, Toshi Takamori, Kazuo Tsuchiya
Physical Analogies for Rapid Robot Motion Planning and Execution in Dynamic Environments, Pages 3-8, Günther K. Schmidt, Kianoush Azarm
IDENTIFICATION OF BASE PARAMETERS OF A DIRECT DRIVE ARM - A New Experimental Result -, Pages 9-14, K. Osuka, S. Endo, M. Tomizuka, T. Ono, H. Mayeda
A Six Degree of Freedom Robot Measurement System I: A Precision Universal Joint, Pages 15-20, J.P. Prenninger, M. Vincze, S. Decker, H. Gander, P. Mayerl
Parallel manipulators: state of the art and perspectives, Pages 21-26, J-P. Merlet
Development of the Parallel Manipulator, Pages 27-32, Katsumi NAKASHIMA, Michiya KATAOKA, Osamu NAGATA, Takao WADA, Tatsuo ARAI
New Robotic Mechanism Using a Parallel Moving Platform, Pages 33-38, K. Machida, Y. Toda, S. Iikura, T. Komatsu, T. Iwata, T. Honda
An Analysis of Passive Impedance of 6-DOF Direct-Drive Wrist Joint, Pages 39-44, Kiyoshi MAEDA, Kenji FUJIMOTO, Satoshi TADOKORO, Toshi TAKAMORI
Design and simulation of a parallel link compliant wrist, Pages 45-50, M. Hashimoto, Y. Imamura
Simulation study of dynamic properties and nodal offset of truss-type parallel mechanism, Pages 51-56, M. Tanaka, K. Hanahara
GROUP MATHEMATICS AND PARALLEL LINK MECHANISMS, Pages 57-62, Jacques M. Hervé
Bilateral Control for Parallel-Link Manipulators, Pages 63-68, Tatsuo Arai, Robert Stoughton, G. Jagannath Raju
Design and control of a very fast 6-dof parallel robot, Pages 69-74, Masaru Uchiyama, Ken-ichi Iimura, François Pierrot, Kunihiko Unno, Osamu Toyama
Bio-Parallel Mechanism of Mastication Robot, Pages 75-80, Hideaki TAKANOBU, Masaru KUMEI, Atsuo TAKANISHI, Ichiro KATO
A Minimal, Minimal Linkage: The Tension-Compression Parallel Link Manipulator, Pages 81-88, Samuel E. Landsberger, Thomas B. Sheridan
Kinematic and Control Issues on a Tendon-Controlled Wrist Mechanism, Pages 89-94, Kazuhito HYODO, Hiroaki KOBAYASHI
A Modular Multi Purpose Robotic Testbed for Space Applications, Pages 95-100, W. Schulz, Th. Seidl
Photo - pneumatic control robot arm, Pages 101-106, K. Yamamoto, O. Oyama, T. Tokunaga
An Intelligent Wrist Mechanism for Robot Assembly of Chamferless Parts, Pages 107-112, C.M. Jung, MS. Student, D.G. Gweon, Professor
A Finite State Control Model for Flexible Robotized Assembly Cell, Pages 113-118, Yuan ZHANG, Alain DELCHAMBRE, Pierre GASPART
Diagnosing Contact Situations in Intelligent Robotics, Pages 119-124, Michael Spreng
Vehicle Guidance System Using On–board Laser Beam Emitters and Corner Cubes along the Course, Pages 125-130, T. Tsumura, H. Okubo, N. Komatsu
Environment recognition using a virtual corner point, Pages 131-136, Heungsik Noh, Minkee Park, Hyunduck Kim, Mignon Park
Development of welding line detecting sensor system, Pages 137-141, Toshio Nakamura, Koji Tanaka, Kayoko Hayakawa, Kunihiro Mori, Munenori Tsuge
Occlusion Cues for 3-D Stereoscopic Display, Pages 143-148, Masanori Idesawa
Statistical Reliability of 3-D Interpretation from Images, Pages 149-154, Kenichi Kanatani
Tracking a Moving Object by an Active Vision System: PANTHER-VZ, Pages 155-160, Jun Miura, Hideharu Kawarabayashi, Makoto Watanabe, Teruaki Tanaka, Minora Asada, Yoshiaki Shirai
