Conference Schedule
6:30-9:00pm Welcome Reception and Pre-registration Chiang-Mai Orchid Hotel |
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Opening Ceremony |
Plenary Session 1 Mechatronics and engineering research in Thailand Dr. Djitt Laowattana Institute of Field Robotics King Mongkut's University of Technology, Thonburi, Thailand |
Morning Tea/Coffee |
TuA1: Industrial Applications I 10.50am: Active Control of Internal Turning Operations Using a Boring Bar; Linus Pettersson; Sweden 11.15am: Fabric Defect Classification using Wavelet Frames and Minimum Classification Error Training; Grantham Pang; Hong Kong 11.40am: Multi sensor fusion in a flexible workcell environment; Devendra P. Garg; USA 12.05pm: Automatic foundry brake disc inspection through different computer vision techniques, using a new 3D calibration method; Pedro Martín Lerones; Spain |
TuA2: Agriculture and Food I 10.50am: A Prototype Mechatronic System for Inspection of Date Fruits; Abdulrahman A. Al-janobi; Saudi Arabia 11.15am: Autonomous Agricultural Robot; Mark Pythian; Australia 11.40am: Visual counting of macadamia nuts; John Billingsley; Australia 12.05pm: Machine vision application to grading of white pepper berries; Mani Maran Ratnam; Malaysia
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Lunch Thai buffet |
TuP1: Manufacturing Mechatronics Design I 1.45pm: The resolving of tasks of dynamics for control of the single-planimetric multimobile manipulator; Korgan Sholanov; Kazakhstan 2.10pm: Design and Control of A Parallel Robot Based on The Design For Control Approach; Cheryl Qing Li; Singapore 2.35pm: Development of Fibre Optical Switch Assembly Alignment Machine; Nitin V. Afzulpurkar, Thailand |
TuP2: Vision I 1.45pm: Self-Calibration of An Active Vision System for 3D Robot Vision; Y. F. Li; Hong Kong 2.10pm: Silicon Retina Sensing guided by Omni-directional Vision; Vlatko Becanovic; Germany 2.35pm: Imaging through moving scattering media comparison between averaging
and "or minimum" methods; E. Juliastuti Mustafa; Indonesia
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Afternoon Tea/Coffee |
TuP3: Industrial applications II 3.20pm: Force-guided Compliant Motion in Robotic Assembly: Notch-locked Assembly Task; Kong Suh Chin; Malaysia 3.45pm: Tool calibration of a robot by force and torque sensing; Nitin V. Afzulpurkar, Thailand 4.10pm: Mechatronic Strategies for automation of the ConformTM Extrusion Process; K. Khawaja; UK 4.35pm: The New Method for Thickness Measurement of Calendered Rubber
Based on Non-Contact Laser Sensors and Geometrical Surface Characterization;
Petar B. Petrovic; Yugoslavia
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TuP4: Design of mechatronic systems 3.20pm: Development of a NOVEL multi-module manipulator system: dynamic model and prototype design; Clarence W. de Silva; Canada 3.45pm: Prediction of parameters to avoid vehicle roll over using artificial neural networks; V Karri; New Zealand 4.10pm: Intelligent Control of a Novel manipulator with Slewing and Deployable Links; V. J. Modi; Canada 4.35pm: Imitation Model of Mechatronical Modulus of Motion; Korgan Sholanov; Kazakhstan
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Khun-Toke Dinner (Thai northern style+performance) at Old Chiang Mai Culture Centre |
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Plenary Session II The future of Mechatronics John Billingsley University of Southern Queensland, Australia |
Morning Tea/Coffee |
WeA1: Mobile Robotics II 10.35am: A new Beacon Navigation System; Eduardo Zalama; Spain 11.00am: Space and Time Sensor Fusion and Multi-Sensor Integration for Indoor Mobile Robot Navigation; Tae-Seok, Jin; Korea 11.25am: Model Based Automation for Tracked Ground Vehicles with Onboard Manipulators; Yahya H. Zweiri; UK 11.50am: Navigation and localisation devices and the concept for
mobile robots; Carsten Hillenbrand; Germany
