

Session RIISS-1: Intelligent Sensing and Monitoring
Tuesday, March 31, 8:30AM-10:30AM, Room: Hermitage A, Chair: Yutaka Hata and Syoji Kobashi, University of Hyogo, Japan
| 8:30AM | Human Health Monitoring System of Systems with Fuzzy Logic by Sensor Network [#21006] |
| Yutaka Hata, Syoji Kobashi, Kazuhiko Taniguchi and Hiroshi Nakajima | |
| University of Hyogo, Japan; Kinden Corporation, Japan; Omron Corporation, Japan | |
| 8:54AM | A Multimodal Face Detection System for Elderly Companion Robot [#21004] |
| Yong Tao, Hongxing Wei, Tianmiao Wang and Diansheng Chen | |
| Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China | |
| 9:18AM | Fuzzy Qualitative Gaussian Inference: Finding Hidden Probability Distributions using Fuzzy Membership Functions [#21010] |
| Mehdi Khoury and Honghai Liu | |
| Institute of Industrial Research - University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom | |
| 9:42AM | EMG-Based Control for Lower-Limb Power-Assist Exoskeletons [#21011] |
| Kazuo Kiguchi and Yasunobu Imada | |
| Saga University, Japan | |
| 10:06AM | Wearable Joint Kinematic Monitoring System Using Inertial and Magnetic Sensors [#21024] |
| Kobashi Syoji, Kawano Keiro, Tsumori Yohei, Yoshiya Shiinchi and Hata Yutaka | |
| University of Hyogo, Japan; Hyogo Colleage of Medicine, Japan |
Session RIISS-2: Navigation and SLAM
Tuesday, March 31, 11:00AM-1:00PM, Room: Hermitage A, Chair: Yoji
Kuroda, Meiji University, Japan, and Naoyuki Kubota, Tokyo Metropolitan
University, Japan
| 11:00AM | Effective Strategy for Autonomous Navigation without Prior Knowledge in FastSLAM [#21007] |
| Teppei Saitoh, Motohiro Sanpei and Yoji Kuroda | |
| Meiji University, Japan | |
| 11:24AM | Adaptive boundary-following algorithm guided by artificial potential field for robot navigation [#21014] |
| Samer Charifa and Marwan Bikdash | |
| North Carolina A and T State University, United States | |
| 11:48AM | Simultaneous Adaptive Path Planning System for the Real World Application [#21027] |
| Yoji Kuroda and Teppei Saitoh | |
| Meiji University, Japan | |
| 12:12PM | Hierarchical Growing Neural Gas for Information Structured Space [#21022] |
| Masashi Satomi, Hiroyuki Masuta and Naoyuki Kubota | |
| Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan |
Session RIISS-3: Intelligent Distributed Robots
Tuesday, March 31, 2:00PM-4:00PM, Room: Hermitage A, Chair: Ronaldo
Menezes, Florida Institute of Technology, USA, and Yusuke Nojima, Osaka
Prefecture University, Japan
| 2:00PM | Intelligent Ambience-Robot Cooperation --- Door-Closing Tasks with Various Robots --- [#21008] |
| Takeshi Sakaguchi, Takeshi Ujiie, Shinichi Tsunoo, Kazuhito Yokoi and Kazuyoshi Wada | |
| JRL, AIST, Japan; Graduate School of System Design, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan | |
| 2:24PM | Multi-objective Behavior Coordination based on Sensory Network for Multiple Mobile Robots [#21020] |
| Yusuke Nojima | |
| Osaka Prefecture University, Japan | |
| 2:48PM | Distributed Behavior Learning of Multiple Mobile Robots based on Spiking Neural Network and Steady-State Genetic Algorithm [#21017] |
| Hironobu Sasaki and Naoyuki Kubota | |
| Tokyo Metropolitan University ,Graduate School of System Design, Japan | |
| 3:12PM | Evaluating Failure in Terrain Coverage by Autonomous Agents [#21013] |
| Robert Treverton and Menezes Ronaldo | |
| Florida Institute of Technology, United States | |
| 3:36PM | Intelligent Formation Control based on Directionality of Multi-Agent System [#21018] |
| Naohide Aizawa and Naoyuki Kubota | |
| Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan |
Session RIISS-4: Human-Friendly Robots
Tuesday, March 31, 4:30PM-6:30PM, Room: Hermitage A, Chair: Yasushi
Nakauchi, University of Tsukuba, Japan, and Chyong-Mei Chen, Providence
University, Taiwan
| 4:30PM | Study on Natural Head Motion in Waiting State with Receptionist Robot SAYA that has human-like Appearance [#21021] |
| Takuya Hashimoto and Kobayashi Hiroshi | |
| Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Japan | |
| 4:54PM | Cooking Procedure Recognition and Support System by Intelligent Environments [#21015] |
| Yasushi Nakauchi, Takuo Suzuki, Akira Tokumasu and Sho Murakami | |
| University of Tsukuba, Japan | |
| 5:18PM | Location-dependent Emotional Memory for Natural Communication of Partner Robots [#21019] |
| Naoyuki Kubota and Shiho Wakisaka | |
| Graduate School of System Design, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan | |
| 5:42PM | A Platform of Informationally Structured Space for the Autonomous Homecare System [#21016] |
| Fu-Hua Chou, Chyong-Mei Chen and Kun-Feng Liu | |
| Department of Electronic Engineering, Ching Yun University, Taiwan; Department of Statistics and Informatics Science, Providence University, Taiwan | |
| 6:06PM | Perceptual System for Intelligent Service Robot by using a Three-Dimensiional Range Camera [#21026] |
| Hiroyuki Masuta and Naoyuki Kubota | |
| Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan |
Session RIISS-5: Keynote Lecture
Wednesday, April 1, 8:30AM-10:30AM, Room: Hermitage A, Chair: Naoyuki Kubota, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
| 8:30AM | Control System for Multi-locomotion Robotic System |
| Toshio Fukuda | |
| Nagoya University, Japan |
Session RIISS-6: Intelligent Control for Robots
Wednesday, April 1, 11:00AM-1:00PM, Room: Hermitage A, Chair:
Sung-Bae Cho, Yonsei University, South Korea, and Futoshi Kobayashi,
Kobe University, Japan
| 11:00AM | An Adaptive Neuro-Endocrine System for Robotic Systems [#21023] |
| Jonathan Timmis, Mark Neal and James Thorniley | |
| University of York, United Kingdom; Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom | |
| 11:24AM | Control Strategies Applied to Kinesthetic Haptic Devices [#21012] |
| Mildred J. Puerto, Emilio Sanchez and Jorge Juan Gil | |
| CEIT, Spain | |
| 11:48AM | Outer Shape Classification in Rotation Manipulation by Universal Robot Hand [#21009] |
| Hiroyuki Nakamoto, Wataru Fukui, Futoshi Kobayashi, Fumio Kojima and Nobuaki Imamura | |
| Kobe University, Japan; Hiroshima International University, Japan | |
| 12:12PM | Robotic Intelligence with Behavior Selection Network for Bayesian Network Ensemble [#21025] |
| Keum-Sung Hwang, Han-Saem Park and Sung-Bae Cho | |
| Yonsei University, Korea (South) |
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