2006 6th International Conference

on Humanoid Robots

 

December 4-6, 2006 – Genoa, Italy

 

Abstracts

 

 

 

IEEE- Robotics & Automation

Italian Institute of Technology

University of Genoa

Japan Robotics Society

 

The proceedings of the Humanoids 2006 Conference are copyrighted by IEEE R&A Society
IEEE Cat. No. 06EX1315C
ISBN 1-4244-0200-X
Library of Congress 2006920947

 

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December 5th 2006

 

9h00 - 10h00

Invited Talk

Rüdiger Dillmann - University of Karlsruhe, Germany:

Perception and Understanding of Human Activities by Humanoid Robots

 

10h30 - 12h30 Oral Session - I

Multimodal Control

 

Time
ID

Title

Authors

10h30

10h50

94

Segmentation, Memorization, Recognition and Abstraction of Humanoid Motions based on Correlations and Associative Memory

Hideki Kadone and Yoshihiko Nakamura

11h10

11h30

185

Vision based behavior verification system of humanoid robot for daily environment tasks

Kei Okada, Mitsuharu Kojima, Yuuichi Sagawa, Toshiyuki Ichino, Kenji Sato and Masayuki Inaba

11h30

11h50

144

Localisation for Autonomous Humanoid Navigation

Simon Thompson and Satoshi Kagami

11h50

12h10

49

Detection and Localization of Multiple Objects

Stefan Zickler and Manuela Veloso

12h10

12h30

138

Speech Recognition for a Robot with Motor Noise Utilizing Missing Feature Theory

Yoshitaka Nishimura, Mikio Nakano, Kazuhiro Nakadai, Hiroshi Tsujino and Mitsuru Ishizuka

 

14h00 - 16h20 - Oral Session - II

Human-Robot Interaction

 

Time

ID

Title

Authors

14h00

14h20

137

Active Learning of Joint Attention

Marek Doniec, Ganghua Sun and Brian Scassellati

14h20

14h40

121

Imitation Learning of Dual-Arm Manipulation Tasks in Humanoid Robots

Tamim Asfour, Florian Gyarfas, Pedram Azad and Rüdiger Dillmann

14h40

15h00

17

Biologically motivated visual behaviors for humanoids: Learning to interact and learning in interaction

Christian Goerick, Heiko Wersing, Inna Mikhailova and Stephan Kirstein

15h00

15h20

52

Playing a different imitation game: Interaction with an Empathic Android Robot

Frank Hegel, Thorsten Spexard, Thurid Vogt, Gernot Horstmann and Britta Wrede

15h20

15h40

163

Learning Causality and Intention in Human Actions

Somboon Hongeng

15h40

16h00

172

A Sensory-Motor Language for Human Activity Understanding

Gutemberg Guerra-Filho and Yiannis Aloimonos

16h00

16h20

176

Gesture Recognition for Humanoids using Proto-symbol Space

Naoki Kojo, Tetsunari Inamura, Kei Okada and Masayuki Inaba

 


16h50 - 18h10 - Oral Session - III

Manipulatory Skills

Time

ID

Title

Authors

16h50

17h10

29

Dexterous Skills Transfer by Extending Human Body Schema to a Robotic Hand

Erhan Oztop, Mike Lin, Mitsuo Kawato and Gordon Cheng

17h10

17h30

30

Unconstrained Real-time Markerless Hand Tracking for Humanoid Interaction

Thomas Gumpp, Pedram Azad, Kai Welke, Erhan Oztop, Rudiger Dillmann and Gordon Cheng

17h30

17h50

128

Humanoid Mobile Manipulation Using Controller Refinement

VIDEO-CLIP

Robert Platt, Robert Burridge, Myron Diftler, Jodi Graf, Michael Goza and Eric Huber

17h50

18h10

136

Manipulation in Human Environments

Aaron Edsinger and Charles Kemp

 

 

Poster Session - I

 

ID

Title

Authors

11

Programming by Cooperation: Perceptual-Motor Sequence Learning via Human-Robot Interaction

