Preface
Chapter 1: Ubiquitous and Cooperative Robots in Smart Space
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A Ubiquitous and Cooperative Service Framework for Network Robot System
1-2
The Hand-bot, a Robot Design for Simultaneous Climbing and Manipulation
1-3
Human multi-robots interaction with high Virtual Reality abstraction level
1-4
Laser based people following behaviour in an emergency environment
1-5
RENS -- Enabling A Robot to Identify A Person
1-6
Classifying 3D Human Motions by Mixing Fuzzy Gaussian Inference With Genetic Programming
1-7
Pointing Gestures for a Robot Mediated Communication Interface
1-8
Symbricator3D - A Distributed Simulation Environment for Modular Robots
1-9
View-invariant Human Action recognition using Exemplar-based Hidden Markov Models
1-10
A Local Interaction Based Multi-robot Hunting Approach with Sensing and Modest Communication
1-11
Robot Formations For Area Coverage
Chapter 2: Advanced Control on Autonomous Vehicles
2-1
Mono landmark localization for an autonomous navigation of a cooperative mobile robot formation
2-2
Challenges of the multi-robot team in the GUARDIANS project
2-3
Modelling and Control of a Train of Autonomous Electric Vehicles
2-4
Organization and Operation of Electronically Coupled Truck Platoons on German Motorways
2-5
Navigation method selector for an autonomous rover
2-6
Adaptive Sliding Mode Control of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
2-7
Emergent Behavior Control Patterns in Robotic Environments
Chapter 3: Intelligent Vehicles: Perception for Safe Navigation
3-1
An Improved Road Network Modeling and Map Matching for Precise Vehicle Localization
3-2
A VISION SYSTEM of HAZARD CAMERAS for LUNAR ROVER BH2
3-3
Stereovision-based Algorithm for Obstacle Avoidance
3-4
Improved Techniques for the Rao-Blackwellized Particle Filters SLAM
Chapter 4: Novel Techniques for Collaborative Driver Support
4-1
A Deceleration Assistance Control for Collision Avoidance based on Driver's Perceptual Risk
4-2
Toward Preventive ACC Systems against Crashes due to Another Vehicle's Cut-in
4-3
How Do Cognitive Distractions Affect Driver Intent in Lane Changing Behavior?
4-4
Effects of missed alarms on driver's response to a collision warning system according to alarm timings
4-5
SLAM Estimation in dynamic outdoor environments: A Review
Chapter 5: Robot and Automation in Tunneling (973)
5-1
On the Analysis of Force Transmission Performance for the Thrust Systems of Shield Tunneling Machines
5-2
Passive Ultrasonic RFID Localization for Pipeline Pigs
5-3
Allocation of Measurement Error of Shield's Pose
5-4
The Compliance Design on Thrust System of Shields Excavating in Various Geologic Conditions
5-5
Analysis for Dynamic Load Behavior of Shield Thrust System Considering Variable Boundary Constraints
5-6
Evaluation and Optimization Method of High Speed Cutting Parameters Based on Cutting Process Simulation
5-7
The Reconfiguration Design of Redundant Thrust of Shields Excavating in Various Geologic Conditions
5-8
Research of an electric laser system based on the non-diffracting beam
5-9
Research on Multi-Motor Synchronization Control for Cutter Head of Shield Machine Based on the Ring Coupled Strategy
5-10
Position and Attitude Precision Analysis of Segment Erector of Shield Tunneling Machine
5-11
An Improved Model of Loads Acting on Shield
5-12
Establishment of TBM disc cutter Dynamic Model for the Vertical Vibration
5-13
Soft Rock Cutting Mechanics Model of TBM Cutter and Experimental Research
5-14
Neural Network Strata Identification Based on Tunneling Parameters of Shield Machine
5-15
Analysis of Chamber Pressure for Earth Pressure Balance Shield Machine by Discrete Numerical Model
5-16
Dynamic Mechanism and Key Rectification Techniques of Shield Machine in the Vertical Plane
5-17
A precise measurement method of azimuth angle for TBM
