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Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics

ISSN : 0915-3942(Print) / 1883-8049(Online)
Editor-in-Chief :Tatsuo Arai(Osaka University)
Deputy Editor-in-Chief :Kazuhiro Kosuge (Tohoku University), Kazunori Umeda (Chuo University)
Technically Co-sponsored by Robotics and Mechatronics Division of Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers

JRM Vol.19 No.4 Aug. 2007

Mobiligence: Emergence of Adaptive Motor Function Through Interaction Among the Body, Brain and Environment: Editors : Hajime Asama (The University of Tokyo, Japan) and Jun Ota (The University of Tokyo, Japan) (As of Aug. 20, 2007); You can browse and download the abstract and Preview PDF(first 2 pages of the article) for free!

JRM Vol.19 No.4 Aug. 2007

Editorial :

Special Issue on Mobiligence: Emergence of Adaptive Motor Function Through Interaction Among the Body, Brain and Environment

Hajime Asama and Jun Ota, pp. 363-363

Animals behave adaptively in diverse environments. Adaptive behavior, which is one of intelligent sensory-motor functions, is disturbed in patients with neurological disorders. Mechanisms for the generation of intelligent adaptive behaviors are not well understood. Such an adaptive function is considered to emerge from the interaction of the body, brain, and environment, which requires that a subject acts or moves. Intelligence for generating adaptive motor functions is thus called mobiligence.

This special issue features papers dealing with mobiligence. The 18 papers were selected after a thorough peer review. The scope of these papers extends from analytical studies close to biology to synthetic studies close to engineering. Subjects are diverse – insects, monkeys, human beings, robots, networks. All papers play a part in mobiligence studies.

We thank the Editorial Board of Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics for giving us the opportunity for publishing this special issue. We also thank the authors for their perseverance and expertise, and deeply appreciate the timely and helpful comments of the reviewers.

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Paper:: Analysis of Multineuron Activity Using the Kernel Method; Masaki Nomura, Yoshio Sakurai, and Toshio Aoyagi, pp. 364-368; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF271KB)
Paper:: Reorganization of the Central Nervous Systems in Response to Changes in Social Environment Among Insects; Ken Sasaki and Takashi Nagao, pp. 369-373; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF142KB)
Paper:: Mechanical Dynamics That Enables Stable Passive Dynamic Bipedal Running – Enhancing Self-Stability by Exploiting Nonlinearity in the Leg Elasticity –; Dai Owaki and Akio Ishiguro, pp. 374-380; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF427KB)
Paper:: A Prosthetic Hand Control Based on Nonstationary EMG at the Start of Movement; Masakatsu Tsukamoto, Toshiyuki Kondo, and Koji Ito, pp. 381-387; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF476KB)
Paper:: A Neuromodulation Model for Adaptive Behavior Selection by the Cricket – Nitric Oxide (NO)/Cyclic Guanosine MonoPhosphate (cGMP) Cascade Model –; Kuniaki Kawabata, Tomohisa Fujiki, Yusuke Ikemoto, Hitoshi Aonuma, and Hajime Asama, pp. 388-394; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF532KB)

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Paper:: An Environment Cognition and Motor Adaptation Model Eliciting Sensorimotor Constraints Based on Time-Series Observations; Toshiyuki Kondo and Koji Ito, pp. 395-401; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF342KB)
Paper:: Design of the Passive Dynamic Walking Robot by Applying its Dynamic Properties; Masatsugu Iribe, and Koichi Osuka, pp. 402-408; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF195KB)
Paper:: Synchrony-Induced Attractor Transition in Cortical Neural Networks Organized by Spike-Timing Dependent Plasticity; Takaaki Aoki and Toshio Aoyagi,, pp. 409-415; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF2966KB)
Paper:: Linear Discrimination Analysis of Monkey Behavior in an Alternative Free Choice Task; Kazuhito Takenaka, Yasuo Nagasaka, Sayaka Hihara, Hiroyuki Nakahara, Atsushi Iriki, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, and Naotaka Fujii, pp. 416-422; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF160KB)
Paper:: Terrain Negotiation of a Compliant Biped Robot Driven by Antagonistic Artificial Muscles; Takashi Takuma and Koh Hosoda, pp. 423-428; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF232KB)

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Paper:: Mathematical Model of Proportion Control and Fluctuation Characteristic in Termite Caste Differentiation; Yusuke Ikemoto, Kuniaki Kawabata, Toru Miura, and Hajime Asama, pp. 429-435; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF557KB)
Paper:: Insect-Controlled Robot – Evaluation of Adaptation Ability –; Shuhei Emoto, Noriyasu Ando, Hirokazu Takahashi, and Ryohei Kanzaki, pp. 436-443; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF353KB)
Paper:: Hidden Markov Modeling of Human Pivoting; Yusuke Maeda and Tatsuya Ushioda, pp. 444-447; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF105KB)
Paper:: Autonomous Control of Reaching Movement by ‘Mobility’ Measure; Yuki Yoshihara, Nozomi Tomita, Yoshinari Makino, and Masafumi Yano, pp. 448-458; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF790KB)
Paper:: Emergence of a Small-World Like Communication Network Through Local Ad Hoc Negotiation; Daisuke Kurabayashi, Tomohiro Inoue, Akira Yajima, and Tetsuro Funato, pp. 459-465; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF363KB)

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Paper:: Foraging Task of Multiple Mobile Robots in a Dynamic Environment Using Adaptive Behavior in Crickets; Masatoshi Ashikaga, Mika Kikuchi, Tetsutaro Hiraguchi, Midori Sakura, Hitoshi Aonuma, and Jun Ota, pp. 466-473; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF445KB)
Paper:: Feed-Forward Adaptation to a Varying Dynamic Environment During Reaching Movements; Koji Ito, Makoto Doi, and Toshiyuki Kondo, pp. 474-481; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF1137KB)
Paper:: Experimental Analysis of the Attribution of Own Actions to the Intention of Self or Others by the Multiple Forward Models; Mihoko Otake, Kohei Arai, Motoichiro Kato, Takaki Maeda, Yusuke Ikemoto, Kuniaki Kawabata, Toshihisa Takagi, and Hajime Asama, pp. 482-488; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF341KB)
Development Report:: Navigation of Autonomous Mobile Cleaning Robot SuiPPi; Tatsuo Sakai, Daisuke Nishimura, Hiroyuki Uematsu, Ryosuke Murai, Koichi Mitani, Tomoharu Nakahara, and Yukihiko Kitano, pp. 489-496; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF761KB)

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