The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers
Tohoku Chapter 213rd Workshop

Date:    December 12, 2003
Place:   Aoba Memorial Hall 4F, Faculty of Engineering, Tohoku University
           (Address: Aramaki-aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579)
URL:     http://www.eng.tohoku.ac.jp/eng/index-e.html
Access:  15 min. by Taxi from JR Sendai station, or
         20 min. by Bus. Take a bus W7-1, W8-2, or W8-3 at the bus
	 depot No. 9 near Sendai station. Get off at the bus stop
	 "Faculty of Engineering, Tohoku University." Please refer 
         http://www.kotsu.city.sendai.jp/e/index.htm
         for more information about the bus service.
Contact: Takayuki Takahashi
            Graduate School of Information Sciences,
            Department of Applied Information Sciences, 
            Tohoku University
            TEL: 022-217-7024, FAX: 022-217-7023
            E-mail:  taka@robotics.is.tohoku.ac.jp

Program: Speaker is marked by *, Presentation 15 min. Discussion 5 min.

(09:10〜10:30)
213-1  Vibration measurement in emergency transfer
        *Fumie wakamiya, Takahiko Ono, and Hikaru Inooka (Tohoku Univ.)

213-2  Modeling and Analysis of the H-slit Type Beam for Force Sensors
        *Yusuke Tanida, Koyu Abe, Atsushi Konno, and Masaru Uchiyama 
        (Tohoku Univ.)

213-3  Trial manufacture of tactile sensor and measurement of soft flexible
       objects
        Kazuki Fujimoto, Mitsuo Matsuda, Sadao Omata, and Susumu Sakano
        (Nihon Univ.)

213-4  Thermal Biosensor System Utilizing Metal Oxide Thin Film
        *Wataru TANAKA, Shigeki CHIBA, Hiroshi OSADA, and Norio TAYAMA
        (Iwate Univ.)


(10:40〜12:00)
213-5  An algorithm and a simulation of expected traffic congestion on road
       traffic
        Shousuke Suzuki, Masanari Taniguchi, and Tasuku Takagi 
        (Tohoku Bunka Gakuen Univ.)

213-6  Electrical Evaluation System for Tap Water
        Yutaka MINATO, Daisuke IWASAKI, Shigeki CHIBA, Hiroshi OSADA, and
        Norio TAYAMA (Iwate Univ.)

213-7  Development of a Rehabilitation System for Patients with Leg
       Paralysis Based on Virtual Reality
        *Satoko Suzuki, Akira Tanaka, Yasunobu Handa, Kazunori Seki, and
        Makoto Yoshizawa (Tohoku Univ.)

213-8  Development of an Active Display for Teleexistence
        Takuya SATO, *Yuichi TSUMAKI (Hirosaki Univ.)


(13:45〜15:45)
213-9  Reconstruction of Neural Network Vehicle Model on Sloped Terrain
        Zhongxiang ZHU, Ryo RORISU, and Jun-ichi TAKEDA (Iwate Univ.)

213-10 A Study of Neural Adaptive Control on Supercritical Coalfired
       Thermal Power Plant
        Seiko Isomura, and Hiroshi Mizutani (Tohoku Gakuin Univ.)

213-11 Implementation of a Prototyping Environment for Parallel Signal
       Processing Algorithms Using Octave
        Takeshi Obara, Takafumi Aoki (Tohoku Univ.), and Tatsuo Higuchi
        (Tohoku Inst. of Tech.)

213-12 Modular platform for a bilateral master-slave manipulator for
       hydraulic machines
        *Eric ROHMER, Takayuki TAKAHASHI, and Eiji NAKANO (Tohoku Univ.)

213-13 Development of a Ground Experimental Setup for Intra-Vehicular
       Free-Flyer
        *Yasuhiro SASE, Mami Yokohama, Toshihisa KOMAI, Shoji KASAI, 
        Yuichi TSUMAKI (Hirosaki Univ.), 
        Dragomir Nenchev (Musashi Inst. of Tech.)
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213-14 Autopilot of Tractor-trailer Combination for Backward Travelling
        Jun CHEN, Ryo TORISU, Jyo IMAE, and Jun-ichi TAKEDA (Iwate Univ.)


(16:00〜18:00)
213-15 Tracking Control of the Tractor to Implement Position on Grassland
        Jun CHEN, Ryo TORISU (Iwate Univ.), Jyo IMAE (Osaka Pref. Univ.),
        and Jun-ichi TAKEDA (Iwate Univ.)

213-16 Target Dynamics Control of Planar Four-Link Robot for Floor Exercise
        *Naoto Yokoyama, Sang-Ho Hyon, Takashi Emura, and Masatoshi Suzuki
        (Tohoku Univ.)

213-17 Gait Analysis on a Passive Quardruped Running Robot
        Jiang Xin, Sang-Ho Hyon, and Takashi Emura (Tohoku Univ.)

213-18 Trial manufacture and conrol of meicr moving robot
        Shinnya Yada, Katsuhisa Saito, Takumi Morita (Nihon Univ.), and
        Yoshiaki Itou (Fukushima Tech. Center)

213-19 Teleoperation of the Small Size Humanoid Robot HOAP-2
       *Takaaki Matsumoto, Atsushi Konno,  and Masaru Uchiyama (Tohoku Univ.)

213-20 A Way of Improvement of Mobility for a Leg-Wheel Robot on a Rough
       Terrain -- Setting of the Reaction Forces at Its Leg-tips Based on
       the Internal Sensors --
        *Hisashi TAKAHASHI, Michihiko SHOJI, Takayuki TAKAHASHI, and 
        Eiji NAKANO (Tohoku Univ.)

A fellowship banquet is scheduled after the workshop.