RO-MAN 2003 Program

 

Friday, October 31 - Sunday, November 2, 2003

Westin San Francisco Airport Hotel, Millbrae, CA

 

Session

Date

Time (# papers)

Track A

Track B

 

 

Friday

17:00-20:00

Opening of Conference: Welcome by Organizers and Reception

 

 

18:00-19:00

Plenary Speech: Akira Kaneuji,
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

 

Saturday

09:00-09:30

Message from the Organizers

 

 

09:30-10:30

Plenary Speech:  Prof. Günter Niemeyer,
Stanford University

 

 

10:30-11:00

Break

1

 

11:00-12:15 (5)

Mobile Robot Navigation

Face and Character Recognition

 

 

12:15-13:45

Lunch

2

 

13:45-15:30 (7)

Rehabilitation

Gaze and Gesture Detection

 

 

15:30-16:00

Break

 

 

16:00-17:00

Plenary Speech: Ty Boyce,

Edge Innovations, Inc.

 

 

17:00-18:00

Break

 

 

18:00-22:00

Bus to SF, Cruise on Bay, Return to Hotel

3

Sunday

08:30-10:00 (6)

Haptics

Interaction Design for Adaptation I

 

 

10:00-10:30

Break

4

 

10:30-12:00 (6)

Verbal and Audio Interfaces

Interaction Design for Adaptation II

 

 

12:00-14:00

Lunch

5

 

14:00-15:15 (5)

Walking Robots

Teaching and Skill Transfer

 

 

15:15-15:45

Break

6

 

15:45-17:00 (5)

Physical Interactive Systems

Computer/Psychological Issues

 

 

17:00-17:30

Break

 

 

17:30-19:00

Closing Remarks; Farewell Reception; 

Close of Conference

 

 

1A    Mobile Robot Navigation

1A1     Multiple Camera Image Interface for Operating Mobile Robot

Kohsei Matsumoto, Jun Ota, Tamio Arai

1A2     Translucent View for Robot Tele-operation

Haruhiko Tatsumi, Yasushi Mae, Tatsuo Arai, Kenji Inoue

1A3     Multi-Scale Imaging or Non-symbolic Visualization of Maneuvering Affordance

Kohji Kamejima

1A4     Roaming Stripes: Smooth Reactive Navigation in a Partially Known Environment

Antonio Sgorbissa, Renato Zaccaria

1A5     Dynamic Work Space Surveillance for Mobile Robot Assistants

Andreas Stopp, Thomas Baldauf, Sven Horstmann, Steen Kristensen

 

1B    Face and Character Recognition

1B1     Development of Character Robots for Human-Robot Mutual Communication

Fumihito Arai, Daisuke Tachibana, Myung-Jin Jung, Toshio Fukuda, Yasuhisa Hasegawa

1B2     From HCI to HRI - Usability Inspection in Multimodal Human - Robot Interactions

O. Mayora-Ibarra, E. Sucar, H. Aviles, C. Miranda-Palma

1B3     Generating Animatable 3D Virtual Faces from Scan Data

Yu Zhang, Terence Sim

1B4     Face Recognition Using Support Vector Machines with the Robust Feature

Guang Dai, Changle Zhou

1B5     Matching Robot Appearance and Behavior to Tasks to Improve Human-Robot Cooperation

Jennifer Goetz, Sara Kiesler, Aaron Powers

 

2A    Rehabilitation

2A1     Model-based Walking Support System with Wearable Walking Helper

Takahiko Nakamura, Kazuhiro Kosuge

2A2     Power Assist Method for HAL-3 Estimating Operator's Intention Based on Motion Information

Hiroaki Kawamoto, Shigehiro Kanbe, Yoshiyuki Sankai

2A3     Analysis of Exoskeletal Robotic Orthoses Concerning Possibility of Assistance and User's Safety

Kiyoshi Nagai, Isao Nakanishi

2A4     Using Augmented Reality to Improve Walking in Stroke Survivors

David L. Jaffe

2A5     Motion Control of Omni-directional Type Walking Support System "Walking Helper"

Yasuhisa Hirata, Takahiro Baba, Kazuhiro Kosuge

2A6     Facial Feature Interfaced Cybernetic Experiments

John Siegel, Victoria Croasdell-Siegel

2A7     Estimation of User's Attention based on Gaze and Environment Measurements for Robotic Wheelchair

Yoshihisa Adachi, Kenji Goto, Abdelaziz Khiat,  Yoshio Matsumoto, Tsukasa Ogasawara

