{"title":"Hybrid BCI system to operate an electric wheelchair and a robotic arm for navigation and manipulation tasks","authors":"Fred Achic, J. Montero, C. Penaloza, F. Cuéllar","doi":"10.1109/ARSO.2016.7736290","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ARSO.2016.7736290","url":null,"abstract":"This research proposes an integral system combining a hybrid BCI interface and shared control system for navigation and manipulation applications. In particular, the system consists of an electrical wheelchair with an embedded robotic arm that can assist a user to achieve essencial tasks such as picking up a cup of water. The proposed system uses a graphic interface that allows the user to select the possible control tasks through EEG signals based of steady state visual evocked potentials (SSVEP). On the other hand, the wheelchair is controlled by cervical movements related to head movement obtained by inertial sensors that assign navigation commands to the wheelchair, while ultrasonic sensors allow obstacle detection. Experimental results demonstrate the viability of the system and potential use as assistive technology for patients with motor paralysis conditions.","PeriodicalId":403924,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO)","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128109447","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ANSHIN enhances social value of service robot","authors":"T. Arai, H. Kamide, T. Fukuda","doi":"10.1109/ARSO.2016.7736247","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ARSO.2016.7736247","url":null,"abstract":"Anshin is a sort of mental state of human and has some values in Japanese daily life. Anshin will be explained in its meaning and in comparison with physical safety. The authors would assume that Anshin brings definite values to service robots and makes them more useful in their actual applications. The paper also discusses how robot can be provided with Anshin in a technical manner. One design process with the evaluation scale and the VR technique is discussed.","PeriodicalId":403924,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121758017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"One being for two origins — A necessary awakening for the future of robotics","authors":"H. Kamide, M. Mori","doi":"10.1109/ARSO.2016.7736248","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ARSO.2016.7736248","url":null,"abstract":"In this article, the authors introduce a theory of “One being for Two origins” from a teaching of the Buddha to consider the unification of technology, nature, and human-beings. The theory of One being for Two origins has a contradictory structure, and it is difficult for those with a scientific background to fully understand. At the first step, we present a theory of values (the theory of the three aspects) as an introduction to the theory of One being for Two origins. The theory of three aspects explains a mechanism of how values such as the good and the bad emerge in front of us using three concepts of the good, the bad, and the “Muki”. Then the theory of One being for Two origins follows the theory of three aspects as the fundamental mechanism of the schemes of things. Through the theory of One being for Two origins, the authors discuss how humans become to be able to recognize the truth behind the language and any biases to avoid the conflicts among technology, nature and human-beings.","PeriodicalId":403924,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO)","volume":"334 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130157660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ruidong Shi, Xiuli Zhang, Yao-bin Tian, Shouyang Dong, Yan-an Yao
{"title":"A CPG-based control method for the rolling locomotion of a desert spider","authors":"Ruidong Shi, Xiuli Zhang, Yao-bin Tian, Shouyang Dong, Yan-an Yao","doi":"10.1109/ARSO.2016.7736289","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ARSO.2016.7736289","url":null,"abstract":"Desert spiders use rolling locomotion when escaping. According to this characteristic, a Central Pattern Generator (CPG) model based on Hopf nonlinear oscillators was proposed to control a spider robot's rolling locomotion. The spider robot was a spatial double-close-loop linkage structure driven by 6 motors. The position of each motor was controlled by Hopf oscillator coupled together. The dynamic simulations of the spider robot's rolling locomotion were conducted using Matlab Simulink and Adams. The robot achieved smooth and continuous rolling locomotion successfully. The biologically-inspired CPG control approach was validated for the closed-chain robot.","PeriodicalId":403924,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128813494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new approach to in-pipe locomotion, “QuestionMe” technique increasing open innovation efficiency in petroleum robotics","authors":"Bahadur Ibrahimov","doi":"10.1109/ARSO.2016.7736288","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ARSO.2016.7736288","url":null,"abstract":"Different locomotion approaches have been developed for different cases, working environments and distinctive competencies and not to be applicable for all purposes. For the developer it is hard and cost intensive to find the right way to build such a locomotion system for distinctive requisitions which should fulfill predefined requirements or to define the locomotion type of the robot intended to be developed. In most cases it ends up with re-inventing already existing solutions. This shows the need for a tool where the requirements get sorted and tool guides the user for the right research method and efficient use of the variables and resources to build in-pipe locomotion solution. In this paper the development stages of in-pipe robot locomotion will be discussed, variables will be defined and analyzed that are to be used as inputs of the technique and the cases of usage or the situation of the in-pipe inspection robot's development will be assessed. Then possible variations and outcomes will be analyzed as well as technique will be offered as an example of Open Innovation action for an optimized social impact of robotics.","PeriodicalId":403924,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO)","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116059931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zong-Yi Wang, Yu-ren Ji, Xing-Jian Wang, Fuqiang Liu
{"title":"Research on the automatic measurement algorithm of spherical valves","authors":"Zong-Yi Wang, Yu-ren Ji, Xing-Jian Wang, Fuqiang Liu","doi":"10.1109/ARSO.2016.7736279","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ARSO.2016.7736279","url":null,"abstract":"In order to solve the inefficient production of spherical valves which are manufactured by manual template scribing, semi-automatic cutting on the track and manual test, this paper designs an automatic measurement algorithm which uses laser displacement sensor to measure sphere valves. First according to the divided flap of spherical tank and the outline requirements of spherical tank, establish the ideal model of the measurement trajectory. Then transform the ideal model of sphere valves to the practical situation. At last, use the actual measurement trajectory data to guide the machine to measure the sphere valves and process the measurement data by median filtering and moving average filtering. The practice shows that the algorithm is feasible and effective and has important practical significance to improve the efficiency and shorten the construction time.","PeriodicalId":403924,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO)","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124395048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Guanghui Li, Tao Chen, Junjie Cao, Zhan Yang, Huicong Liu
{"title":"Design and verification of multi micro-manipulation strategies","authors":"Guanghui Li, Tao Chen, Junjie Cao, Zhan Yang, Huicong Liu","doi":"10.1109/ARSO.2016.7736256","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ARSO.2016.7736256","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents different micro-manipulation strategies on various micro-spheres and adaptive end-effectors. Adjustable multi-gripper platform was designed to carry out these strategies. Among these strategies, two kinds of mechanical clamping methods were established based on double-gripper. Three kinds of micro spheres were picked up in the experiments with adhesive force strategies. Triple-finger gripper was used to verify the clamping and releasing strategy. The end-effectors such as tungsten probes, fibers and AFM probes had been used. Spheres with diameters of 20 μm, 60 μm, 80 μm and 800 μm were used to verify these composite strategies. The materials of spheres are silica, iron and boron silicate. The results show that this design of strategies is closely adapted to the manipulation tools, end-effectors and vision systems.","PeriodicalId":403924,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO)","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125341671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An optimization algorithm to expand the reduced workspace with fixed-joint method for redundant manipulator","authors":"Youdong Chen, Yu Chen, Jiaxin Guo","doi":"10.1109/ARSO.2016.7736267","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ARSO.2016.7736267","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, an optimization algorithm is proposed to settle the deficiency of fixed-joint method. The fixed-joint method leads to a reduced workspace which has some inaccessible points due to a special joint fixed. Since different fixed joint has different reduced workspace, we develop a method to make these workspaces mutual complementation. Manipulability is used to select the appropriate joint angle to be fixed in order to satisfy the given posture. By comparing 7-dof manipulator's real-time inverse kinematic solutions, we put forward detailed analysis of the workspace of the end-effector with different fixed joint angles. The kinematics simulation is implemented to verify the correctness of this method.","PeriodicalId":403924,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129134907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vision-based range finder for automated guided vehicle navigation","authors":"M. Han, Ching-Yi Kuo, Nelson Yen-Chung Chang","doi":"10.1109/ARSO.2016.7736272","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ARSO.2016.7736272","url":null,"abstract":"Automated guided vehicle (AGV) plays an important role in modern factory automation. One basic guidance methodology, magnetic tape guidance has been widely utilized in most AGV systems for more than 20 years. However, in order to adopt the flexible production line changeover, free-ranging AGV is on-demand increasingly. In this study, a vision-based range finder, which includes a line-shaped laser transmitter and image sensor is designed and implemented for AGV navigation. The line-shaped laser transmitter transmits a line-shaped laser, and the image sensor senses the line-shaped laser to output a line-shaped laser image. The distance between object and range finder is estimated according the height position of laser line in line-shaped laser image. The experimental results show that the AGV integrated with the proposed vision-based range finder is able to navigate in a constructed hospital environment. The average location error is less than 1%.","PeriodicalId":403924,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO)","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127117689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Make Kilobots truly accessible to all the people around the world","authors":"Nathan Tyler Thomas, Yanjun Yan","doi":"10.1109/ARSO.2016.7736254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ARSO.2016.7736254","url":null,"abstract":"Kilobots are micro-robots originally designed by Rubenstein and Nagpal's research group to be inexpensive, quick to build, and versatile with many functionalities. Once Kilobots were made public in 2012, they have instantly become a valuable tool for empirical validation of swarm robotics and an entertaining instrument for educational demonstrations. However, although the original designs were publicly available, when the authors initially built the Kilobots by following the instructions, several issues occurred. The most challenging issue was about the calibration board. The authors reached out to several research groups world-wide and found out that others encountered similar issues. Most groups purchased their Kilobots from K-Team at a much higher price and with a long waiting time in the ordering process, defeating the purpose of Kilobots being inexpensive micro-robots that are quick to build. The authors were inspired to revise the design of the Kilobots, to make them truly accessible to all the researchers and educators around the world. The redesign is not an overhaul of the original design; instead, it is aimed at making the building process of Kilobots feasible and time-efficient. The main areas of the redesign are in PCB layout, distance calibration, and the associated documentation update. During the redesign process, the authors were very grateful for the help received from the inventors of the Kilobots and several other research groups. The final design has been tested in house and in another research group. The authors are also working on creating a website to present all the relevant information publicly and freely, so that Kilobots will be widely accessible to all the researchers and educators, gaining a greater social impact than that of now.","PeriodicalId":403924,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130876113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}