Intelligent robotics and applications : 5th International Conference, ICIRA 2012, Montreal, QC, Canada, October 3-5, 2012, Proceedings. Part II / Chun-Yi Su, Subhash Rakheja, Honghai Liu (eds.).

Wireless Master-Slave FES Rehabilitation System Using sEMG Control / Zuozheng Lou, Peng Yao and Dingguo Zhang -- Intelligent Prescription-Diagnosis Function for Rehabilitation Training Robot System / Lizheng Pan, Aiguo Song, Guozheng Xu, Huijun Li and Baoguo Xu -- Human Behavior Recognition by a Bio-monitoring Mobile Robot / Myagmarbayar Nergui, Yuki Yoshida, Nevrez Imamoglu, Jose Gonzalez and Wenwei Yu -- Differentiated Time-Frequency Characteristics Based Real-Time Motion Decoding for Lower Extremity Rehabilitation Exoskeleton Robot / Yuanjie Fan and Yuehong Yin -- 3D Semantic Map-Based Shared Control for Smart Wheelchair / Zhixuan Wei, Weidong Chen and Jingchuan Wang -- Nonlinear Sliding Mode Control Implementation of an Upper Limb Exoskeleton Robot to Provide Passive Rehabilitation Therapy / Mohammad Habibur Rahman, Maarouf Saad, Jean Pierre Kenné and P.S. Archambault -- sEMG-Based Control of an Exoskeleton Robot Arm / Baocheng Wang, Chenguang Yang, Zhijun Li and Alex Smith -- Approaches of Applying Human-Robot-Interaction-Technologies to Assist Workers with Musculoskeletal Disorders in Production / Gunther Reinhart, Ruediger Spillner and Yi Shen.

Simulation Study of an FES-Involved Control Strategy for Lower Limb Rehabilitation Robot / Yixiong Chen, Jin Hu, Feng Zhang and Zengguang Hou -- Development of a Rehabilitation Robot for Upper-Limb Movements / Chao Lv, Le Xie, Wei Shao, Hai-long Yu and Yuan Wang, et al. -- Dynamic Optimization with a New Performance Index for a 2-DoF Translational Parallel Manipulator / Gang Zhang, PinKuan Liu and Han Ding -- Research of Piezoelectric Printing Actuator for High-Power White LED Phosphor Coating / Qiwei Guo, Yueming Hu, Zhifu Li and Ge Ma -- Development of OLED Panel Defect Detection System through Improved Otsu Algorithm / Jian Gao, Zhiliang Wang, Yanyun Liu, Chuanxia Jian and Xin Chen -- The Linkage Control Strategy for the Two-Phase Flow Dispensing System / Jinsong Zhang and Jianhua Zhang -- The Transient Temperature Field Measurement System for Laser Bonding Process / Junfeng Ge, Yuneng Lai, Yuanhao Huang and Jianhua Zhang -- Modeling of Electromagnetic Interference Noise Mechanism for Magneto-Rheological Damper / Wei Yan, Enrong Wang, Yang Zhao, Rakheja Subhash and Chunyi Su -- An Image Based Algorithm to Safely Locate Human Extremities for Human-Robot Collaboration / Johannes Höcherl and Thomas Schlegl.

Research of a Multi-DOF Pathological Sampling Flexible Robot / Hangfei Zhou, Jian Fei, Gen Pan, Weixin Yan and Zhuang Fu, et al. -- Control by 3D Simulation -- A New eRobotics Approach to Control Design in Automation / Juergen Rossmann, Michael Schluse, Christian Schlette and Ralf Waspe -- Human Intention Estimation Using Time-Varying Fuzzy Markov Models for Natural Non-verbal Human Robot Interface / Peter Liu and Chang-En Yang -- Influence of Human Driving Characteristics on Path Tracking Performance of Vehicle / Siavash Taheri, Subhash Rakheja and Henry Hong -- Single Machine Oriented Match-Up Rescheduling Method for Semiconductor Manufacturing System / Fei Qiao, Li Li, Yumin Ma and Bin Shi -- Sub-regional Flank Milling Method / Yunfei Dai, Xiaoming Zhang, Han Ding, Haikuo Mu and Chunjing Wang -- Robotics for the Benefit of Footwear Industry / Iñaki Maurtua, Aitor Ibarguren and Alberto Tellaeche -- Application of Grey Based Taguchi Method to Determine Optimal End Milling Parameters / Shasha Zeng and Youlun Xiong -- Force Prediction in Plunge Milling of Inconel 718 / KeJia Zhuang, XiaoMing Zhang, XiaoJian Zhang and Han Ding -- Dynamic Cutter Runout Measurement with Laser Sensor / XiaoJian Zhang, CaiHua Xiong and Ye Ding.