 

2B    Gaze and Gesture Detection

2B1     Can We Feel a Gaze Pressure from a Robot? ‹ Development of an Eye-contact Robot

Akira Ito, Shunsuke Hayakawa, Kouji Motokata, Kazunori Terada

2B2     Attentional Coupling as a Prerequisite for Social Interaction

Hideki Kozima, Cocoro Nakagawa, Hiroyuki Yano

2B3     Six-DOF Force-Torque Transducer for Wheelchair Control by Means of Body Motion

Milan Kvasnica

2B4     Toward Gaze-based Proactive Support for Web Readers

Abdelaziz Khiat, Yoshio Matsumoto, Tsukasa Ogasawara

2B5     A Real-Time Target Tracking Method Applicable to a Robot¹s Vision

Toyohiro Hayashi, Shuichi Enokida, Toshiaki Ejima

2B6     Visual Recognition of Gestures using Dynamic Naive Bayesian Classifiers

Hèctor Hugo Avilès-Arriaga, Luis Enrique Sucar, Carlos Eduardo Mendoza, Blanca Vargas

2B7     Signal Processing of the Accelerometer for Gesture Awareness on Handheld Devices

I.J. Jang, W.B. Park

3A    Haptics

3A1     Steady-Hand Teleoperation with Virtual Fixtures

Jake J. Abbott, Gregory D. Hager, Allison M. Okamura

3A2     A Control Algorithm and Preliminary User Studies for a Bone Drilling Medical Training System

Hasan Esen, Ken'ichi Yano, Martin Buss

3A3     Development of dental training system with haptic display

D. X. Wang , Y. R. Zhang, Y. H. Wang,P. J. Lu,  Y. Wang

3A4     A Multi-Finger Haptic Interface for Visually Impaired People

C.A. Avizzano, S. Marcheschi, M.Angerilli, M. Fontana, M. Bergamasco, T.Gutierrez, M. Mannegeis

3A5     Hand ‹ A Haptic System for Analysis and Driving of Hand Movements in an Augmented Reality Environment

L. Martorella, G. Di Pietro, G. Docile, M. Bergamasco

3A6     Validating a Skill Transfer System Based on Reactive Robots Technology

Jorge Solis, Carlo Alberto Avizzano, Massimo Bergamasco

 

3B    Interaction Design for Adaptation I

3B1     Active Teaching for an Interactive Learning Robot

Daisuke Katagami, Seiji Yamada

3B2     Triface: The Interactions between Human, Robot and Environment

Koji Morikawa, Natsuki Oka

3B3     Can You Communicate with Me? ‹ An Experimental Design How Humans Regard Artificial Agents as Communication Partners

Takanori Komatsu, Atsushi Utsunomiya, Kazuhiro Ueda, Natsuki Oka

3B4     Generating Common Quality of Sense by Directed Interaction

Michita Imai, Mariko Narumi

3B5     CDBMS: Database Management System for a Communication Robot

Satoru Satake, Hideyuki Kawashima, Michita Imai

 

4A    Verbal and Audio Interfaces

4A1     Effects of a Speech-Driven Embodied Interactive Actor "InterActor" on Talker's Speech Characteristics

Tomio Watanabe, Ryusei Danbara, Masashi Okubo

4A2     Time Lag Effects of Utterance to Communicative Actions on Robot-Human Greeting Interaction

Michiya Yamamoto , Tomio Watanabe

4A3     Robot Position Control via Voice Instruction Including Ambiguous Expressions of Degree

Shinya Kajikawa, Shigeyoshi Hiratsuka, Tadashi Ishihara, Hikaru Inooka

4A4     Probabilistic Integration of Audiovisual Information to Localize Sound Source in Human-Robot Interaction

Chen Bin, Mitsuhiko Meguro, Masahide Kaneko

4A5     New Ensemble System Based on Mutual Entrainment

Yohei Kobayashi, Yoshihiro Miyake

4A6     Co-Creative Communication in Musical Performance

Tomohito Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Miyake

 

4B    Interaction Design for Adaptation II

4B1     An Embodied Agent that Sends Nonverbal Conversational Signals Consistent with those of the Partner during a Dialogue

Koh Kakusho, Junko Itou, Michihiko Minoh

4B2     Estimating a User Model with the Action Sequences in the Mind Reading Game between a Human and a Life-like Agent

Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Koji Ohnishi, Munehisa Agari, Seiji Yamada