Multisensor integration and fusion: Issues, approaches, and future trends, Pages 161-169, Ren C. Luo, Michael G. Kay, W. Gary Lee
SYSTEM FOR THE REMOTE MONITORING AND CONTROL OF ROBOTIZED DEVICES, Pages 171-176, F. CHAVAND, E. COLEE, M. MALLEM, A. IOUKIL
Auditory-Visual Fusion Using Multi-Input Hidden Markov Model, Pages 177-184, Toshihiro Aono, Masatoshi Ishikawa
Flexible control of autonomous vehicle utilizing hierarchical map and planning, Pages 185-190, M. Niizuma, Y. Kawano, M. Tomizawa, M. Sugiyama, S. Degawa
A Neural Network Approach to Sensorimotor Fusion —Intentional Sensing for Recognizing Three-Dimensional Objects—, Pages 191-196, D. Masumoto, T. Kimoto, S. Nagata
Minimum-Time Trajectory Planning for Multi-Degree-of-Freedom System under Average Heat Generation Restriction, Pages 197-202, K. ONO, T. TERAMOTO
DEVELOPMENT OF AN EFFICIENT AND SUBOPTIMAL OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE ALGORITHM FOR PLANAR ROBOTS, Pages 203-208, Han-Pang Huang, Pei-Chien Lee
An adequate robot modelling for rapid and good 3D collision-free path planning, Pages 209-214, C. Balaguer, F.J. Rodríguez, J.M. Pastor, E. Gambao, R. Aracil, A. Barrrientos
A Seven-League-Boots Algorithm for Path Planning in Configuration Spaces, Pages 215-220, Jan M. Nauta
Design and development of an electric wheelchair mounted robotic arm for use by people with physical disabilities., Pages 221-226, S.D. Prior, P.R. Warner, J.T. Parsons, P. Oettinger
Modeling and Control of Flexible Robot Arm with Flexible Drive System, Pages 227-232, Hideaki Kanoh
A study on tasks of dealing with moving objects, Pages 233-240, T. Sakaguchi, S. Sato, F. Miyazaki
ON-LINE RECURRENT PROGRAMMING OF A ROBOT-TASK SYSTEM IN TWO OPERATING MODES, Pages 241-248, V. MAHOUT, P. LOPEZ
Application of Parallel Computing to Robot Dynamics, Pages 249-256, P. Schäfer, W. Schiehlen
Adaptive vs Learning Controls for Flexible N-Link Robotic Systems, Pages 257-262, Michel Cotsaftis
A Single Link Dual Actuation System for High Speed and High Accuracy, Pages 263-268, Toshihiko Koyama
Stability of manipulators interacting with unstructured and structured dynamic environments, Pages 269-274, J. Edward Colgate
A Robust Robotic Manipulator Controller Based on P-D MRAC for Payload Adaptability, Pages 275-280, Shamsudin H.M. Amin, Alan S. Morris
Hybrid Position and Force Control with Unsteady Assembly Dynamics, Pages 281-286, H. Wapenhans, W. SeyfFerth, F. Pfeiffer
On Synthesis of a Hybrid Position/Force Controller for Robot Manipulators, Pages 287-293, Hirokazu Mayeda, Nobuya Ikeda, Kohichi Miyaji
Principle of Orthogonalization for Hybrid Control of Robot Manipulators, Pages 295-302, Suguru Arimoto, Tomohide Naniwa, Takashi Tsubouchi
Robust Control of Pneumatic Servo System using a Disturbance Observer, Pages 303-308, T. Noritsugu, M. Takaiwa
H∞ Control of a Robot Manipulator Using the Loop Shaping Design Procedure, Pages 309-314, Masayuki Fujita, Hiroaki Kagaya, Fumio Matsumura
Robustness and Stability of Actuator based on Dynamic Impedance Matching, Pages 315-320, Shigeru Kobayashi, Toshi Takamori
H-infinity as a Tool for Control Assessment in Mechatronics, Pages 321-326, Raoul Herzog, Hannes Bleuler