Jean-David Boucher and Peter Ford Dominey

14

A Team of Humanoid Game Commentators

Manuela Veloso, Nicholas Armstrong-Crews, Sonia Chernova, Elisabeth Crawford, Colin McMillen, Maayan Roth and Douglas Vail

19

Controlled Passive Walker Veronica Powered by Actuators with Independent Control of Equilibrium Position and Compliance

Ronald Van Ham, Bram Vanderborght, Björn Verrelst, Michaël Van Damme and Dirk Lefeber

20

Locomotion Control Architecture for the Pneumatic Biped Lucy consisting of a Trajectory Generator and Joint Trajectory Tracking Controller

VIDEO-CLIP

Bram Vanderborght, Björn Verrelst, Michaël Van Damme, Ronald Van Ham, Pieter Beyl and Dirk Lefeber

26

Supervising Remote Humanoids Across Intermediate Time Delay

Kimberly Hambuchen, William Bluethmann, S. Michael Goza, Robert Ambrose, Kenneth Rabe and Mark Allan

27

How does a Balancing Motion of a Humanoid Robots Affect a Human Motion and Impression?

Masayuki Kakio, Takahiro Miyashita, Noriaki Mitsunaga, Hiroshi Ishiguro and Norihiro Hagita

28

Dynamic Pen Spinning Using a High-speed Multifingered Hand with High-speed Tactile Sensor

Tatsuya Ishihara, Akio Namiki, Masatoshi Ishikawa and Makoto Shimojo

36

Fast and Robust Feature-based Recognition of Multiple Objects

Kai Welke, Pedram Azad and Rüdiger Dillmann

37

A Walking Pattern Generator around Singularity

Akinori Sekiguchi, Yuki Atobe, Koki Kameta, Yuichi Tsumaki and Dragomir Nenchev

38

A Humanoid Two-Arm System for Dexterous Manipulation

Christian Ott, Oliver Eiberger, Werner Friedl, Berthold Bäuml, Ulrich Hillenbrand, Christoph Borst, Alin Albu-Schäffer, Bernhard Brunner, Heiko Hirschmüller, Simon Kielhöfer, Rainer Konietschke, Michael Suppa, Thomas Wimböck, Franziska Zacharias and Gerd Hirzinger

40

Design and Control of 2D Biped that can Walk and Run with Pneumatic Artificial Muscles

Koh Hosoda, Takashi Takuma and Atsushi Nakamoto

42

Learning feature representations for an object recognition system

Kai Welke, Erhan Oztop, Ales Ude, Rüdiger Dillmann and Gordon Cheng

45

A Novel Humanoid Binaural 3D Sound Localization and Separation Algorithm

Fakheredine Keyrouz, Werner Maier and Klaus Diepold

46

Information-Based Gaze Direction Planning Algorithm for SLAM

Georgios Lidoris, Kolja Kühnlenz, Dirk Wollherr and Martin Buss

48

Upper Body of a new Humanoid Robot – the Design of ARMAR III

Albert Albers, Sven Brudniok, Korkiat Sedchaicharn and Christian Sauter

50

Robot learning of upper-body human motion by active imitation

Juan Pedro Bandera Rubio, Rebeca Marfil Robles, Luis Molina-Tanco, Juan Antonio Rodríguez Fernández, Antonio Bandera Rubio and Francisco Sandoval Hernández

54

The Task Matrix Framework for Platform-Independent Humanoid Programming

Evan Drumwright, Victor Ng-Thow-Hing and Maja Mataric'

58

A Behavior Level Operation System for Humanoid Robots

Ee Sian Neo, Ken-ichi Maruyama, Takeshi Sakaguchi, Yoshihiro Kawai and Kazuhito Yokoi

62

The Tele-operation of the Humanoid Robot -Whole Body Operation for Humanoid Robots in Contact with Environment-

Hitoshi Hasunuma, Kensuke Harada and Hirohisa Hirukawa

63

Robust speech recognition system for communication robots in real environments

Carlos Toshinori Ishi, Shigeki Matsuda, Takayuki Kanda, Takatoshi Jitsuhiro, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Satoshi Nakamura and Norihiro Hagita