Structure and Electromagnetic Actuation Systems of Microrobot / Shuqiang Zhu, Lina Hao, Bo Wang, Zhong Li and Jie Dong -- Modeling of Rate-Dependent Hysteresis for Piezoelectric Actuator with MPI Model-Based Hammerstein System / Yongxin Guo, Yufeng Wang, Gang Sun and Jianqin Mao -- Identification of Prandtl-Ishlinskii Hysteresis Models Using Modified Particle Swarm Optimization / Mei-Ju Yang, Guo-Ying Gu and Li-Min Zhu -- Wireless Electrical Power to Sub-millimeter Robots / Robert A. Nawrocki, Dominic R. Frutiger, Richard M. Voyles and Bradley J. Nelson -- A Digital Lock-In Amplifier Based Contact Detection Technique for Electrochemical Nanolithography / Shi-Yu Zhou, Lei-Jie Lai, Guo-Ying Gu and Li-Min Zhu -- Optimization of a Compliant Mechanical Amplifier Based on a Symmetric Five-Bar Topology / John Michael Acob, Vangjel Pano and Puren Ouyang -- Hybrid Potential Field Swarm Optimization Based Novel Targeted Drug Delivery System Using Drug Loaded Nano Carriers / Syed Hassan and Jungwon Yoon -- The CSUF Unmanned Utility Ground Robotic Vehicle / Jidong Huang and Michael Yeh -- Guaranteed Mobile Robot Tracking Using Robust Interval Constraint Propagation / Marco Langerwisch and Bernardo Wagner.

Trajectory Tracking of Wheeled Mobile Robot with a Manipulator Considering Dynamic Interaction and Modeling Uncertainty / Guoliang Zhong, Yukinori Kobayashi, Takanori Emaru and Yohei Hoshino -- Proposal and Evaluation of Integer Inverse Kinematics for Multijoint Small Robot / Takeshi Morishita and Osamu Tojo -- Velocity Selection for High-Speed UGVs in Rough Unknown Terrains Using Force Prediction / Graeme N. Wilson, Alejandro Ramirez-Serrano, Mahmoud Mustafa and Krispin A. Davies -- Modeling and Autonomous Control of Multiple Mobile Manipulators Handling Rigid Objects / Mahmoud Mustafa, Alejandro Ramirez-Serrano, Krispin A. Davies and Graeme N. Wilson -- A Mobile Robotic Platform for Generating Radiation Maps / Florentin von Frankenberg, Robin McDougall, Scott Nokleby and Ed Waller -- Effect of Limiting Wheel Slip on Two-Wheeled Robots in Low Traction Environments / Ronald Ping Man Chan, Karl A. Stol and C. Roger Halkyard -- Nao Robot Localization and Navigation Using Fusion of Odometry and Visual Sensor Data / Šimon Fojtů, Michal Havlena and Tomáš Pajdla -- A Graph-Based Hierarchical SLAM Framework for Large-Scale Mapping / He Zhang, Zifeng Hou, Nanjun Li and Shuang Song.

