{"title":"Study on cooperation between humanoid robot Nao and Barrett WAM","authors":"Tingting Liu, M. Meng","doi":"10.1109/ROBIO.2012.6491096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2012.6491096","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we study on the cooperation between Nao and WAM, and give a system to do some home-service tasks. Nao works as an intermediary to interact with the user and recognize the intention of the user. Then it sends the corresponding commands to WAM. WAM works as an actuator to receive the commands and carry out the corresponding tasks. This system can be used to provide service for the elderly persons or persons with physical disabilities. To communicate with Nao, three mediums, such as speech, color and touch are used as commands. Experiments are carried out to analyze the reliability of them.","PeriodicalId":426468,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO)","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126649994","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":"Study of service robot architecture based on middleware and abstract environment","authors":"Qiongxiong Ma, Yanbiao Zou, Tie Zhang","doi":"10.1109/ROBIO.2012.6491133","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2012.6491133","url":null,"abstract":"More and more robots are integrated in our daily life environment, human-robot interaction is one of the main characteristics of these robots. The service robot must have plenty of sensors to apperceive the environment, understand human's intention. Then the robot's behavior can be conformed with the social rules via pose, expression, voice, multimedia and so on. Uncertain environment and various functions require a flexible architecture to facilitate reuse of software and device. In order to develop low cost service robots to provide various services fast, architecture based on the middleware and abstract environment was proposed. In this architecture, we described the running principle and the members of the architecture, design the abstract environment and environment change event mechanism, and then we extend the event mechanism to be suitable for the different platform via the communication platform. To verify the proposed architecture, we use .NET framework to implement the abstract environment and apply the architecture on the guide service robot and advertisement service robot. The test shows that this architecture is suitable for improving reusability of robot software and reduce develop time.","PeriodicalId":426468,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO)","volume":"91 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126242463","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}
Guifang Qiao, G. Song, Jun Zhang, Hongtao Sun, Weiguo Wang, Aiguo Song
{"title":"Design of transmote: A modular self-reconfigurable robot with versatile transformation capabilities","authors":"Guifang Qiao, G. Song, Jun Zhang, Hongtao Sun, Weiguo Wang, Aiguo Song","doi":"10.1109/ROBIO.2012.6491153","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2012.6491153","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the design and implementation of a new modular self-reconfigurable robot, called Transmote. The proposed robot has several novel features that make it suitable for search and rescue operations in complex environments. A single module can move independently by coordinating three joints. Multiple modules can connect with each other to form versatile assembled robotic structures with more powerful locomotion capabilities. The assembled structures can also transform between each other or fully disassemble into individual modules again. The modules, which communicate with each other through ZigBee compliant protocols, can build emergency communication and monitoring networks when spread to the areas without communication infrastructures. Preliminary experimental results demonstrate locomotion, mechanical docking, and transformation of several example configurations.","PeriodicalId":426468,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121549150","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}
Chyon Hae Kim, Yuki Nishi, Shunsuke Nagahama, S. Sugano
{"title":"Finding and utilizing self-preserving functions in blood pulsation-development for ethanol based artificial circulation system-","authors":"Chyon Hae Kim, Yuki Nishi, Shunsuke Nagahama, S. Sugano","doi":"10.1109/ROBIO.2012.6491105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2012.6491105","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we discuss the self-preserving function in the pulsation of circulation systems. Humans and many animals have circulation systems, which send blood with pulsation. However, how the pulsation is supporting the survival capability of them is not studied sufficiently. We propose an artificial circulation system that imitates homeostatic functions of natural blood circulation systems. The proposed system uses mixed fuel solution instead of blood, which is able to exclude the affection of the clotting function of blood platelet. Thus, the proposed system provides easy discussion for the affection of blood pulsation for clotting. As a result of a clotting experiment, we found the phenomena that pulsation helps clotting capability. As a result of energy supply experiment, pulsation helped smooth filtering for pure solution. These results show the importance of pulsation in artificial hearts. Also, the results are applicable to fuel supply systems so as to increase their safety.","PeriodicalId":426468,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO)","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123137319","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}
Min Dong, Zhi Hou, Zhitian Liu, Sheng Bi, Peidong Lin, Liangchang Zhu, Jiayi Xin, Liangpeng Liu
{"title":"Design and implementation of behaviour detection system for the elderly based on smart phone","authors":"Min Dong, Zhi Hou, Zhitian Liu, Sheng Bi, Peidong Lin, Liangchang Zhu, Jiayi Xin, Liangpeng Liu","doi":"10.1109/ROBIO.2012.6491219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2012.6491219","url":null,"abstract":"With rapid advances in wireless sensor networks and embedded computing technologies, various behaviour detection devices have arose and been applied in practical use for monitoring the situations of the elderly in order to ensure the safety of them. This paper aims to propose a behaviour detection system with a sensor board (iNEMO™ V2) and the iNEMO SDK (software development kit), which utilizes the accelerometer, micro-sensors, digital data processing as well as wireless technologies. The system practically simulates a real environment for the intended case.","PeriodicalId":426468,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126376985","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":"Kinematic analysis of an active angular swivel steering mechanism