65

A Visual Attention Framework for Search Behavior by a Humanoid Robot

Francois Saidi, Olivier Stasse and Kazuhito Yokoi

67

Design and Development of Biped Humanoid Robot, AMI2 for Social Interaction with Human

Yong-Ho Seo, Yeong-Nam Chae, Il-Woong Jeong, Won-Hyung Kang and Hyun-S Yang

70

Advanced Distributed Architecture for a Small Biped Robot Control

Miguel Albero Gil, Franciosco Blanes Nogera, Gines Benet Gilabert, Jose Simo and Javier Coronel

72

Conversation Robot with the Function of Gaze Recognition

VIDEO-CLIP

Shinya Fujie, Toshihiko Yamahata and Tetsunori Kobayashi

77

A Methodological Approach to Design of Soft Fingertips for Humanoid Robot Hands

Antonio Sardo, Paolo Tiezzi and Gabriele Vassura

79

A Cognitive Architecture for Flexible Imitative Interaction Using Tools and Objects

Ryo Fukano, Yasuo Kuniyoshi and Akihiko Nagakubo

80

The Relationship between Contingency and Complexity in a Lifelike Humanoid Robot

Fumitaka Yamaoka, Takayuki Kanda, Hiroshi Ishiguro and Norihiro Hagita

81

A closed-form inverse kinematic modelling of a 7R anthropomorphic upper limb based on a joint parametrization

Bertrand Tondu

83

Online Biped Walking Pattern Generation for Humanoid Robot KHR-3 (KAIST Humanoid Robot-3: HUBO)

Ill-Woo Park, Jung-Yup Kim and Jun-Ho Oh

85

A Robot That Can Engage in Both Task-Oriented and Non-Task-Oriented Dialogues

Mikio Nakano, Atsushi Hoshino, Johane Takeuchi, Yuji Hasegawa, Toyotaka Torii, Kazuhiro Nakadai, Kazuhiko Kato and Hiroshi Tsujino

87

An Affect-Expression Space Model of the Face in a Mascot-Type Robot

Hui Sung Lee, Jeong Woo Park and Myoung Jin Chung

88

Exploring the dynamic walking range of the biped robot "Runbot" with an active upper-body component

VIDEO-CLIP

Poramate Manoonpong, Tao Geng and Florentin Woergoetter


December 6th 2006

9h00 - 10h00

Invited Talk

Giacomo Rizzolatti - University of Parma, Italy:

Cortical Mechanisms for Recognition of Actions and Intentions

 

 

10h30 - 12h30 - Oral Session - IV

Locomotion

Time
ID

Title

Authors

10h30

10h50

6

Ankle springs instead of arc-shaped feet for passive dynamic walkers

Martijn Wisse, Daan Hobbelen, Remco Rotteveel, Stuart Anderson and Garth Zeglin

11h10

11h30

9

Dynamically Stepping Over Obstacles by the Humanoid Robot HRP-2

VIDEO-CLIP

Björn Verrelst, Olivier Stasse, Kazuhito Yokoi and Bram Vanderborght

11h30

11h50

16

Controlling velocity in bipedal walking: A dynamic programming approach

Thijs Mandersloot, Martijn Wisse and Christopher Atkeson

11h50

12h10

112

Optimizing principles underlying the shape of trajectories in goal oriented locomotion for humans

Gustavo Arechavaleta, Jean-Paul Laumond, Halim Hicheur and Alain Berthoz

12h10

12h30

157

Trajectory Free Linear Model Predictive Control for Stable Walking in the Presence of Strong Perturbations

Pierre-Brice Wieber

 

