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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.21 No.4 Aug. 2009

Kukanchi Interactive Human-Space Design and Intelligence Dedicated to Dr. Kazuo Tanie

Guest Editor: Makoto Mizukawa (Shibaura Institute of Technology)

Editor: Kazuhito Yokoi (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology), Tsutomu Hasegawa (Kyushu University), Shigeki Sugano (Waseda University) and Yasushi Nakauchi (University of Tsukuba) (As of Aug. 20, 2009)

JRM Vol.21 No.4 Aug. 2009

Editorial:

Kukanchi Interactive Human-Space Design and Intelligence
Dedicated to Dr. Kazuo Tanie

Makoto Mizukawa, Kazuhito Yokoi, Tsutomu Hasegawa, Shigeki Sugano and Yasushi Nakauchi, pp. 441-442

The history of science and technology evolution plays a great role in expanding human ability. Physical enhancement is done by controlling power after invention of steam engines and governor. These lead inventions of various useful machines to improve the productivity of material, food, and many attractive consumer products such as automobiles. Electrics and electronics also provided social infrastructure for industries and individual life.

From ancient times, media have been developed to assist in intellectual activities such as characters, clay boards, papers, printing machines to carry knowledge. The accumulation of knowledge was one source of governance power and social movement of the Enlightenment promoted spreading such knowledge to citizens by editing Encyclopedias. This movement opened modern and civilized era. Telecommunication and computer technologies have accelerated to develop tools that help thinking and communication using the enormous knowledge stored in storages distributed worldwide. Kukanchi – Interactive Human-Space Design and Intelligence – enhances human physical boundary limited by its body to its surrounding space adopting and fusing technologies such as robotics, structured information, sensor network, object oriented software, software engineering of Robot Technology (RT) middleware, human-robot-interaction, etc. Kukanchi is expected to provide barrier-free environment and support tomaintain QoL of daily life for any kind of handicapped people.

This special issue features nine excellent papers from researchers devoting efforts to establishing kukanchi field and concept. This special issue is edited by guest editors, Prof. Makoto Mizukawa (Shibaura Institute of Technology) and four editors, Drs. Kazuhito Yokoi (AIST), Tsutomu Hasegawa (Kyushu University), Shigeki Sugano (Waseda University), Yasushi Nakauchi (University of Tsukuba). We thank the authors for their contributions and reviewers for their time and effort in making this special issue possible. We also thank the JRM Editorial Board for providing the opportunity to take part in this work.

In closing, we would like to express our deep gratitude to the late Dr. Kazuo Tanie, who founded the Kukanchi research group.

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Paper:: A Service System Adapted to Changing Environments Using “Kukanchi”; Yusuke Fukusato, Eri sato-Simokawara, Toru Yamaguchi, and Makoto Mizukawa, pp. 443-452; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF605KB)
Paper:: Supporting Robotic Activities in Informationally Structured Environment with Distributed Sensors and RFID Tags; Kouji Murakami, Tsutomu Hasegawa, Ryo Kurazume, and Yoshihiko Kimuro, pp. 453-459; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF384KB)
Paper:: Rotation–Based Dynamic Localization at an Initial Dead–Zone Avoidance Stage on an RFID Tag Lattice; Kenri Kodaka, Haruhiko Niwa, and Shigeki Sugano, pp. 460-468; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF2785KB)
Paper:: A Mobile Sensor Network Forming Concentric Circles Through Local Interaction and Consensus Building; Geunho Lee, Seokhoon Yoon, Nak Young Chong, and Henrik Christensen, pp. 469-477; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF490KB)
Paper:: Autonomous Motion Generation Based on Reliable Predictability; Shun Nishide, Tetsuya Ogata, Jun Tani, Kazunori Komatani, and Hiroshi G. Okuno, pp. 478-488; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF636KB)

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Paper:: Robot Technology Ontology Targeting Robot Technology Services in Kukanchi — “Interactive Human–Space Design and Intelligence”; Ken Ukai, Yoshinobu Ando, and Makoto Mizukawa, pp. 489-497; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF1749KB)
Paper:: Cooking Procedure Recognition and Support by Ubiquitous Sensors; Sho Murakami, Takuo Suzuki, Akira Tokumasu, and Yasushi Nakauchi, pp. 498-506; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF778KB)
Paper:: Design and Control of Librarian Robot System in Information Structured Environments; Bong Keun Kim, KenichiOhara, Kosei Kitagaki, and Kohtaro Ohba, pp. 507-514; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF1292KB)
Paper:: Observation of Human Activities Based on Spatial Memory in Intelligent Space; Mihoko Niitsuma and Hideki Hashimoto, pp. 515-523; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF635KB)

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Regular Papers

Paper:: User–Adaptive Reconfigurable Interface for In–Vehicle Information Systems; Sangho Kim, Kosuke Sekiyama, and Toshio Fukuda, pp. 524-532; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF2143KB)
Paper:: A Double Image Acquisition System with Visible and UV LEDs for Citrus Fruit; Mitsutaka Kurita, Naoshi Kondo, Hiroshi Shimizu, Peter Ling, Paolo D. Falzea, Tomoo Shiigi, Kazunori Ninomiya, Takahisa Nishizu, and Kazuya Yamamoto, pp. 533-540; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF1541KB)
Paper:: Control of A New Type of Undulatory Wheeled Locomotor: A Trident Steering Walker Based on Chained Form; Hiroaki Yamaguchi, pp. 541-553; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF274KB)
Paper:: Improvement of Vibration Sensitivity by Tangential Vibration; Hie–yong Jeong, Mitsuru Higashimori, and Makoto Kaneko, pp. 554-562; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF3305KB)

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