To browse the Full Text, you need to create your account (FREE!)

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.5 Oct. 2009

Special Issue on Mechatronics Technologies from Asia to the World

Editor: Takayuki Tanaka (Hokkaido University, Japan) and Kazunori Umeda (Chuo University, Japan)

Guest Editor: Shun’ichi Kaneko (Hokkaido University, Japan) and Aiguo Ming (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan)

JRM Vol.21 No.5 Oct. 2009

Editorial:

Special Issue on Mechatronics Technologies from Asia to the World

Takayuki Tanaka, Shun’ichi Kaneko, Aiguo Ming and Kazunori Umeda, pp. 567

Mechatronics —an ever–growing field enblacing actuators and sensors, electronics and mechanics, controls, system design and integration – was founded in Japan at the end of the 1960s. It now supports industrial development, the global economy and inventions that enable people to live comfortably around the world.

Asia is one of the most active areas in mechatronics research. Asian experts meet and mix in meetings and conferences such as the Japan- China symposium on Mechatronics started in 1988, Asia International Symposium on Mechatronics (AISM) organized by the Japanese Society of Precision Engineering and Chinese committees since 2004 to bring together researchers and engineers in this multidisciplinary field to stimulate new ideas, to share knowledge on practical problems and solutions, as well as to facilitate cooperation for the future.

This special issue on “Mechatronics Technologies from Asia to the World” includes many of the fine papers presented at AISM2008 in August 2008, and encourages scientists in related fields to submit their research to encourage interested researchers in developing systems and technologies to become more skilled, smarter and tougher in the real world.

We thank the authors for their interesting contributions and the reviewers for their devoted time and effort.

top

Paper:: Detection Principle of Shape and Orientation of Corrosive Defects Using LambWaves; Chunguang Xu, Joseph L. Rose, and Xiang Zhao, pp. 568-573; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF277KB)
Paper:: Three-Dimensional Environment Model Construction from an Omnidirectional Image Sequence; Ryosuke Kawanishi, Atsushi Yamashita, and Toru Kaneko, pp. 574-582; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF714KB)
Paper:: Development of Asparagus Harvester Coordinated with 3-D Vision Sensor; Naoki Irie, Nobuyoshi Taguchi, Takao Horie and Takakazu Ishimatsu, pp. 583-589; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF996KB)
Paper:: Velocity and Acceleration Estimation by a Nonlinear Filter Based on Sliding Mode and Application to Control System; Takanori Emaru, Kazuo Imagawa, Yohei Hoshino, and Yukinori Kobayashi, pp. 590-596; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF1165KB)
Paper:: Human Joint Motion Recognition Using Ultrasound Pulse Echo Based on Test Feature Classifier; Yoichiro Tsutsui, Takayuki Tanaka, Shun’ichi Kaneko, Yukinobu Sakata, and Maria Q. Feng, pp. 597-606; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF639KB)

top

Paper:: Development of Power Assist Wear Using Pneumatic Rubber Artificial Muscles; Toshiro Noritsugu, Masahiro Takaiwa, and Daisuke Sasaki, pp. 607-613; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF699KB)
Paper:: Perception-Assist with an Active Stereo Camera for an Upper-Limb Power-Assist Exoskeleton; Kazuo Kiguchi, Manoj Liyanage, and Yasunori Kose, pp. 614-620; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF2848KB)
Paper:: SIEN: Telescopic-Arm Climbing-Support Robot; Tomoyuki Yamaguchi, Yoshiaki Sorioka, Sunhong Park, and Shuji Hashimoto, pp. 621-627; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF1104KB)
Paper:: Improving Maneuverability of Power-Assisted Valve for Fire Engines Based on Prediction of Valve Opening Times; Motoki Nakano, Takayuki Tanaka, Shun’ichi Kaneko, Koichi Yamano, and Yoichiro Tsutsui, pp. 628-634; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF666KB)
Paper:: Piezo-Impact-Driven X-Y Stage and Precise Sample Holder for Accurate Microlens Alignment; Yuuka Irie, Hisayuki Aoyama, Junichi Kubo, Takahiro Fujioka, and Takashi Usuda, pp. 635-641; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF1673KB)

top

Paper:: Sloshing Damping Control in a Cylindrical Container on a Wheeled Mobile Robot Using Dual-Swing Active-Vibration Reduction; Masafumi Hamaguchi and Takao Taniguchi, pp. 642-646; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF464KB)
Paper:: Hybrid Planning for an Air Gap Adjustment System Using Fuzzy Models; Philipp Adelt, Natascha Esau, and Alexander Schmidt, pp. 647-655; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF790KB)

Special Issue on Kukanchi Interactive Human-Space Design and Intelligence

Paper:: Intelligent Ambience that can Influence Robot Behavior; Shinichi Tsunoo, Takeshi Sakaguchi, Kazuhito Yokoi, and KazuyoshiWada, pp. 657-664; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF1307KB)

top

[Notice]
* To read the PDF file you will then need to download and install the Adobe Reader.
Adobe Reader is free and available for download here: