Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Autonomous Minirobots for Research and Edutainment (AMiRE 2005) Book

	Swarm-bot : a novel type of self-assembling robot	3
	Self-reconfigurable robot with ATRON modules	5
	Universal FPGA-microcontroller module for autonomous minirobots	21
	Seeing empty space in an unknown environment without silhouettes	27
	SubSim : an autonomous underwater vehicle simulation package	33
	Toward micro wall-climbing robots using biomimetic fibrillar adhesives	39
	Teleworkbench : a teleoperated platform for multi-robot experiments	49
	Teleoperation of a mobile autonomous robot using Web services	55
	Bluetooth for autonomus mini-robots and scatternet formation	61
	Teleoperation of a mobile robot under office automation floors with visual assistance	67
	Developing a goal keeper for simulated RoboCup soccer and its performance evaluation	75
	An action rule discovery technique from simulated RoboCup soccer logs	81
	Adapting recognition of shootable situations by learning from experience and observation in a RoboCup simulated soccer game	87
	Getting closer : how simulation and humanoid league can benefit from each other	93
	Evaluation for selecting method using reinforcement learning with hand-coded rules in RoboCup soccer agents	99
	Yumekobo : an effective educational system for RoboCup	107
	A method of sensing own states for tele-operating aibos at ruined homes	113
	Trajectory generation for a mobile robot by reinforcement learning	119
	Multi-layered fuzzy behavior control method for autonomous soccer robot with MOVIS	125
	FPGA-based object detection in robot soccer application	135
	Robot soccer KheperaSot league : challenges and future directions	141
	What robot soccer can contribute to education and research - some lessons learned	147
	Coevolutionary algorithm for behavior acquisition of soccer robots	154
	Relation between contour integration and figure-ground separation	161
	How the early visual system extract angles and junctions embedded within contour stimuli?	167
	Neural correlate of depth cue integration studied with MEG	175
	Coding of 3D curvature in the parietal cortex (area CIP) of Macaque monkey	181
	A study of orientation selectivity of TAM network incorporated receptive field structure	187
	Evolutionary recognition of corridor and branch using adaptive model with layered structure	195
	A direct localization method using only the bearings extracted from two panoramic views along a linear trajectory	201
	Early results in vision-based map building	207
	Prediction of fish motion by neural network	217
	Visual homing with learned goal distance information	223
	A low cost controller board for teaching robotics	231
	Robotics and robotics education with Smalltalk	237
	Education for creativity by making small line trace robot in department of HAIS, University of Fukui	243
	Education using small humanoid robot	248
	Self-organization of spiking neural network generating autonomous behavior in a miniature mobile robot	255
	Behavioral selection using the utility function method : a case study involving a simple guard robot	261
	Spiking neural network for behavior learning of a mobile robot	267
	Safety of autonomous evolutionary robots : elimination of certain behavioral patterns by complex systems analysis	273
	Two steps towards a mechanically autonomous self-replicating system	281
	Using mini robots for prototyping intersection management of vehicles	287
	Embodied cognition in directed multi-agent systems - empirical study on subjective distance -	293
	Crack detection by mobile robot with ECT sensor	299
	Self-organized path formation by ant robots - an approach to understanding Ant's Aacts by autonomous distributed systems -	307
	Autonomous self-assembly in a swarm-bot	314
	Long-term interaction between seal robots and elderly people - robot assisted activity at a health service facility for the aged -	325
	State space self organization based on human-robot interaction	331
	Strategies using facial expressions and gaze behaviors for animated agents	337
	Emotion behavior learning system based on meta-parameter control of Q-learning with plural Q-values	344
	Development of a companion robot "SELF"	351
	An evaluation of the methods to convert non-segmented "kana" strings to "kanji-kana" strings using Markov chain models	360
	An evaluation of the method to detect erroneous sentences of "kana-to-kanji" conversion	368
	Cyclic gestures recognition for interactive learning of a partner robot	376
	Traffic-like movement on a trail of interacting robots with virtual pheromone	383
	Extending the temporal horizon of autonomous robots	389