Human Friendly Mechatronics Book

	Preface
	ICMA2000 Conference Committees
	Editorial Note
	Mobility, Wearability, and Virtual Reality; the Elements of User Friendly Human Interfaces, Modern Platforms for Cooperation	3
	Haptics: A Key to Fast Paced Interactivity	11
	Micromechatronics for Wearable Information Systems	19
	Monitoring of the User's Vital Functions and Environment in Reima Smart Clothing Prototype	25
	Development of a Wearable Muscle Sound Sensing Unit and Application for Muscle Fatigue Measurement	31
	A Novel Antenna System for Man-Machine Interface	37
	Wild Animals Tracking by PHS (Personal Handy phone System)	43
	Active Visual Feedback Using Head Mounted Display in Human Directed Manufacturing System	49
	Dynamics of Training Simulator for Mobile Elevating Platforms	55
	On Proposal of Function-Behavior-State Framework as Refinement of EID Framework of Human-Machine Interface Design	61
	A Graphical User Interface for Industrial Robot Programming in Non-Repetitive Tasks	67
	Development of a Micro Manipulator for Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery	75
	LAN Based 3D Digital Ultrasound Imaging System for Neurosurgery	81
	A Powered Wheelchair Controlled by EMG Signals from Neck Muscles	87
	Autonomous Mobile Robot for Carrying Food Trays to the Aged and Disabled	93
	A New Force Limitation Mechanism for Risk Reduction in Human/Robot Contact	99
	Development and Motion Control of a Wearable Human Assisting Robot for Nursing Use	105
	Development of an Active Orthosis for Knee Motion by Using Pneumatic Actuators	111
	Gait Improvement by Power-Assisted Walking Support Device	117
	A Horseback Riding Therapy System Using Virtual Reality and Parallel Mechanism	123
	Development of a Driving-Support System for Reducing Ride Discomfort of Passenger Cars	129
	Characteristic Mapping of Stance Posture Control Systems from a Control Engineering Standpoint	135
	Micro Actuator with Two Piezoelectric Elements Placed at Right Angles	143
	Study on Driving Force of Vibrational Friction Motor	149
	Design of Ultrasonic Motor for Driving Spherical Surface	155
	Development of Master-Slave System for Magnetic Levitation	161
	Precise Positioning of Optical Fibers Using Stick-Slip Vibration	167
	Simulative Experiment on Precise Tracking for High-Density Optical Storage Using a Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy Tip	173
	Independence/Cooperative Remote Control Support System for Aerial Photographing	179
	Control Strategies for Hydraulic Joint Servo Actuators for Mobile Robotic Applications	185
	Integration of Micro-Mechatronics in Automotive Applications Using Environmentally Accepted Materials	191
	Robust Estimation of Position and Orientation of Machine Vision Cameras	199
	Deflection Compensation of Flexible Manipulators Using Machine Vision and Neural Networks	205
	Camera Calibration in Machine Automation	211
	Real Time Machine Vision System in Micromanipulator Control	217
	Object Tracking by Fusing Distance and Image Information	223
	Face Detection and Face Direction Estimation Using Color and Shape Features	229
	Contour Based Hierarchical Part Decomposition Method for Human Body Motion Analysis from Video Sequence	235
	Man Chasing Robot by an Environment Recognition Using Stereo Vision	241
	Using Desktop OCR and Adaptive Preprocessing for Recognizing Text on Extruded Surfaces	247
	Road Surface Sensor Using IR Moisture Sensor	253
	Development of a System for Measuring Structural Damping Coefficients	259
	Development of an Anthropomorphic Robotic Hand System	267
	Design of a Humanoid Hand for Human Friendly Robotics Applications	273
	Humanoid Robot "DB"	279
	Teleoperation Master Arm System with Gripping Operation Devices	285
	Stable Grasping and Posture Control for a Pair of Robot Fingers with Soft Tips	291
	An Implementation of Chopsticks Handling Task by a Multi-fingered Robotic Hand	297
	Stability Map for Graspless Manipulation Planning	303
	Motion Planning and Control Method of Dexterous Manipulation Utilizing a Simulation System for a Multi-fingered Robotic Hand	309
	Distributed Control of Hyper-redundant Manipulator with Expansion and Contraction Motion for Obstacle Avoidance	315
	Inverse Kinematics Analysis of a Parallel Redundant Manipulator by Means of Differential Evolution	321
	Polishing Robot with Human Friendly Joystick Teaching System	327
	Development of High Precision Mounting Robot with Fine Motion Mechanism: Design and Control of the Fine Motion Mechanism	333
	Development of Three Dimensional Measuring System for Making Precise Patterns on Curved Surface Using Laser Drawing	339
	Autonomous Mobile Robot Navigation Based on Wide Angle Vision Sensor with Fovea	345
	Dead Reckoning of Multi-legged Robot-Error Analysis	351
	User Friendly Environment for the R&D of Controllers in Heavy Machinery	359
	User Oriented Definition of Product Requirements with Mechatronic Engineering	365
	A Friendly Open PC-Based Working Frame for Controlling Automatic Re-Configurable Assembly Cells	371
	Strategic Management of Adaptive, Distributed, Development of a Mechatronic Product	377
	Development of Adaptive Production System to Market Uncertainty -Autonomous Mobile Robot System-	383
	In-process Visualization of Machining State with Sensor-based Simulation to Support the Recognition Ability of Operators	389
	Mediator-Based Modeling of Factory Workers and Their Motions in the Framework of Info-Ergonomics	395
	Author Index	401