LOCOBOT -- Low Cost Toolkit for Building Robot Co-workers in Assembly Lines / Christian Wögerer, Harald Bauer, Martijn Rooker, Gerhard Ebenhofer and Alberto Rovetta, et al. -- Model Identification and H[infinity] Attitude Control for Quadrotor MAV's / Ole Falkenberg, Jonas Witt, Ulf Pilz, Uwe Weltin and Herbert Werner -- An Intelligent Approach to Hysteresis Compensation while Sampling Using a Fleet of Autonomous Watercraft / Abhinav Valada, Christopher Tomaszewski, Balajee Kannan, Prasanna Velagapudi and George Kantor, et al. -- Concept of a Biologically Inspired Robust Behaviour Control System / Tim Köhler, Christian Rauch, Martin Schröer, Elmar Berghöfer and Frank Kirchner -- MinPos : A Novel Frontier Allocation Algorithm for Multi-robot Exploration / Antoine Bautin, Olivier Simonin and François Charpillet -- Experimental Validation of the Extended Computed Torque Control Approach in the 5R Parallel Robot Prototype / Asier Zubizarreta, Itziar Cabanes, Marga Marcos-Muñoz and Charles Pinto -- Model-Free Robust Control for Fluid Disturbed Underwater Vehicles / Ricardo Pérez-Alcocer, Ernesto Olguín-Díaz and L. Abril Torres-Méndez.

Sliding-Mode Observer Based Flux Estimation of Induction Motors / Yong Feng, Minghao Zhou and Xinghuo Yu -- A Gasoline Engine Crankshaft Fatigue Analysis and Experiment / Jing Yang, Cheng Sun, Yi Wang and Banglin Deng -- High Precision Embedded Control of a High Acceleration Positioning System / Chao Liu, Jia Liu, Jianhua Wu and Zhenhua Xiong -- Rapid Control Selection through Hill-Climbing Methods / Krispin A. Davies, Alejandro Ramirez-Serrano, Graeme N. Wilson and Mahmoud Mustafa -- Robust Mode-Free Sliding Mode Control of Multi-fingered Hand with Position Synchronization in the Task Space / Ming-Feng Ge, Zhi-Hong Guan, Tao Li, Ding-Xue Zhang and Rui-Quan Liao -- An FPGA-Based Real-Time Solution for Networked Motion Control Systems / Maoqing Ding, Xiong Xu, Yonghua Yan and Zhenhua Xiong -- Synchronous Control for Trajectory Tracking in Networked Multi-agent Systems / Xiong Xu, Zhenhua Xiong, Jianhua Wu and Xiangyang Zhu -- Multirobot Behavior Synchronization through Direct Neural Network Communication / David B. D'Ambrosio, Skyler Goodell, Joel Lehman, Sebastian Risi and Kenneth O. Stanley -- Virtual Field Testing for Performance Evaluation of Cooperative Multiple Robots / Kunjin Ryu and Tomonari Furukawa.

Leader-Follower Formation Control Using PID Controller / In-Sung Choi and Jong-Suk Choi -- Internet-Based Telerobotics of Mobile Manipulators: Application on RobuTER/ULM / B. Khiter, A. Hentout, E. Boutellaa, M.R. Benbouali and B. Bouzouia -- Multi-agent Control Architecture of Mobile Manipulators: Pulling Doors Open / A. Hentout, A. Kimouche, A. Aiter, M.R. Benbouali and B. Bouzouia -- Planar Surface Area Transformation and Calculation Using Camera and Orientation Sensor / Miti Ruchanurucks, Surangrak Sutiworwan and Pongthorn Apiroop -- Multi-modal People Tracking for an Awareness Behavior of an Interactive Tour-Guide Robot / Peter Poschmann, Sven Hellbach and Hans-Joachim Böhme -- A Robotic Pan and Tilt 3-D Target Tracking System by Data Fusion of Vision, Encoder, Accelerometer, and Gyroscope Measurements / Tae-Il Kim, Wook Bahn, Chang-Hun Lee, Tae-Jae Lee and Byung-Moon Jang, et al. -- A DSmT-Based Approach for Data Association in the Context of Multiple Target Tracking / Mohamed Airouche, Layachi Bentabet and Mimoun Zelmat -- Planning Sensor Feedback for Assembly Skills by Using Sensor State Space Graphs / U. Thomas and F.M. Wahl.

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The three volume set LNAI 7506, LNAI 7507 and LNAI 7508 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2012, held in Montreal, Canada, in October 2012. The 197 revised full papers presented were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 271 submissions. They present the state-of-the-art developments in robotics, automation and mechatronics. This volume covers the topics of robotics for rehabilitation and assistance; mechatronics and integration technology in electronics and information devices fabrication; man-machine interactions; manufacturing; micro and nano systems; mobile robots and intelligent autonomous systems; motion control; multi-agent systems and distributed control; and multi-sensor data fusion algorithms.

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