By: Masaharu Takano, Tatsuo Arai, Eiji Arai

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The book includes 61 selected papers from 106 presented at the second International Conference on Machine Automation (ICMA2000). The conference focused, for the first time, on human friendly mechantronics which covers machine systems interacting with human beings, psychological, physiological, and physical behaviors of the human being itself, robotics, human-mimetic mechanical systems, commercial application examples and so on. Machine automation has owed a lot to mechatronics technology in the last decades, however, a paradigm shift is desired and emphasized in the 21st century in every aspect of our society, and mechantronics is not an exception. The paradigm shift in mechatronics is a pursuit of productivity and efficiency to the preference of humans, and it is time that a new concept of a human friendly robot must be proposed that is welcome by human users. The book aims to offer the most up-to-date and valuable information on:
-Human Interface & Communication
-Human Support Technology
-Actuator & Control
-Vision & Sensing
-Robotics and Design
-Manufacturing System
We believe this book will bring advanced knowledge and valuable information to the industries as well as to academics and will contribute to the further development in mechatronics and its related fields.

Preface	p. xi
ICMA2000 Conference Committees	p. xiii
Editorial Note	p. xiv
ICMA and NTF Lectures
Mobility, Wearability, and Virtual Reality; the Elements of User Friendly Human Interfaces, Modern Platforms for Cooperation	p. 3
Haptics: A Key to Fast Paced Interactivity	p. 11
Human Interface and Communication
Micromechatronics for Wearable Information Systems	p. 19
Monitoring of the User's Vital Functions and Environment in Reima Smart Clothing Prototype	p. 25
Development of a Wearable Muscle Sound Sensing Unit and Application for Muscle Fatigue Measurement	p. 31
A Novel Antenna System for Man-Machine Interface	p. 37
Wild Animals Tracking by PHS (Personal Handy phone System)	p. 43
Active Visual Feedback Using Head Mounted Display in Human Directed Manufacturing System	p. 49
Dynamics of Training Simulator for Mobile Elevating Platforms	p. 55
On Proposal of Function-Behavior-State Framework as Refinement of EID Framework of Human-Machine Interface Design	p. 61
A Graphical User Interface for Industrial Robot Programming in Non-Repetitive Tasks	p. 67
Human Support Technology
Development of a Micro Manipulator for Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery	p. 75
LAN Based 3D Digital Ultrasound Imaging System for Neurosurgery	p. 81
A Powered Wheelchair Controlled by EMG Signals from Neck Muscles	p. 87
Autonomous Mobile Robot for Carrying Food Trays to the Aged and Disabled	p. 93
A New Force Limitation Mechanism for Risk Reduction in Human / Robot Contact	p. 99
Development and Motion Control of a Wearable Human Assisting Robot for Nursing Use	p. 105
Development of an Active Orthosis for Knee Motion by Using Pneumatic Actuators	p. 111
Gait Improvement by Power-Assisted Walking Support Device	p. 117
A Horseback Riding Therapy System Using Virtual Reality and Parallel Mechanism	p. 123
Development of a Driving-Support System for Reducing Ride Discomfort of Passenger Cars	p. 129
Characteristic Mapping of Stance Posture Control Systems from a Control Engineering Standpoint	p. 135
Actuator and Control
Micro Actuator with Two Piezoelectric Elements Placed at Right Angles	p. 143
Study on Driving Force of Vibrational Friction Motor	p. 149
Design of Ultrasonic Motor for Driving Spherical Surface	p. 155
Development of Master-Slave System for Magnetic Levitation	p. 161
Precise Positioning of Optical Fibers Using Stick-Slip Vibration	p. 167
Simulative Experiment on Precise Tracking for High-Density Optical Storage Using a Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy Tip	p. 173
Independence / Cooperative Remote Control Support System for Aerial Photographing	p. 179
Control Strategies for Hydraulic Joint Servo Actuators for Mobile Robotic Applications	p. 185
Integration of Micro-Mechatronics in Automotive Applications Using Environmentally Accepted Materials	p. 191
Vision and Sensing
Robust Estimation of Position and Orientation of Machine Vision Cameras	p. 199
Deflection Compensation of Flexible Manipulators Using Machine Vision and Neural Networks	p. 205
Camera Calibration in Machine Automation	p. 211
Real Time Machine Vision System in Micromanipulator Control	p. 217
Object Tracking by Fusing Distance and Image Information	p. 223
Face Detection and Face Direction Estimation Using Color and Shape Features	p. 229
Contour Based Hierarchical Part Decomposition Method for Human Body Motion Analysis from Video Sequence	p. 235
Man Chasing Robot by an Environment Recognition Using Stereo Vision	p. 241
Using Desktop OCR and Adaptive Preprocessing for Recognizing Text on Extruded Surfaces	p. 247
Road Surface Sensor Using IR Moisture Sensor	p. 253
Development of a System for Measuring Structural Damping Coefficients	p. 259
Robotics
Development of an Anthropomorphic Robotic Hand System	p. 267
Design of a Humanoid Hand for Human Friendly Robotics Applications	p. 273
Humanoid Robot "DB"	p. 279
Teleoperation Master Arm System with Gripping Operation Devices	p. 285
Stable Grasping and Posture Control for a Pair of Robot Fingers with Soft Tips	p. 291
An Implementation of Chopsticks Handling Task by a Multi-fingered Robotic Hand	p. 297
Stability Map for Graspless Manipulation Planning	p. 303
Motion Planning and Control Method of Dexterous Manipulation Utilizing a Simulation System for a Multi-fingered Robotic Hand	p. 309
Distributed Control of Hyper-redundant Manipulator with Expansion and Contraction Motion for Obstacle Avoidance	p. 315
Inverse Kinematics Analysis of a Parallel Redundant Manipulator by Means of Differential Evolution	p. 321
Polishing Robot with Human Friendly Joystick Teaching System	p. 327
Development of High Precision Mounting Robot with Fine Motion Mechanism: Design and Control of the Fine Motion Mechanism	p. 333
Development of Three Dimensional Measuring System for Making Precise Patterns on Curved Surface Using Laser Drawing	p. 339
Autonomous Mobile Robot Navigation Based on Wide Angle Vision Sensor with Fovea	p. 345
Dead Reckoning of Multi-legged Robot-Error Analysis-	p. 351
Design and Manufacturing System
User Friendly Environment for the RandD of Controllers in Heavy Machinery	p. 359
User Oriented Definition of Product Requirements within Mechatronic Engineering	p. 365
A Friendly Open PC-Based Working Frame for Controlling Automatic Re-Configurable Assembly Cells	p. 371
Strategic Management of Adaptive, Distributed, Development of a Mechatronic Product	p. 377
Development of Adaptive Production System to Market Uncertainty-Autonomous Mobile Robot System-	p. 383
In-process Visualization of Machining State with Sensor-based Simulation to Support the Recognition Ability of Operators	p. 389
Mediator-Based Modeling of Factory Workers and Their Motions in the Framework of Info-Ergonomics	p. 395
Author Index	p. 401
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ISBN: 9780444506498
ISBN-10: 0444506497
Audience: Professional
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 420
Published: 11th April 2001
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Dimensions (cm): 24.1 x 17.1  x 2.5
Weight (kg): 0.93