Control of Impact for a Hammering Robot Using a Flexible Link, Pages 327-332, T. Izumi, Y. Hitaka
A Dynamical Approach to Force Control without Force Sensor, Pages 333-338, Toshiyuki Murakami, Fangming Yu, Kouhei Ohnishi
Robust Impedance Control and Its Application to Peg Insertion, Pages 339-344, T. Harada, Y. Nishida, H. Nagaoka, N. Kimura
Active Tactile Sensing by Robotic Fingers, Pages 345-350, Makoto Kaneko
Whole-Hand Robotic Manipulation: Considerations on Results and Open Problems, Pages 351-358, Claudio Melchiorri, Gabriele Vassura
Recent Advances in Grasp Planning Task Representation and Learning Hybrid Control for Dexterous Manipulation, Pages 359-366, G. Casalino, M. Aicardi, G. Cannata
Quadratic programming for dextrous dual-arm manipulation, Pages 367-372, Masaru Uchiyama, Yasutaka Kanamori
New Issues in the Kineto-Statics, Dynamics, and Control of Whole-Hand Manipulation, Pages 373-379, Antonio Bicchi, Domenico Prattichizzo
Movement Control of Brachiation Robot Using CMAC Between Different Distance and Height, Pages 381-386, Fuminori SAITO, Toshio FUKUDA, Fumihito ARAI
Towards a Learning Control Scheme for Biped Locomotion, Pages 387-392, N.J. Archer, K. Warwick
Vision-based Mobile Robots, Pages 393-395, Volker Graefe
Coordinated motion control for multiple industrial mobile robots transporting a material, Pages 397-402, M. Hashimoto, F. Oba
Mobile robot localization using integrated dead reckoning and laser/corner cube based location systems, Pages 403-408, M. Hashimoto, F. Oba, K. Imamaki, T. Nishida
PATH-PLANNING FOR MULTIPLE MOBILE ROBOTS BY USING GENETIC ALGORITHMS, Pages 409-414, Takanori Shibata, Toshio Fukuda, Kazuhiro Kosuge, Fumihito Arai
ROUGH TERRAIN ROBOT WITH 4 TURN-OVER TRACK FRAMES (MINIATURE MODEL), Pages 415-420, Tetsuo Torii, Tomoo Matsuda, Kimihiko Takagi, Takuya Sakamoto
Motion estimation of a mobile robot with uncadenced bearings only measurements, Pages 421-426, O. DEVISE, C. DONCARLI
Self Organizing Manipulator System Based on the Concept of Cellular Robotic System, Pages 427-432, Toshio FUKUDA, Guoqing XUE, Fumihito ARAI, Kazuhiro KOSUGE, Hajime ASAMA, Hiromichi OMORI, Isao ENDO, Hayato KAETSU
Distributed Sensing, Control and Planning - Cellular Robotics Approach -, Pages 433-438, Tsuyoshi Ueyama, Toshio Fukuda, Fumihito Arai, Tsunehiko Sugiura, Akira Sakai, Takehiro Uesugi
TOWARDS A MODULAR STANDARD FOR ROBOTIC DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING, Pages 439-444, G. Barrall, K. Warwick
Variable Structure Approach for Motion Control Systems, Pages 447-452, Hideki HASHIMOTO, Yusuke KONNO
Sliding Mode Control, Discrete Time Approach, Pages 453-458, Alireza Jabbari, Graduate Student, Masayoshi Tomizuka, Professor
Sliding Mode Control of Uncertain Systems, Pages 459-464, Y. Fujisaki, K. Yasuda
Dynamic Sliding Mode Control and Application to Robot Manipulators, Pages 465-470, Katsuhisa FURUTA, Zhiqiang QU
Variable Structure Control of Flexible Robotic Arm, Pages 471-478, Yasuaki Kuroe
VSS Control of Robotic Manipulators by Joint Acceleration Controller, Pages 479-484, K. Jezernik, B. Curk, J. Harnik, A. Ŝabanović
Discontinuous Control of Sliding Base Isolated Structures under Earthquakes, Pages 485-490, K. David Young
