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Playing Alkagi with a Humanoid Robot |
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JOONSIG GONG, Songhwai Oh(Seoul National University, Republic of Korea) |
| This paper presents a humanoid robot playing a game called Alkagi. Alkagi is a game in which one shoots
a Go stone to hit an opponent’s stone with the goal of making the opponent’s stone fall out of the Go board. When the position of a Go stone is obtained using a vision system, the robot places its hand at the desired position and orientation in order to shoot the stone to a desired direction. The proposed method is demonstrated using an Aldebaran NAO humanoid
robot. |
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Portable Serial Robot Manipulator with Distributed Actuation Mechanism |
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Sung-Hwan Kim, Byungho Yoon, Ho Ju Lee, Soohyun Kim, Kyung-Soo Kim(KAIST, Republic of Korea), Jong Cheol Kim, Tae Yang Noh(Hyundai Heavy Industries, Republic of Korea) |
| In this paper, a portable robot manipulator is developed with distributed actuation mechanism. In order to achieve the high performance and suitable size simultaneously, a distributed actuation mechanism is implemented. The proposed robot manipulator has several advantages such as high payload capacity and small size with high efficiency. In particular, a folding function is adopted for the portability. Prototype 2-DOF manipulator is developed, and the performance is experimentally verified. |
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Mechanism and kinematic analysis of a robotic gadget for assisting hand movements of persons with severe disabilities to promote their community participation |
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Seungmin Jung, Kwangok An(Korea National Rehabilitation Center, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea), Jongbae Kim(Yonsei University, Republic of Korea), Hyungsik Kim(Korea National Rehabilitation Center, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea) |
| We have developed a robotic gadget for assisting people with severe disabilities by supporting the hand movements needed for everyday life and social activities. To select the optimal services to be provided, we implemented focus-group interviews, targeting people with spinal cord injuries above the C4 vertebrae. Based on the extracted optimal services, we developed a robotic gadget to assist with a wide range of hand movements. The robotic gadget consists of a complex work module (3-DoF) to assist with a range of hand movements, and a robotic arm (3-DoF) to move the complex work module. |
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Design of Mobile Robot for Real World Application in Path Planning Using ZigBee Localization |
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Natthapol Watthanawisuth, Adisorn Tuantranont(National Electronics and Computer Technology Center Pathumthani, Thailand, Thailand), Teerakiat Kerdcharoen(Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, 272 Rama 6 Rd, Ratchatawee, Bangkok 10400, THAILAND, Thailand) |
| This paper proposes a new path planning algorithm for a mobile robot applicable for realistic uses in farmland, which utilizes ZigBee localization, GPS and simple path learning from the GPS-Tractor tracking. To enhance robot mobility in a large area, human-supervised decision is implicitly incorporated into the path guiding using tracking data from the GPS tractor. We have applied this technology in a real-world situation at GranMonte Vineyard and Winery, Thailand. |
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Soil sensing survey robots based on electronic nose |
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Teerakiat Kerdcharoen, Theerapat Pobkrut(Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, 272 Rama 6 Rd, Ratchatawee, Bangkok 10400, THAILAND, Thailand) |
| In this work, we have implemented an electronics nose (e-nose) based on metal oxide gas sensors installed on a mobile robot for detection of organic volatile compounds contained in the soil surface to examine the fertility of soil. Farmers can use such information to manage crops fertilizing or watering. To demonstrate this idea, we have mapped the soil volatiles at different places and having different types of soil, using laboratory-made portable e-nose and mobile e-nose robot. |
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Development of the Portable Two-Wheeled Inverted Pendulum Type Personal Vehicle |
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Hiroki Hata, Takashi Takimoto(Kitakyushu National College of Technology, Japan) |
| Some inverted pendulum type personal mobility devices have already been invented.However, they can't go over the obstacles such as stairs or curbs.
In order to resolve this problem, we have developed a Portable Personal Vehicle .It is light and small enough to carry in comparison with others.
It is maneuvered by detecting the vehicle's angle with accelerometer and gyroscope.
When an operator applies the body weight onto a front foot plate, the vehicle leans to the front and its angle is detected, then the vehicle goes forward.
Because it doesn't have a handlebar, we can drive it without hands. |
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