4B3     A Tool for Animated Agents in Network-Based Negotiation

Masahide Yuasa, Yoshiaki Yasumura, Katsumi Nitta

4B4     The Role that the Internal Model of the Other Plays in Cooperative Behavior

Keisuke Kondo, Ikuko Nishikawa

4B5     Exploiting Value Statistics for Similar Continuing Tasks

Fumihide Tanaka, Masayuki Yamamura

 

5A    Walking Robots

5A1     Gait Control of Human and Humanoid on Irregular Terrain Considering Interaction with Environment

Kenta Suzuki, Haruki Imai, Yuichiro Kawamura, Yoshiyuki Sankai

5A2     Human Walk Pitch Extraction by Robot Vision ‹ Towards Human Robot Synchronized Walking based on Neural Oscillator Entrainment

Kosuke Okabe, Hiroshi Mizoguchi, Daiki Maruyama, Kazuyuki Hiraoka, Takaomi Shigehara, Masaru Tanaka, Taketoshi Mishima

5A3     Ultrasonic Sensor Disk for Detecting Muscular Force

Takayuki Tanaka, Shigeki Hori, Ryusuke Yamaguchi, Maria Q. Feng, Shunji Moromugi

5A4     Development of Mechanical System for a Small Biped Entertainment

Tatsuzo Ishida, Yoshihiro Kuroki, Jin'ichi Yamaguchi

5A5     A Small Biped Entertainment Robot Exploring Human-Robot Interactive Applications

Yoshihiro Kuroki, Tetsuharu Fukushima, Ken'ichir  Nagasaka, Tomohisa Moridaira, Toshi T. Doi, Jin'ichi Yamaguchi

 

5B    Teaching and Skill Transfer

5B1     Toward Programming of Assembly Tasks by Demonstration in Virtual Environments

Jacopo Aleotti, Stefano Caselli, Monica Reggiani

5B2     Skill Transfer in a Simulated Underactuated Dynamic Task

Marcia K. O'Malley, Abhishek Gupta

5B3     Co-creation in Man-Machine Interaction

Yoshihiro Miyake

5B4     Co-emergence Processes in Cooperation between Humans

Takeshi Muto, Yoshihiro Miyake

5B5     Collaboration Support System by Using Viewpoint Switching for 3D Shape Evaluation in Virtual Space

Masashi Okubo, Tomio Watanabe

 

6A    Physical Interactive Systems

6A1     Interactive Trajectory Generation using Evolutionary Programming for a Partner Robot

Naoyuki Kubota, Yusuke Nojima, Indra Adji Sulistijono, Fumio Kojima

6A2     KITARO: Kyutech Intelligent and Tender Autonomous Robot

Shuichi Enokida, Shuichi Kouno, Nobuyuki Kimura, Toshiaki Ejima

6A3     Interactive Experiments between Creature and Robot in Basic Research on the Coexistence between Human and Robot

Hiroyuki Ishii, Tomohide Aoki, Kenta Moribe, Masaki Nakasuji, Hiroyasu Miwa, Atsuo Takanishi

6A4     Previous Notice Method of Three Dimensional Robotic Arm Motion for Suppressing Threat to Humans

Ryojun Ikeura, Atsushi Hagiwara, Takashi Kosha, Kazuki Mizutani

6A5     Trajectory Drawing System using a Parallel Wire Drive Mechanism

Minoru Hashimoto, Daisuke Morooka

6A6     Embodied Vision - Perceiving Objects from Actions

Artur M. Arsenio

 

6B    Cognitive/Psychological Issues

6B1     On Proposing the Concept of Robot Anxiety and Considering Measurement of It

Tatsuya Nomura, Takayuki Kanda

6B2     To Help or Not to Help a Service Robot

Helge Hüttenrauch, Kerstin Severinson Eklundh

6B3     A Method for Coupling of Belief Systems through Human-robot Language Interaction

Naoto Iwahashi

6B4     Construction of Virtual KANSEI by Petri-net with GA and Method of Constructing Personality

Yutaka Miyaji, Ken Tomiyama

6B5     Subjective Evaluation of a Seal Robot at the National Museum of Science and Technology in Stockholm

Takanori Shibata, Kazuyoshi Wada, Kazuo Tanie

6B6     The Hug: An Exploration of Robotic Form For Intimate Communication

Carl DiSalvo, Francine Gemperle, Jodi Forlizzi, Elliott Montgomery