RiiSS

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)

IEEE SSCI 2009     March 30 – April 2, 2009     Sheraton Music City Hotel, Nashville, TN, USA