14h00 - 16h20 - Oral Session - V

Humanoid Platforms

Time
ID

Title

Authors

14h00

14h20

154

James: A Humanoid Robot Acting over an Unstructured World

Lorenzo Jamone, Giorgio Metta, Francesco Nori and Giulio Sandini

14h20

14h40

161

Design of a Humanoid Robot Eye: Models and Experiments

VIDEO-CLIP

Giorgio Cannata, Mirko D'Andrea and Marco Maggiali

14h40

15h00

100

Evaluation of Android Using Unconscious Recognition

Michihiro Shimada, Takashi Minato, Shoji Itakura and Hiroshi Ishiguro

15h00

15h20

101

Composition and Evaluation of the Humanlike Motions of an Android

Motoko Noma, Naoki Saiwaki, Shoji Itakura and Hiroshi Ishiguro

15h20

15h40

107

ARMAR-III: An Integrated Humanoid Platform for Sensory-Motor Control

Tamim Asfour, Kristian Regensteine, Pedram Azad, Joachim Schröder, Alexander Bierbaum, Niko Vahrenkamp and Rüdiger Dillmann

15h40

16h00

181

Realization of Standing of the Musculoskeletal Humanoid Kotaro by Reinforcing Muscles

Ikuo Mizuuchi, Yuto Nakanishi, Tomoaki Yoshikai, Yoshinao Sodeyama, Yuta Namiki, Tamaki Nishino, Junichi Urata and Masayuki Inaba

16h00

16h20

182

CB: A Humanoid Research Platform for Exploring NeuroScience

Gordon Cheng, Sang-ho Hyon, Jun Morimoto, Ales Ude and Stephen C. Jacobsen

 

16h50 - 18h30 - Oral Session - VI

Balance Control

Time
ID

Title

Authors

16h50

17h10

39

Whole body posture controller based on inertial forces

VIDEO-CLIP

Victor Nunez, Nelly Nadjar-Gauthier, Kazuhito Yokoi, Pierre Blazevic and Olivier Stasse

17h10

17h30

131

Gravity Compensation on Humanoid Robot Control with Robust Joint Servo and Non-integrated Rate-gyroscope

Tomomichi Sugihara and Yoshihiko Nakamura

17h30

17h50

153

Capture Point: A Step toward Humanoid Push Recovery

Jerry Pratt, John Carff, Sergey Drakunov and Ambarish Goswami

17h50

18h10

96

Task-driven Support Polygon Reshaping for Humanoids

Eiichi Yoshida, Oussama Kanoun, Claudia Esteves and Jean-Paul Laumond

18h10

18h30

55

Gravity Compensation and Full-Body Balancing for Humanoid Robots

Sang-Ho Hyon and Gordon Cheng

 

 

Poster Session - II

ID

Title

Authors

92

Humanoid Robot's Autonomous Acquisition of Proto-Symbols through Motion Segmentation

Wataru Takano and Yoshihiko Nakamura

93

Hierarchical Concept Formation in Associative Memory Models and its Application to Memory of Motions for Humanoid Robots

Hideki Kadone and Yoshihiko Nakamura

98

Implementation of a neurophysiologic model of saccadic movements on an anthropomorphic robotic head

Luigi Manfredi, Eliseo Stefano Maini, Cecilia Laschi, Paolo Dario, Benoit Girard, Nicolas Tabareau and Alain Berthoz

104

Learning Dynamical System Modulation for Constrained Reaching Tasks

Micha Hersch, Florent Guenter, Sylvain Calinon and Aude Billard

106

Design of the Lower body for the Robotic Baby "iCub"

Nikolaos Tsagarakis, Martin Sinclair, Francesco Becchi, Giulio Sandini and Darwin Caldwell

108

Pneumatic Muscle Actuators for Humanoid applications - Sensor and Valve Integration

Steve Davis and Darwin Caldwell

113

Gesture translation for heterogeneous robots

Takahiro Miyashita, Kazuhiko Shinozawa and Norihiro Hagita

114

Humanoid stereo head with augmented mobility

VIDEO-CLIP

Matteo Zoppi and Rezia Molfino

116

The Uncanny Valley and the Search for Human Skin-Like Materials for a Prosthetic Fingertip

John-John Cabibihan, Stéphane Pattofatto, Moez Jomâa, Ahmed Benallal, Maria Chiara Carrozza and Paolo Dario

119

DIEES Biped Robot: A bio-inspired Pneumatic Platform for Human Locomotion Analysis and Stiffness Control

Giacomo Spampinato and Giovanni Muscato

120

Sensory-Motor Manifold Structure Induced by Task Outcome: Experiments with Robonaut.