5-18
Identification of Abnormal Operating Condition and Intelligent Decision System for Earth Pressure Balance Shield
5-19
Optimal Disc cutters plane Layout Design of the Full-Face Rock Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) using an ant colony optimization algorithm
5-20
Rotational Moment Analysis and Posture Rectification Strategy of Shield Machine
5-21
Compensation of Measurement Error for Inclinometer Based on Neural Network
5-22
Redundantly Actuated PRPRP Radial Mechanism in Segment Erector of Shield Machine for Synchronization Control
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Electrohydraulic Control of Thrust Hydraulic System for Shield Tunneling Machine
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Simulation Analysis of Pressure Regulation of Hydraulic Thrust System on a Shield Tunnling Machine
Chapter 6: Robot Mechanism and Design
6-1
Variable rheological joints using an artificial muscle soft actuator and magneto-rheological fluids brake
6-2
A Dexterous and Self-adaptive Humanoid Robot Hand: Gesture-changeable Under-actuated Hand
6-3
Design of the Upper limb Rehabilitation Support Device Using a Pneumatic Cylinder
6-4
Spike: A Six Legged Cube Style Robot
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The Similarity Design of the Heavy Forging Robot Gripper
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From morphologies of six-, four- and two-legged animals to the HexaQuaBip robot's reconfigurable kinematics
6-7
The Research of Mechanism Synthesis Based on Mechanical System Chaos Anti-control Methods
Chapter 7: Robot Motion Analysis
7-1
A Method of Stiffness Analysis of Parallel Mechanisms
7-2
Numerical Methods for Frictional Contact of Multi-rigid-body with Redundant Constraints
7-3
Inverse dynamic modeling of two unsymmetrical 3UPU parallel manipulators
7-4
Kinematic Analysis of the SPKM165, a 5-Axis Serial-Parallel Kinematic Milling Machine
7-5
Dynamic Simulation of Passive Walker Based on Virtual Gravity Theory
7-6
Kinematic Model of Bionic Wheel-legged Lunar Rover and its Simulation Analysis
7-7
Dynamics and GA-Based Optimization of Rectilinear Snake Robot
7-8
Optimum Dynamic Modeling of a Wall Climbing Robot for Ship Rust Removal
7-9
Stiffness and singularity analysis of 2SPS+2RPS parallel manipulator by using different methods
7-10
A Simulation Model to Evaluate and Verify Functions of Autonomous Vehicle based on Simulink®
7-11
Experimental Evaluation on Dynamic Characteristics of Coaxial Magnetic Couplings for Vacuum Robot
7-12
Complex surface machining: Flexible thermo-mechanical model for error prediction of low-rigidity work-piece
7-13
Modeling and Optimization of Contact Forces for Heavy Duty Grippers
7-14
Performance of Inertia Force Analysis for Spherical Bearing Test Stand Mechanism
7-15
Reordering and Partitioning Jacobian Matrices Using Graph-Spectral Method
7-16
Workspace Analysis and Parameter Optimization of a Six DOF
Chapter 8: Robot Motion Control
8-1
Keeping a Stable Position of Walking Robot with Vibration
8-2
An algebraic approach for accurate motion control of humanoid robot joints
8-3
Modeling and Impedance Control of a Chewing Robot with a 6RSS Parallel Mechanism
8-4
Decentralized Control for Swarm Flocking in 3D Space
8-5
Nonlinear analysis and application of servo control system based on relay feedback
8-6
Kalman estimator-based state-feedback high-precision positioning control for a micro-scale air-bearing stage
8-7
Dynamic Control and Analysis of the Nonholonomic Mobile Modular Robot
Chapter 9: Visual Perception by Robots
9-1
Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of vision-based teleoperation of a mobile robot
9-2
An Embedded Vision System for A Power Transmission Line Inspection Robot
9-3
What Visual Cues Do We Use to Perceive Depth in Virtual Environments?
