Mechatronics for Safety, Security and Dependability in a New Era

Mechatronics for Safety, Security and Dependability in a New Era contains selected leading papers from the International Conference on Machine Automation 2004, the work of researchers from USA, Japan, China and Europe. The topics covered include: manufacturing systems such as CAD/CAM, machining and, human factors in manufacturing; robotics in relation to sensors and actuators, new control technology and, measuring and monitoring; the application of new technologies in connection with wireless communication, human behavior analysis and welfare. Mechatronics has been rapidly developing as an important area that affects all areas of society from industrial robots, automobiles, electrical appliances, computers and consumer goods etc. It also plays a role in safety recovery, such as for rescue tasks after disasters, destruction of hazardous and abandoned weapons and the restoration of polluted environments. The increasing need for safe, secure and dependable technology means that the advancement of mechatronics plays an essential role in the development of products and systems. This book provides an insight into developments in essential new methodologies and tools to design and to build machines to achieve this.
- Covers key topics in manufacturing, such as machining, robotics, sensors, monitoring, etc.
- Reviews modern applications of new technologies in connection with wireless communication, human behavior analysis, and welfare

PREFACE Skill-Assist and Its Related Safety-Oriented Technology FROM RoboCup TO RoboCity CoRE Welfare EVALUATION OF OPERABILITY OF AN ELECTRIC CART HANDLE WITHOUT THE BENDING MOTION OF WRISTS QUANTIFICATION OF DYNAMIC WALKING STABILITY OF ELDERLY BY USING NONLINEAR TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS AND SIMPLE ACCELEROMETRY DEVELOPMENT OF A WELFARE ROBOT BASED ON RECS CONCEPT - TASK OF SETTING A MEAL ON THE TABLE - DEVELOPMENT OF A MOBILITY AID FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED USING A HAPTIC FORCE GENERATOR STUDY OF THE DESIGN METHOD OF AN ANKLE-FOOT-ORTHOSIS EXPECTED MAIN FEATURES AND BUSINESS MODEL OF HEALTHCARE PARTNER ROBOT BASED ON THE MARKET ANALYSIS EVALUATION OF HUMAN MOTOR CHARACTERISTICS IN DRIVING A WHEELCHAIR WITH HAND-RIMS DYNAMIC MODELING FOR ATTENDANT PROPELLING WHEELCHAIRS DEVELOPMENT OF A NON-POWERED LIFT FOR WHEELCHAIR USERS: -MECHANISM TO TRANSMIT ROTATION OF WHEELS BY MANY ROLLERS - GUIDANCE OF ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR BY THE LEAD TYPE OPERATING DEVICE WITH DETECTING RELATIVE POSITION TO ASSISTANCE DOG Tele-Operation DEVELOPMENT OF MASTER-SLAVE ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY Workers in Manufacturing Systems WORKPLACE TASKS DESIGN SUPPORT SYSTEM BY USING COMPUTER MANNEQUIN SIMULATION AND EVALUATION OF FACTORY WORKS USING MUSCULOSKELETAL HUMAN BODY MODEL DEVELOPMENT OF MEASURING DEVICE FOR LOWER LEG SWELLING DURING STANDING WORK TASKS Deformable Object Manipulation SPREADING OF CLOTHES BY ROBOT ARMS USING TRACING METHOD INDIRECT SIMULTANEOUS POSITIONING OF DEFORMABLE OBJECTS WITHOUT PHYSICAL PARAMETERS OR TIME-DERIVATIVES PLANNING OF KNOTTING MANIPULATION Planning ANALYZING AND EVALUATING ROBOT MOTION ALGORITHM FOR SWEEPING TASK METHOD FOR SOLVING INVERSE KINEMATICS OF REDUNDANT ROBOT UNDER RESTRAINT BY OBSTACLES CAD/CAM EXPRESSION OF THEORETICAL DESIGN INFORMATION AND INTENTION TRANSMITTING ARCHITECTURE DETECTION OF UNCUT REGIONS IN POCKET MACHINING FLEXIBLE PROCESS PLANNING SYSTEM CONSIDERING DESIGN INTENTIONS AND DISTURBANCE IN PRODUCTION PROCESS A STUDY ON CALCULATION METHODS OF ENVIRONMENTAL BURDEN FOR NC PROGRAM DIAGNOSIS Assembly/Disassembly ASSEMBLY SYSTEM BY USING PROTOTYPE OF ACTIVE FLEXIBLE FIXTURE ASSEMBLY SEQUENCE PLANNING USING K-NEAREST-NEIGHBOR RULE PROPOSAL OF UBIQUITOUS DISASSEMBLY SYSTEM FOR REALIZING REUSE AND RECYCLING IN COOPERATIVE DISTRIBUTED FACILITIES Sensors & Actuators DEVELOPMENT OF A MICRO TACTILE SENSOR UTILIZING PIEZORESISTORS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ITS PERFORMANCE DEVELOPMENT OF SENSORS BASED ON THE FIXED STEWART PLATFORM MICROFABRICATION OF A PARYLENE SUSPENDED STRUCTURE AND INVESTIGATION OF ITS RESONANT FREQUENCY Machining DIRECT PREDICTION OF CUTTING ERROR IN FINISH ENDMILLING BASED ON SEQUENCE-FREE ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT OF CURVED HOLE MACHINING METHOD âEUR" SIZE REDUCTION OF HOLE DIAMETER âEUR" MICROCHANNEL ARRAY CREATION BY MEANS OF ULTRAPRECISION MACHINING AUTOMATION OF CHAMFERING BY AN INDUSTRIAL ROBOT (DEVELOPMENT OF POSITIONING SYSTEM TO COPE WITH DIMENSIONAL ERROR) Human Behavior Analysis INTERACTIVE BEHAVIORAL DESIGN BETWEEN AUTONOMOUS BEHAVIORAL CRITERIA LEARNING SYSTEM AND HUMAN HUMAN BEHAVIOR BASED OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE FOR HUMAN-ROBOT COOPERATIVE TRANSPORTATION EVALUATION METHODS FOR DRIVING PERFORMANCE USING A DRIVING SIMULATOR UNDER THE CONDITION OF DRUNK DRIVING OR TALKING DRIVING WITH A CELL PHONE COMPUTATIONAL MODEL AND ALGORITHM OF HUMAN PLANNING Humanoids SAFETY DESIGN FOR SMALL BIPED-WALKING HOME-ENTERTAINMENT ROBOT SDR-4XII Scheduling A STUDY ON A REAL-TIME SCHEDULING OF HOLONIC MANUFACTURING SYSTEM - COORDINATION AMONG HOLONS BASED ON MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM - A STUDY ON INTEGRATION OF PROCESS PLANNING AND SCHEDULING SYSTEM FOR HOLONIC MANUFACTURING SYSTEM - SCHEDULER DRIVEN MODIFICATION OF PROCESS PLANS- GENETIC ALGORITHM BASED REACTIVE SCHEDULING IN MANUFACTURING SYSTEM âEUR"ADVANCED CROSSOVER METHOD FOR TARDINESS MINIMIZATION PROBLEMSâEUR" A BASIC STUDY ON COST BASED SCHEDULING Vision SEARCH AND POSE RECOGNITION OF INDUSTRIAL COMPONENTS USING