Intelligent Robotics and Applications: Second International Conference, Icira 2009, Singapore, December 16-18, 2009, Proceedings (Paperback)

Ubiquitous and Cooperative Robots in Smart Space.- A Ubiquitous and Cooperative Service Framework for Network Robot System.- The Hand-Bot, a Robot Design for Simultaneous Climbing and Manipulation.- Human Multi-robots Interaction with High Virtual Reality Abstraction Level.- Laser Based People Following Behaviour in an Emergency Environment.- RENS - Enabling a Robot to Identify a Person.- Classifying 3D Human Motions by Mixing Fuzzy Gaussian Inference with Genetic Programming.- Pointing Gestures for a Robot Mediated Communication Interface.- View-Invariant Human Action Recognition Using Exemplar-Based Hidden Markov Models.- A Local Interaction Based Multi-robot Hunting Approach with Sensing and Modest Communication.- Robot Formations for Area Coverage.- Advanced Control on Autonomous Vehicles.- Challenges of the Multi-robot Team in the GUARDIANS Project.- Modelling and Control of a Train of Autonomous Electric Vehicles.- Organization and Operation of Electronically Coupled Truck Platoons on German Motorways.- Navigation Method Selector for an Autonomous Explorer Rover with a Markov Decision Process.- Discrete-Time Adaptive Sliding Mode Control of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle in the Dive Plane.- Emergent Behavior Control Patterns in Robotic Collectives.- Intelligent Vehicles: Perception for Safe Navigation.- An Improved Road Network Modeling and Map Matching for Precise Vehicle Localization.- A Vision System of Hazard Cameras for Lunar Rover BH2.- Stereovision-Based Algorithm for Obstacle Avoidance.- Improved Techniques for the Rao-Blackwellized Particle Filters SLAM.- Novel Techniques for Collaborative Driver Support.- A Deceleration Assistance Control for Collision Avoidance Based on Driver's Perceptual Risk.- Toward Preventive ACC Systems against Crashes Due to Another Vehicle's Cut-in.- How Do Cognitive Distraction Affect Driver Intent of Changing Lanes?.- Effects of Missed Alarms on Driver's Response to a Collision Warning System According to Alarm Timings.- SLAM Estimation in Dynamic Outdoor Environments: A Review.- Robot and Automation in Tunneling (973).- On the Analysis of Force Transmission Performance for the Thrust Systems of Shield Tunneling Machines.- Passive Ultrasonic RFID Localization for Pipeline Pigs.- Allocation of Measurement Error of Shield's Pose.- The Compliance Design on Thrust System of Shields Excavating in Various Geologic Conditions.- Analysis for Dynamic Load Behavior of Shield Thrust System Considering Variable Boundary Constraints.- Evaluation and Optimization Method of High Speed Cutting Parameters Based on Cutting Process Simulation.- The Reconfiguration Design of Redundant Thrust of Shields Excavating in Various Geologic Conditions.- Research of an Electric Laser System Based on the Non-diffracting Beam.- Research on Multi-motor Synchronization Control for Cutter Head of Shield Machine Based on the Ring Coupled Control Strategy.- Position and Attitude Precision Analysis of Segment Erector of Shield Tunneling Machine.- An Improved Model of Loads Acting on Shield.- Establishment of TBM Disc Cutter Dynamic Model for Vertical Vibration.- Soft Rock Cutting Mechanics Model of TBM Cutter and Experimental Research.- Neural Network Strata Identification Based on Tunneling Parameters of Shield Machine.- Analysis of Chamber Pressure for Earth Pressure Balance Shield Machine by Discrete Numerical Model.- Dynamic Mechanism and Key Rectification Techniques of Shield Machine in the Vertical Plane.- A Precise Measurement Method of Azimuth Angle for TBM.- Identification of Abnormal Operating Conditions and Intelligent Decision System for Earth Pressure Balance Shield Machine.- Optimal Disc Cutters Plane Layout Design of the Full-Face Rock Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Using an Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm.- Rotational Moment Analysis and Posture Rectification Strategy of Shield Machine.- Compensation of Measurement Error for Inclinometer Based on Neural Network.- Redundantly Actuated PRPRP Radial Mecha