for robotic mobile bases","authors":"Elie A. Shammas, Daniel C. Asmar","doi":"10.1109/ROBIO.2012.6491285","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2012.6491285","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we analyze the kinematics of a novel active steering mechanism which we shall label as the angular swivel steering mechanism. Inspired by a remotely-controller toy car, we propose using angular swivel steering to construct a robotic mobile base. The kinematic analysis of the proposed angular swivel steering exhibits interesting base configurations that could be exploited while designing new robotic platforms that have the potential to be effective in negotiating rugged terrains.","PeriodicalId":426468,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO)","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126569532","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":"Temporal gait parameters captured by Surface Electromyography measurement","authors":"Chi Chong Chan, W. Liao","doi":"10.1109/ROBIO.2012.6491109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2012.6491109","url":null,"abstract":"Surface Electromyography (SEMG) is a popular method to determine the muscle activities because of its noninvasive feature. Usually, the low frequency of surface EMG measurement (< 20 Hz) has been filtered out for the removal of motion artefact. Indeed, the frequency of motion captured by the SEMG measurement would be useful for determining motion events. If the acquired electrical signals from SEMG measurement can represent the movement of limbs or change of joint angle, the number of transducers for kinematic measurement could be reduced. Thus, the measurement system for a particular clinical study can be simplified and the function of current SEMG measurement devices could be extended for motion analysis even no motion transducer is used in testing. In this paper, gyroscopes are used to measure the dynamic characteristics of lower extremity (shank and thigh). With the information of dynamic characteristics, linear envelope and linear prediction are implemented for processing the SEMG signals. The results show that using the signals from SEMG measurement is feasible to capture the period of swing phase, stance phase and stride while having no significant difference than using gyroscopes and foot switch.","PeriodicalId":426468,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO)","volume":"12 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126008459","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}
Jing Guo, Qing-Hao Meng, Yu-Xiu Wu, Wei-Xing Yang, M. Zeng, Wei Li
{"title":"Hearing based relative localization for mobile robots in outdoor environments","authors":"Jing Guo, Qing-Hao Meng, Yu-Xiu Wu, Wei-Xing Yang, M. Zeng, Wei Li","doi":"10.1109/ROBIO.2012.6491283","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2012.6491283","url":null,"abstract":"We present a relative localization method based on sound source localization for mobile robots in outdoor environments. One robot estimates the relative position of nearby robots by receiving the sound signals they generate. In our work, a device including a buzzer and an array of four microphones is designed and installed on each mobile robot. We describe a technique for calculating the relative directions and distances of nearby sound sources based on the microphone array. Then we characterize the accuracy of the relative localization through some tests. Finally, the usefulness of the proposed method is demonstrated in a simple formation experiment with three small mobile robots in outdoor environments.","PeriodicalId":426468,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO)","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126802258","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":"Wireless capsule endoscopy video automatic segmentation","authors":"Ran Zhou, Baopu Li, Zhe Sun, Chao Hu, M. Meng","doi":"10.1109/ROBIO.2012.6491070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2012.6491070","url":null,"abstract":"Wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) is an advanced technology that allows diagnosis inside human's digestive tract without invasiveness, however, it is a time-consuming task for clinicians to diagnose due to the large number of frames in video. A novel and efficient algorithm is proposed in this paper to help clinicians segment the WCE video automatically according to stomach, small intestine, and large intestine regions. Firstly, since there are many impurities and bubbles in WCE video frames which add the difficulty of segmentation, a pre-procedure is presented to denote the valid regions in the frames based on color and wavelet texture features. Secondly, the boundaries between adjacent organs of WCE video are estimated in two levels which consist of a rough and a fine level. In the rough level, color feature is utilized to draw a dissimilarity curve between frames and the aim is to find the peak of the curve, which represents the approximate boundary we want to locate. In the fine level, Hue-Saturation histogram color feature in HSI color space and uniform LBP texture feature from grayscale images are extracted. And support vector machine (SVM) classifier is utilized to segment the WCE video into different regions. The experiments demonstrate a promising efficiency of the proposed algorithm and the average precision and recall achieve as high as 94.33% and 89.50% respectively.","PeriodicalId":426468,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO)","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121014137","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 model-based human walking speed estimation using body acceleration data","authors":"Jwusheng Hu, Kuan-Chun Sun, Chi-Yuan Cheng","doi":"10.1109/ROBIO.2012.6491259","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2012.6491259","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims at estimating the human walking speed using wearable accelerometers by proposing a novel virtual inverted pendulum model. This model not only keeps the important characteristic in biped rolling-foot model, but also makes the speed estimation feasible using human body acceleration. Rather than the statistical methods, the proposed kinematic walking model enables calibration of the parameters during walking using only one tri-axial accelerometer on waist that reflects the user's inertia information during walking. In addition, this model also includes the effect of rotation of waist within a walking cycle that improves the estimation accuracy. Experimental results on a group of humans show a 1.22% error mean and 2.78% deviation, which is far better than other known studies.","PeriodicalId":426468,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO)","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121672979","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}