Next Wave in Robotics: 14th FIRA RoboWorld Congress, FIRA 2011, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, August 26-30, 2011 Proceedings (Communications in Computer and Information Science, 212)

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. Front Matter....Pages - A Motion Tutoring System by Using Virtual-Robot and Sensors....Pages 1-7 An Adaptive Component Model for Autonomous Mobile Robots....Pages 8-16 Toward Safe Human Robot Interaction: Integration of Compliance Control, an Anthropomorphic Hand and Verbal Communication....Pages 17-24 Gait Planning of Humanoid Robots Walking on Stairs....Pages 25-33 3D Collision-Free Trajectory Generation Using Elastic Band Technique for an Autonomous Helicopter....Pages 34-41 A Versatile Kit for Teaching Intelligent Mobile Robots....Pages 42-49 A Novel Approach of Robust Active Compliance for Robot Fingers....Pages 50-57 Facial Expression Generation Using Fuzzy Integral for Robotic Heads....Pages 58-65 Implementations and Controls of a 3-DOF Parallel Link Joint Module....Pages 66-77 Motion Recognition in Wearable Sensor System Using an Ensemble Artificial Neuro-Molecular System....Pages 78-85 A SoPC-Based Surveillance System....Pages 86-93 Intelligent Motion Control for Four-Wheeled Omnidirectional Mobile Robots Using Ant Colony Optimization....Pages 94-106 Adaptive Sliding-Mode Speed Control for Electric Unicycle....Pages 107-115 Dynamic Patrol Planning in a Cooperative Multi-robot System....Pages 116-123 Vision-Based Robot Manipulator Design....Pages 124-131 Planar Robot Position and Orientation Measurement Using a Monocular Vision....Pages 132-139 Robot Pose and Velocity Estimation Using a Binocular Vision....Pages 140-146 Learning of Facial Gestures Using SVMs....Pages 147-154 Simulation-Based Analysis and Experimental Verification of Chaotic Circuits....Pages 155-161 Codebook Model for Real Time Robot Soccer Recognition: A Comparative Study....Pages 162-169 Threaded C and Freezer OS....Pages 170-177 Taguchi Method Optimization for PCB Lamination Process....Pages 178-185 Parameter Estimation of Potential Field Method with Fuzzy Control for Motion Planning of Soccer Robot....Pages 186-192 A Fast Identification Algorithm with Skewness Noises under Box-Cox Transformation-Based Annealing Robust Fuzzy Neural Networks....Pages 193-201 A Fuzzy PID Controller Based on Hybrid Optimization Approach for an Overhead Crane....Pages 202-209 Design of High Power Density DC-DC Converter for Robots....Pages 210-217 Applications of Fuel Cell Power Management System for Robot Vehicles....Pages 218-225 A Study on Control of a Small Fuel Cell Power Supply System for Robots....Pages 226-232 Development of Simulator for AndroSot in FIRA....Pages 233-240 Design and Implementation of Big Humanoid Robot Walking Patterns Based on Inverted Pendulum Approach....Pages 241-249 Optimum Iris Opening for Soccer Robot Detection under Un-uniform Lighting....Pages 250-257 Framework for Measuring Effectiveness of Preventive Maintenance for Velocity of Robot Soccer....Pages 258-269 Optimal Features and Classes for Estimating Mobile Robot Orientation Based on Support Vector Machine....Pages 270-279 Multiple Robots Coordination and Shooting Strategy in Robotic Soccer Game....Pages 280-289 Back Matter....Pages -