A Use of the Ultrasonic Motor as a Fine Positioning Actuator, Pages 491-496, Reiji Mitarai, Hiroaki Takeishi, Takeshi Sawada
Walking Drive – A New Precision Feed Drive –, Pages 497-502, Eiji Shamoto, Toshimichi Moriwaki
Micro Flow Control Devices for Integrated Medical and Chemical Analyzing Systems, Pages 503-508, Shuichi Shoji, Nico F. de Rooij, Masayoshi Esashi, Bart H. van der Schoot
A Vacuum-compatible X-Y Microactuator using the Levitational Effect of a Superconductor, Pages 509-514, Yoshihiko Maeda, Kazuyuki Aihara, Hiroyuki Fujita
Applying Flexible Microactuators to Pipeline Inspection Robots, Pages 515-520, Koichi Suzumori, Akira Abe
Development of a Screw Tightening Machine for Elastic Parts on Clean Room Environment, Pages 521-527, Hiroyuki Makimoto, Tadashi Ojiro, Mai Shiraishi, Takeshi Hoh, Kazuo Aoyama
Some Developments of Machine Intelligence for Fully Automatic Drilling Process, Pages 529-534, Shane Y. Hong, Ph.D.
Perspective of Future Generation Manufacturing Systems, Pages 537-544, FURUKAWA YUJI
A PROJECT PLANNING METHOD WITH TIME CONSTRAINTS, Pages 545-550, Susumu FUJII, Kenichi KANEDA
A DEFINITION OF A REFERENCE SET AS A TOOL FOR PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION POLICY DEVELOPMENT, Pages 551-556, H. Fujimoto, P. Abril
Simultaneous Optimization of Tool Allocation and Scheduling for FMS\'s: An Application of Simulated Annealing, Pages 557-562, Hiroshi Kise, Yoshiyuki Karuno, Hironori Matsumoto
An analysis of dynamic scheduling for job-shop scheduling and its improvement using intelligent algorithms, Pages 563-568, T. Watanabe, H. Tokumaru, Y. Hashimoto
Optimal scheduling models under JIT environments, Pages 569-574, S. Miyazaki
An Expert System for Scheduling of Plastic Molding Process, Pages 575-580, T. Maeda, A. Abe, G. Nakano, M. Ishiguro, A. Nagai
Scheduling Expert System for Continuous Annealing Line, Pages 581-586, T. Iwatani, K. Nose, M. Konishi, H. Nakano
The structure of the service task control system in an automatic shop floor for One-of-a-Kind Production, Pages 587-592, Yiliu Tu, Hans Holm, J⊘gen A. Nielsen
Testing Rules for a Scheduling Expert System in a Steel Plant, Pages 593-598, J. Larraneta, L. Onieva, S. Lozano
SENSOR FUSION FOR IN-PROCESS IDENTIFICATION OF CUTTING PROCESS BASED ON NEURAL NETWORK APPROACH, Pages 599-604, T Moriwaki, Y. Mori
A study of plasma gun orientation control with ultrasonic sensors for thermal spraying robot, Pages 605-611, A. Higashimoto, T. Watanabe, Y. Nakano, I. Murakami, Y. Kakino
Implementation of an integrated FMS model plant, Pages 613-618, Myoung-Sam Ko, Jongwon Kim
A Neural Network Approach to Part-Machine Grouping in GT Manufacturing, Pages 619-624, S. Lozano, L. Onieva, J. Larrañeta, J. Teba
Determination of an Optimum Bending Sequence - Application of AI Techniques in Production Planning, Pages 625-630, H. Grabowski, S. Götze
Automatic Generation of NC Tapes for Machining Tools, Pages 631-636, Yoshikuni Okawa, Makoto Miyazaki
Development of the Autonomous Guided Vehicle System Using Laser Navigation Method, Pages 637-641, Noboru. Ida, Yukio. Tanaka, Yoshiaki. Satoh
