The 8th International Conference on Robotic, Vision, Signal Processing & Power Applications: Innovation Excellence Towards Humanistic Technology

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Adaptive Discrete Sliding Mode Control for a Non-minimum Phase Electro-Hydraulic Actuator System....Pages 3-14
Musculoskeletal Robotics Modeling and Simulation....Pages 15-21
Analysis of Finger Movement for Robotic Hand (MAPRoh-1) by Using Motion Capture and Flexible Bend Sensor....Pages 23-29
Corrosion Detection Using LabVIEW for Robotic Inspection of Boiler Headers....Pages 31-37
Kinematic Analysis of Walking with Scottish Rite Orthosis....Pages 39-46
Color and Thermal Image Fusion for Augmented Reality in Rescue Robotics....Pages 47-55
Horizontal Distance Identification Algorithm for Sit to Stand Joint Angle Determination for Various Chair Height Using NAO Robot....Pages 57-63
Enhancing Wheelchair’s Control Operation of a Severe Impairment User....Pages 65-72
Noise Cancelation From ECG Signals Using Householder-RLS Adaptive Filter....Pages 73-79
Robotic Arm Control Based on Human Arm Motion....Pages 81-88
Elevator Riding of Mobile Robot Using Sensor Fusion....Pages 89-98
Safe Global Path Planning of Mobile Robots Based on Modified A* Algorithm....Pages 99-105
Review of Research in the Area of Agriculture Mobile Robots....Pages 107-117
Design and Development of Small and Simple Dual Robot for Inspecting Pipe with Perpendicular Entry....Pages 119-125
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Near Infrared Face Recognition: A Comparison of Moment-Based Approaches....Pages 129-135
Acceleration of Retinex Algorithm for Image Processing on Android Device Using Renderscript....Pages 137-143
Image Transmission Over Noisy Wireless Channels Using HQAM and Median Filter....Pages 145-152
Frog Identification System Based on Local Means K-Nearest Neighbors with Fuzzy Distance Weighting....Pages 153-159
A New Robust Reversible Watermarking Method in the Transform Domain....Pages 161-168
A Review for Image Segmentation Approaches Using Module-Based Framework....Pages 169-179
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Adaptive Image Super-Resolution with Neural Networks....Pages 181-187
Fingerprint Recognition Based on Multi-Resolution Histogram of Gradient Descriptors....Pages 189-196
A Phase Linearization Method for IF Sampling Digitizer....Pages 197-203
Driving Circuitry of Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) Area Image Sensor for Optical Tomography Instrumentation System....Pages 205-211
A Novel Technique for Mammogram Mass Segmentation Using Fractal Adaptive Thresholding....Pages 213-220
Vehicle Classification Using Visual Background Extractor and Multi-class Support Vector Machines....Pages 221-227
A Robust Fuzzy-Based Modified Median Filter for Fixed-Value Impulse Noise....Pages 229-236
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Vision-Based Human Gesture Recognition Using Kinect Sensor....Pages 239-244
3D Facial Expression Classification Using 3D Facial Surface Normals....Pages 245-253
An Orchestrated Survey on T -Way Test Case Generation Strategies Based on Optimization Algorithms....Pages 255-263
Adaptive Rate Mechanism for WLAN IEEE 802.11 Based on BPA-Artificial Neural Network....Pages 265-276
Traffic Sign Detection and Classification for Driver Assistant System....Pages 277-283
Comparison of Multilayer Perceptron and Radial Basis Function Neural Networks for EMG-Based Facial Gesture Recognition....Pages 285-294
The Effect of Bat Population in Bat-BP Algorithm....Pages 295-302
Synthesizing Asli Malay Song: Transforming Spoken Voices into Singing Voices....Pages 303-310
Filled Pause Classification Using Energy-Boosted Mel-Frequency Cepstrum Coefficients....Pages 311-319
Developing a Rule Base for Recommending Insurance Products....Pages 321-326
Modeling and Path Planning Simulation of a Robotic Arc Welding System....Pages 327-334
A New Optimized Cuckoo Search Recurrent Neural Network (CSRNN) Algorithm....Pages 335-341
Using Time Proportionate Intensity Images with Non-linear Classifiers for Hand Gesture Recognition....Pages 343-354
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Applying a Multi-Agent Classifier System with a Novel Trust Measurement Method to Classifying Medical Data....Pages 355-362
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High-Speed Transmitter Designs for DDR3 SDRAM Memory Interfaces....Pages 365-371
Wideband Low Noise Amplifier Design for 2.3–2.4 GHz WiMAX Application....Pages 373-383
Development and Implementation of Synchronous DC–DC Buck Converter for Photovoltaic Power Generation....Pages 385-392
An Investigation of Raindrop Size in Raindrop Energy Harvesting Application via Photography and Image Processing Approach....Pages 393-399
Latency Insertion Method with MNA Blocks Via Node Tearing....Pages 401-407
A Fully-Integrated Dual-Band Concurrent CMOS LNA for 2.45/5.25 GHz Applications....Pages 409-417
Three Dimensional Through-the-Wall Imaging Using Ultrawideband (UWB) Sensors with Enhanced Delay-and-Sum Algorithm....Pages 419-425
A Wideband LNA for Cognitive Radios....Pages 427-433
Direct Digital Synthesizer Based Clock Source for ADC Sampled System....Pages 435-445
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An Enhanced ITU-R 837-6 Rain Rate Prediction Model for Tropical Region....Pages 449-456
Study on the Effect of Dielectric Structure to the Cylindrical Dielectric Resonator Antenna (DRA)....Pages 457-462
Feed Coupling Comparative Assessment of Selected Microstrip Patch Antenna....Pages 463-472
Design of a 5.8 GHz Bandstop Filter Using Split Ring Resonator Array....Pages 473-482
Optic Flow Based Occlusion Analysis for Cell Division Detection....Pages 483-491
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Design of Coreless PCB Transformer for DC/DC Converter Applications....Pages 495-500
Vector Control of Induction Motor Using Neural Network....Pages 501-506
Autonomous Dual Axis Solar Tracking System Using Optical Sensor and Sun Trajectory....Pages 507-520
Image Acquisition System for Boiler Header Inspection Robot....Pages 521-528
Some New Findings on Gauss–Seidel Technique for Load Flow Analysis....Pages 529-535
Back Matter....Pages 537-539