Next Wave in Robotics: 14th FIRA RoboWorld Congress, FIRA 2011, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, August 26-30, 2011 Proceedings

by Li, Tzuu-hseng S.; Tu, Kuo-yang; Tsai, Ching-chih; Hsu, Chen-chien; Tseng, Chien-cheng

• ISBN13: 9783642231469
• ISBN10: 3642231462
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-10-17
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc

Summary

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th RoboWorld Cup and Congress of the Federation of International Robosoccer Association, FIRA 2011, held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan in August 2011.The 34 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the proceedings out of a total of 110 contributed papers presented at FIRA 2011. The papers address a broad variety of current topics in robotics research, particularly in robot soccer.

Table of Contents

A Motion Tutoring System by Using Virtual-Robot and Sensors	p. 1
An Adaptive Component Model for Autonomous Mobile Robots	p. 8
Toward Safe Human Robot Interaction: Integration of Compliance Control, an Anthropomorphic Hand and Verbal Communication	p. 17
Gait Planning of Humanoid Robots Walking on Stairs	p. 25
3D Collision-Free Trajectory Generation Using Elastic Band Technique for an Autonomous Helicopter	p. 34
A Versatile Kit for Teaching Intelligent Mobile Robots	p. 42
A Novel Approach of Robust Active Compliance for Robot Fingers	p. 50
Facial Expression Generation Using Fuzzy Integral for Robotic Heads	p. 58
Implementations and Controls of a 3-DOF Parallel Link Joint Module	p. 66
Motion Recognition in Wearable Sensor System Using an Ensemble Artificial Neuro-Molecular System	p. 78
A SoPC-Based Surveillance System	p. 86
Intelligent Motion Control for Four-Wheeled Omnidirectional Mobile Robots Using Ant Colony Optimization	p. 94
Adaptive Sliding-Mode Speed Control for Electric Unicycle	p. 107
Dynamic Patrol Planning in a Cooperative Multi-robot System	p. 116
Vision-Based Robot Manipulator Design	p. 124
Planar Robot Position and Orientation Measurement Using a Monocular Vision	p. 132
Robot Pose and Velocity Estimation Using a Binocular Vision	p. 140
Learning of Facial Gestures Using SVMs	p. 147
Simulation-Based Analysis and Experimental Verification of Chaotic Circuits	p. 155
Codebook Model for Real Time Robot Soccer Recognition: A Comparative Study	p. 162
Threaded C and Freezer OS	p. 170
Taguchi Method Optimization for PCB Lamination Process	p. 178
Parameter Estimation of Potential Field Method with Fuzzy Control for Motion Planning of Soccer Robot	p. 186
A Fast Identification Algorithm with Skewness Noises under Box-Cox Transformation-Based Annealing Robust Fuzzy Neural Networks	p. 193
A Fuzzy PID Controller Based on Hybrid Optimization Approach for an Overhead Crane	p. 202
Design of High Power Density DC-DC Converter for Robots	p. 210
Applications of Fuel Cell Power Management System for Robot Vehicles	p. 218
A Study on Control of a Small Fuel Cell Power Supply System for Robots	p. 226
Development of Simulator for AndroSot in FIRA	p. 233
Design and Implementation of Big Humanoid Robot Walking Patterns Based on Inverted Pendulum Approach	p. 241
Optimum Iris Opening for Soccer Robot Detection under Un-uniform Lighting	p. 250
Framework for Measuring Effectiveness of Preventive Maintenance for Velocity of Robot Soccer	p. 258
Optimal Features and Classes for Estimating Mobile Robot Orientation Based on Support Vector Machine	p. 270
Multiple Robots Coordination and Shooting Strategy in Robotic Soccer Game	p. 280
Author Index	p. 291
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