9-4
Combination of annealing particle filter and belief propagation for 3D upper body tracking
9-5
Stereo Vision Based Floor Plane Extraction and Camera Pose Estimation
9-6
Autonomous Update of Novelty Detection Map
9-7
A Fast Connected-Component Labeling Algorithm for Robot Vision Based on Prior Knowledge
9-8
Simultaneous Visual Object Recognition and Position Estimation Using SIFT
9-9
Active Contour Method with Separate Global Translation and Local Deformation
9-10
Automatic Soldering System Based on Computer Vision
9-11
PLG-based Visual Tracing for Eye-in-Hand Puma 560 Robot
9-12
Obtaining Reliable Depth Maps for Robotic Applications from a Quad-camera System
9-13
Surface Reconstruction of Engine Intake Ports with Mixed Constraints
9-14
Binocular based Moving Target Tracking for Mobile Robot
9-15
Robust Calibration of a Color Structured Light System Using Color Correction
9-16
Close Range Inspection using Novelty Detection Results
9-17
The Vision System of the ACROBOTER Project
9-18
Prediction Surface Texture in Flank Milling
Chapter 10: Computational Intelligence by Robots
10-1
Cognition Dynamics; Time and Change Aspects in Quantitative Cognitics
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Adaptive Cellular Automata Traffic System Model Based on Hybrid System Theory
10-3
Study on a Location Method for Bio-objects in Virtual Environment Based on Neural Network and Fuzzy Reasoning
10-4
Planner9, a HTN planner distributed on groups of miniature mobile robots
10-5
A New Strategy of the Robot Assembly Motion Planning
10-6
An adaptive Rolling Path Planning Method for Planet Rover in Uncertain Environment
10-7
Planning and Control of Biped Walking along Curved Paths on Unknown and Uneven terrains
Chapter 11: Robot and Application
11-1
Experimental Study on Alpine Skiing Turn Using Passive Skiing Robot
11-2
Design and Application of High-Sensitivity Hexapod Robot
11-3
Study on Mine Rescue Robot System
11-4
A Hybrid FES Rehabilitation System based on CPG and BCI Technology
11-5
Development of a Single Manipulator System Applied to “Accompany & Nursing” Robot
11-6
On the design of exoskeleton rehabilitation robot with ergonomic shoulder actuation mechanism
11-7
Novel Five Wheeled Rover for All Terrain Navigation
11-8
A Study on Wafer-handling Robot with Coaxial Twin-shaft magnetic fluid seals
11-9
A Study On the key technology of AUV's self-rescue beaconing system
11-10
The Mechanism, Kinematics and Experiment Research on 220kv Double-Circuit Transmission Line Inspection Robot
11-11
The design of the GPS-based surveying robot automatic monitoring system for underground mining safety
Chapter 12: Robot and Investigation
12-1
Acquisition of Movement Pattern by Q-learning in Peristaltic Crawling Robot
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The Study on Optimal Gait for Five-Legged Robot with Reinforcement Learning
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Study on External Load Domain of Cutterhead
12-4
Obstacle-climbing Capability Analysis of Six-wheeled Rocker-bogie Lunar Rover on Loose Soil
12-5
Optimal design on cutterhead supporting structure of tunnel boring machine based on continuum topology optimization method
12-6
The Flexible Two-wheeled Self-balancing Robot Based on Hopfield
12-7
Real-time Simulation System of Virtual Picking Manipulator Based on Parametric Design
12-8
Study of Modeling and Simulating for Picking Manipulator Based on Modelica
12-9
Research on Automatic Reconstruction of Unknown 3D Objects based on the Limit Visual Surface and Trend Surface
12-10
Hyper-chaotic Newton-downhill Method and its Application to Mechanism Forward Kinematics Analysis of Parallel Robot
12-11
Inverted Pendulum System Control by Using Modified Iterative Learning Control