Development of shape discriminant methods and robot arm control for part pick-up at an assembly line., Pages 643-648, Saburo OKADA, Masaaki IMADE, Hidekazu MIYAUCHI, Tetsuhiro SUMIMOTO, Hideki YAMAMOTO
DEVELOPMENT OF A RULE-BASED GRAPHIC SIMULATOR FOR FMCs, Pages 649-655, Han-Pang Huang
Wafer Fab Management Optimization Using Simulation, Pages 657-662, G. Cardarelli, P.M. Pelagagge
INFORMATION SYSTEM IN DISTRIBUTED INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION PROCESSES, Pages 663-668, M. BAYART, M. STAROSWIECKI
CAD Model Based System for Visual Inspection, Pages 669-674, Jharna Majumdar, Krishnan Rangarajan, Adil Hameed
Automatic calculation of dimensions and tolerances in manufacturing, Pages 675-680, G. Zhang, M. Porchet
Formal Models of Flexibility for Manufacturing Systems, Pages 681-686, P. Valckenaers, H. Van Brussel
Identification of Lathe Alignment Errors by Measuring Machined Parts, Pages 687-692, Fumiki Tanaka, Takeshi Kishinami, Makoto Yamada
A product modeling system considering geometric constraints and its application to basic design of machine tools, Pages 693-698, N. Sugimura, T. Moriwaki
AN EXPERT PROCESS PLANNING AND FTXTURING SYSTEM WITH 3D CAD DATA INPUT IN STEP STANDARD, Pages 699-704, M Gülesin, R M Jones
Concurrent processing of product modeling and fault simulation for intelligent design aid, Pages 705-710, T. Murayama, F. Oba
Evaluation Method for Geometrical Forms in Coordinate Metrology, Pages 711-716, Pavel G. Ikonomov, Fumiki Tanaka, Takeshi ICishinamia, Hideaki Okamoto, Toyoharu Sasaki
Evaluation of Polished Surface for Automation of Polishing Work, Pages 717-722, Yoshimi Takeuchi, Naoki Asakawa, Dong-fang Ge
The Organization of Human – Oriented C. I. M., Pages 723-727, Norihiko Matsuo
Fuzzy Control Technologies and Their Applications, Pages 731-736, Seiji YASUNOBU
A Study on Hovering of Model Helicopter Using Visual Information and Fuzzy Controller, Pages 737-742, Kwang-Keun Shin, Jun-Ho Oh
A Learning Method Fusing Fuzzy Reasoning and Genetic Algorithm, Pages 743-748, H. Nomura, I. Hayashi, N. Wakami
A Self-Organizing Adaptable Control Scheme Based on Constraint-Oriented Fuzzy Inference, Pages 749-754, Osamu KATAI, Masaaki IDA, Tetsuo SAWARAGI, Sosuke IWAI
On Some Attempts for Improving Learning Performance in Multi-layered Neural Networks of Back-propagation Methods, Pages 755-760, Motohide Umano, Teruhiko Teraoka, Itsuo Hatono, Hiroyuki Tamura
Adaptive Control by Neural Networks with Application to Temperature Control, Pages 761-766, Sigeru Omatu, Marzuki Khalid, Julio Tanomaru
VQ controller using recurrent neural networks, Pages 767-772, Y. Kojima, Y. Izui, S. Kyomoto, T. Goda
Neural Networks and Inverse Problems in Measurement and Control, Pages 773-778, Shinzo Kitamura
MODELING MANNED TRAFFIC SYSTEMS, Pages 779-784, P.H. Wewerinke
An Iterative Learning Fuzzy Control for Multi-Link Manipulators, Pages 785-790, Keigo Watanabe, Sangho Jin, Spyros G. Tzafestas
An autonomous robot system controlled by neural networks, Pages 791-796, Ken-ichi TANAKA, Masako SHIMIZU, Kazuo TSUCHIYA
Image Analysis of Melting Polymer in Heat Barrel of Injection Molding Machine, Pages 797-802, Yukio Tada, Yukiko Iwasaki
High Speed Conveyed Bill Money Recognition with Neural Network, Pages 803-808, Fumiaki Takeda, Sigeru Omatu, Takashi Inoue, Saizo Onami
Simulated annealing with modified generation mechanism for flow shop scheduling problems, Pages 809-814, H. Ishibuchi, S. Misaki, H. Tanaka
An Architecture for the Integration of Industrial Artificial Intelligence Systems, Pages 815-820, Vladimir Bacvanski
Fault Diagnosis in Dynamic Systems, Pages 821-828, Paul M. Frank
Failure diagnosis under uncertain conditions by use of failure diagnosis table, Pages 829-834, T. Kohda, K. Inoue
Acoustic diagnosis with neural networks, Pages 835-840, M. Kotani, K. Uno, H. Matsumoto, T. Kanagawa
Knowledge aided model-based approach to failure diagnosis of adaptively controlled systems, Pages 841-846, K. Kumamaru, K. Inoue, S. Nonaka, T. Nakashima
Model based approach to the real-time fault diagnosis, Pages 847-852, Koji OKUDA, Taku Fujii, Nobuji Miyasak
Modified Schemes of Sequential Probability Ratio Test for Incipient Failure Detection in Dynamic Systems, Pages 853-858, M. Takahashi, M. Kitamura, O. Glöckler
Information Diversification for Improving Diagnostic Reliability in Complex Dynamic Processes, Pages 859-864, Masaharu Kitamura, Keiji Kuchimura, Hiroshi Furukawa
Multi–sensor Based Active Error Detection, Diagnosis, and Recovery for Flexible Assembly, Pages 865-870, Yuan ZHANG, Alain DELCHAMBRE, Pierre GASPART
Dynamics and control of advanced space systems, Pages 871-876, Yoshiaki Ohkami
SYMBOLIC MULTI-BODY FORMALISM FOR SPACE MANIPULATORS, Pages 877-882, J. Sadigh, A.K. Misra
Robust Controller Design for LSS Attitude Control and Experimental Demonstration, Pages 883-888, Y. Chida, T. Kida, I. Yamaguchi, M. Mine, H. Soga
Distributed Modeling and Control for Multibody Systems, Pages 889-894, K. David Young
Modeling and Control of Flexible Solar Array Paddles, Pages 895-900, F. Matsuno, M. Hatayama, H. Senda, Y. Sakawa
Control of a Space Robot at Capturing a Target, Pages 901-906, Shoji Yoshikawa, Katsuhiko Yamada
Control of a flexible space structure with a tip mass in minimum time slew maneuver, Pages 907-912, Hironori FUJII, Shigeyuki TAKEDA
Reaction Rejection Techniques for Control of Space-Robotic Structures, Pages 913-918, Jianke Xu, Peter M. Bainum, Feiyue Li
Nonlinear control of the space-based flexible manipulators, Pages 919-924, V.J. Modi, F. Karray, A. Ng
Simulation based analysis of elastic multi-arm robot control in cooperative motion: dynamic model formulation, Pages 925-930, Mikhail M. Svinin, Hartmut Bruhm, Henning Tolle
Finite-Dimensional MRAC Method for Flexible One-Link Arms Subject to Random Disturbances, Pages 931-936, Junji Kaneko, Hiroyuki Kano
Configuration-dependent multi-link spatial flexible vibration control of manipulators, Pages 937-942, Atsushi Konno, Masaru Uchiyama
Design of flexible hydromechanical manipulators with active control against fatigue and vibrations, Pages 943-948, E.K. Keskinen, M.J. Hirvonen, R.O. Tuokko
Shape Determination of Flexible Space Structures by Using a Remote Optical Sensing System, Pages 949-954, H. Okubo, N. Komatsu, O. Fukudomi, T. Tsumura
Applications of Petri-Net to Modeling and Scheduling Problems of Flexible Manufacturing System Using Robots, Pages 955-960, Shifang Li, T. Takamori, S. Tadokoro