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WeA2: Medical and telerobotic applications 10.35am: A Novel Mechatronic System for Minimally Invasive Lumpectomy of the Breast Tissue; Sunita Chauhan; Singapore 11.00am: Multi-purpose Autonomous Robust Carrier for Hospitals (MARCH): Principles, Design, and Implementation; P Sooraksa; Thailand 11.25am: Gesture recognition for commanding robots with the aid of mechatronic data-glove and hidden Markov model; K. P. Liu; Hong Kong 11.50am: Modelling semantics and development of a generic user-interactive client-server module for efficient two-way data communication between multiple devices in a wide-area network; Debanik Roy; India |
Lunch Chinese Buffet |
WeP1: Human Interaction 1.30pm: Development of Chinese Calligraphy Robot; Fenghui Yao; Japan 1.55pm: Automated People Counting Using Model Template Matching and Head Search; Grantham Pang; Hong Kong 2.20pm: Automatic Facial Expression Recognition for Human-Robot Interaction; A.Z. Kouzani; Australia 2.45pm: Development of an expressive social robot; Salvador Dominguez; Spain |
WeP2: Mobile robotics I 1.30pm: Communication with an underwater ROV using ultrasonic transmission; T M Law; Hong Kong 1.55pm: Reactive Agent Architecture for Underwater Robotics Vehicles; J.H. Ho; Singapore 2.20pm: A Study on the Control of AUV’s Homing and Docking; Kyu-Hyun Oh; Korea 2.45pm: Autonomous Mobile Robot with Flexible Locomotive Mechanism;
Maki K. Habib; Malaysia
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Afternoon Tea/Coffee |
WeP3: Manipulator and actuator design 3.30pm: Design of A Gravity Compensation System for A Flexible Structure Mounted Manipulator; Theeraphong Wongratanaphisan; Thailand 3.55pm: Design of a Sliding mode Model Following Control (SMFC) for DC Servomotor Drivers; Phongsak Phakamach; Thailand 4.20pm: On-line Evolution of Robot Arm Control Programs Using a Memorised Function; Worasait Suwannik; Thailand 4.45pm: Force passivity in fixturing and grasping; Michael Yu Wang;
Hong Kong
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WeP4: Mechatronics Education 3.30pm: Massey Mechatronics - Designing Intelligent Machines; W.L. Xu; New Zealand 3.55pm: An Educational Tutorial for an Autonomous Omni-Directional Six-Legged Beetle Robot; Frank Nickols; Singapore 4.20pm: Modern mechatronic curriculum for multidisciplinary engineering; Tim Gale; New Zealand 4.45pm: ROCON – A Virtual Construction Kit, Visualization Tool
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Conference Banquet at Amari Rincome Hotel |
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Plenary Session III Underwater robotics research at CityU Hong Kong Robin Bradbeer City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
Morning Tea/Coffee |
ThA1: Agriculture and Food II/Sensors 10.35am: Real Time Inspection of Beans Using a Line Scan Camera; Taeho Kim; Korea 11.00am: Control of the sugar cane harvester topper; Stuart McCarthy; Australia 11.25am: Mechatronics and robotisation in agriculture; Maki K Habib; Malaysia 11.50pm: An efficient distributive tactile sensor for recognising contacting objects; P.Tongpadungrod; Thailand 12.15pm: CAD Based Automatic Surface Scanning Using Optical Range Sensors; Fernando A. Rodrigues Martins; Portugal |
ThA2: Vision II 10.35am: Measuring Flank Tool Wear on Cutting Tools with Machine Vision - A Case Solution; Alexandre Orth; Brazil 11.00am: A Floating Point Genetic Algorithm for Affine Invariant Matching of Object Shapes; Peter Tsang, Hong Kong 11.25am: Using a Panoramic Camera for 3D Head Tracking in an AR Environment; B.Giesler; Germany 11.50am: A Mechatronics Approach for Automatic Removal of Contaminants from Wool; A. Dehghani; UK 12.15pm: A visual sensor to measure the position and orientation of
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Lunch Western-style Buffet |
ThA3: Special Invited Session MEMS 2.00pm: Automated Micro-Assembly of MOEMS by Centrifugal Force; King W. C. Lai; Hong Kong 2.20pm: Haptic Tactile Feedback in Teleoperation of Multifingered Robot Hand; Yantao Shen; Hong Kong 2.40pm: On-line Model Learning for Robotic Manipulations; Yu Sun; USA 3.00pm: A Better Data Transmission Protocol for Internet-based Teleoperation; Peter X. Liu; Canada 3.20pm: A PVDF-based micro-Newton force sesning system for automated micro-manipulation; Carmen K M Fung, Hong Kong |
Afternoon Tea/Coffee |
Closing Session |
Lake Side Dinner at Galae |