Intelligent Robotics and Applications [electronic resource] : 5th International Conference, ICIRA 2012, Montreal, QC, Canada, October 3-5, 2012, Proceedings, Part I / edited by Chun-Yi Su, Subhash Rakheja, Honghai Liu.

Control Strategies of a Mobile Robot Inspector in Inaccessible Areas -- Advanced High Precision Control for XY-Table -- Application of Fixed-Structure Genetic Programming for Classification -- Variable Universe Fuzzy PID Control Strategy of Permanent Magnet Biased Axial Magnetic Bearing Used in Magnetic Suspension Wind Power Generator -- Adaptive Dynamic Surface Control of a Class of Nonlinear Systems with Unknown Duhem Hysteresis -- Balancing and Posture Controls for Biped Robots with Unmodelled Dynamics -- Adaptive Learning Prediction on Rolling Force in the Process of Reversible Cold Rolling Mill -- Modeling and Simulation of Air-Boots for a Novel Soft-Terrain Walking Concept Vehicle -- Concept of Actuation and Control for the EO Smart Connecting Car (EO scc) -- Wavelet-Based Linearization for Single-Degree-Of-Freedom Nonlinear Systems -- An Application of DCS Device to a Heat Exchange Process -- Application of Driver-in-the-Loop Real-Time Simulations to the Design of SUV Differential Braking Controllers -- Optimization of Measurement Configurations for Geometrical Calibration of Industrial Robot -- Multi-line Fitting Using Two-Stage Iterative Adaptive Approach -- Collaborative Training Mechanism Design for Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks -- A Practical Calibration Method for Spray Painting Robot in Factory -- Study on a New Bridge Crack Detection Robot Based on Machine Vision -- Robust Gaussian-Based Template Tracking -- Combined Online and Offline Information for Tracking Facial Feature Points -- Extracting Minimalistic Corridor Geometry from Low-Resolution Images -- Triangulation-Based Plane Extraction for 3D Point Clouds -- Evolutionary Computation for Intelligent Self-localization in Multiple Mobile Robots Based on SLAM -- Optimum Design of a Planar 3-DOF Parallel Manipulator for Good Motion and Force Transmissibility -- Singularity Analysis of the Planar 3-RRR Parallel Manipulator Considering the Motion/Force Transmissibility -- Dimensional Synthesis of a Planar Parallel Manipulator for Pick-and-Place Operations Based on Rigid-Body Dynamics -- Analytical Forward Kinematics for Two Kinds of Typical Tripods Part I: Closed-Form Solutions for Forward Kinematics Methods -- Analytical Forward Kinematics for Two Kinds of Typical Tripods Part II: Analyzing for Their Workspaces, and Performances of the Forward Kinematics -- Robust Sliding Mode Control Law Design for Unmanned Gyroplane -- Realization of an Autonomous Team of Unmanned Ground and Aerial Vehicles -- Design of Helicopter Cable-Orientation Control System Based on Finite-Element Modeling -- Research on Alignment of Camera and Receptacle during the Autonomous Aerial Refueling -- Consensus Algorithms in a Multi-agent Framework to Solve PTZ Camera Reconfiguration in UAVs -- Detection and Tracking of Underwater Object Based on Forward-Scan Sonar -- Structural Design and Analysis of 3-DOF Bionic Eye Based on Spherical Ultrasonic Motor -- Cooperative Control for UAV Formation Flight Based on Decentralized Consensus Algorithm -- Segmentation and Classification of Side-Scan Sonar Data -- Vision Guidance System for AGV Using ANFIS -- Payload Drop Application of Unmanned Quadrotor Helicopter Using Gain-Scheduled PID and Model Predictive Control Techniques -- UAV Flight Performance Optimization Based on Improved Particle Swarm Algorithm -- Trajectory Optimization of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in Vertical Profile -- Trajectory Tracking with Model Predictive Control for an Unmanned Quad-rotor Helicopter: Theory and Flight Test Results -- Parallel Tracking and Mapping with Multiple Cameras on an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle -- Rotorcraft UAV Actuator Failure Detection Based on a New Adaptive Set-Membership Filter -- Robust Attitude Control Design for Spacecraft under Assigned Velocity and Control Constraints -- Fault-Tolerant Control of a Class of Switched Nonlinear Systems with Application to Flight Control -- Leak Detection in Water Distribution Networks with Optimal Linear Regression Models -- Experimental Test of an Interacting Multiple Model Filtering Algorithm for Actuator Fault Detection and Diagnosis of an Unmanned Quadrotor Helicopter -- Reliability Analysis of Fault Tolerant Wind Energy Conversion System with Doubly Fed Induction Generator -- Distribution Rates Analysis of Symplectic Geometry Spectrum for Surface EMG Signals on Healthy Hand Muscles -- Mutual Information Analysis with Ordinal Pattern for EMG Based Hand Motion Recognition -- Design of an Anthropomorphic Prosthetic Hand towards Neural Interface Control -- Adaptive Pattern Recognition of Myoelectric Signal towards Practical Multifunctional Prosthesis Control -- SSVEP Based Brain-Computer Interface Controlled Functional Electrical Stimulation System for Knee Joint Movement -- A Feedforward Compensation Method for Control of Join Equilibrium Position -- A New 4M Model-Based Human-Machine Interface for Lower Extremity Exoskeleton Robot -- Design and Performance Evaluation of a Rotary Series Elastic Actuator -- Realistic Dynamic Posture Prediction of Humanoid Robot: Manual Lifting Task Simulation -- Human Brain Control of Electric Wheelchair with Eye-Blink Electrooculogram Signal -- Development of an Endoscopic Continuum Robot to Enable Transgastric Surgical Obesity Treatment -- Fuzzy Adaptive Backstepping Control of a Two Degree of Freedom Parallel Robot -- Non-smooth Observer for Mechanical Systems Based on Sandwich Model with Backlash -- Robust Proportional-Derivative Control of a Three-Axis Milling Machine Tool -- A Novel Stabilization Scheme for Asymmetric Bilateral Teleoperation Systems with Time Varying Delays -- Adaptive Exponential Sliding Mode Control for Dynamic Tracking of a Nonholonomic Mobile Robot -- The Study of a Vision-Based Pedestrian Interception System -- Self-optimizing Handling System for Assembling Large Components -- Robot Assisted Manufacturing System for High Gloss Finishing of Steel Molds -- Measurement of the Cognitive Assembly Planning Impact -- Selfoptimized Assembly Planning for a ROS Based Robot Cell -- Virtual Production Intelligence - A Contribution to the Digital Factory.