VIDEO-CLIP

Richard Alan Peters II, Odest Chadwicke Jenkins and Robert E. Bodenheimer

122

Automatic Categorization of Haptic Interactions - What are the Typical Haptic Interactions Between a Human and a Robot?

Taichi Tajika, Takahiro Miyashita, Hiroshi Ishiguro and Norihiro Hagita

123

See, walk, and kick: Humanoid robots start to play soccer

Sven Behnke, Michael Schreiber, Joerg Stueckler and Hauke Stasdat

124

Learning Grasp Context Distinctions that Generalize

Robert Platt, Roderic Grupen and Andrew Fagg

130

Movement generation using dynamical systems: a drumming humanoid robot

Sarah Degallier, Cristina Santos, Ludovic Righetti and Auke Ijspeert

133

A Storytelling Robot: Modeling and Evaluation of Human-like Gaze Behavior

VIDEO-CLIP

Bilge Mutlu, Jessica Hodgins and Jodi Forlizzi

140

Towards an Optimal Falling Motion for a Humanoid Robot

Kiyoshi Fujiwara, Shuuji Kajita, Kensuke Harada, Kenji Kaneko, Mitsuharu Morisawa, Fumio Kanehiro, Shinichiro Nakaoka and Hirohisa Hirukawa

141

Multi-Functional Intelligent Robot DOC-2

Chyi-Yeu Lin, Po-Chia Jo and Chang-Kuo Tseng

145

Leg Design for a Humanoid Walking Robot

Sebastian Lohmeier, Thomas Buschmann, Markus Schwienbacher, Heinz Ulbrich and Friedrich Pfeiffer

146

Motion Control System that Realizes Physical Interaction between Robot's Hands and Environment during Walk

Koichi Nishiwaki, Woo-Keun Yoon and Satoshi Kagami

148

Analysis and stabilization of the passive walking robot via analogy with the Phase Locked Loop circuits

Masatsugu Iribe and Koichi Osuka

149

Parallel O(logN) Algorithm for Dynamics Simulation of Humanoid Robots

Katsu Yamane and Yoshihiko Nakamura

150

Efficient Collision and Self-Collision Detection for Humanoids Based on Sphere Trees Hierarchies

Klaus Steinbach, James Kuffner, Tamim Asfour and Ruediger Dillmann

155

Coaching: An Approach to Efficiently and Intuitively Create Humanoid Robot Behaviors

Marcia Riley, Ales Ude, Christopher Atkeson and Gordon Cheng

158

Real-Time Self Collision Avoidance for Humanoids by means of Nullspace Criteria and Task Intervals

Hisashi Sugiura, Michael Gienger, Herbert Janssen and Christian Goerick

159

A Biped Gait Planning Allowing Immediate Modification of Foot Placement

Mitsuharu Morisawa, Kensuke Harada, Shuuji Kajita, Kenji Kaneko, Fumio Kanehiro, Kiyoshi Fujiwara, Shunichiro Nakaoka and Hirohisa Hirukawa

162

A Biologically Plausible Bayesian Model of Visual Attention for Humanoid Robots

Momotaz Begum, George K. I. Mann and Raymond Gosine

168

Neural Control of an Underactuated Biped Robot

Nasser Sadati and Kaveh Hamed

174

The Development of Biped Robot MARI-3 for Fast Walking and Running

Atsuo Kawamura and Chi Zhu

177

Grasping of Planar Objects Using Visual Perception

Madjid Boudaba and Alicia Casals

180

The EURON Roboethics Roadmap

Gianmarco Veruggio

183

Attending to Learn and Learning to Attend for a Social Robot

Lijin Aryananda

188

Coordinating Feet in Bipedal Balance

Stuart Anderson, Chris Atkeson and Jessica Hodgins