April 11, 2017 (Tuesday)

07:50-17:00HallwayRegistration
08:20-09:20Round Room IIKeynote Speech III
Session Chair: Davide Brugali, University of Bergamo, Italy

Computer-Assisted Medical Interventions
Jocelyne Troccaz, TIMC Laboratory - School of Medicine - Grenoble, France
09:20-10:20Round Room IIKeynote Speech IV
Session Chair: Davide Brugali, University of Bergamo, Italy

The Importance of Models in Robotic Computing
Timothy Bretl, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
10:20-10:40Coffee Break
10:40-12:10Round Room IIIRC(9) Human-robot Interaction
Session Chair: George Velentzas, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Facial Expression Recognition for Human-Robot Interaction
Shih-Chung Hsu, Hsin-Hui Huang, Chung-Lin Huang

Gutsy-Avatar: Computational Assimilation for Advanced Communication and Collaboration
Hiroaki Tobita

The Effects of Soft Somatosensory System on the Execution of Robotic Tasks
Agnese Augello, Ignazio Infantino, Umberto Maniscalco, Giovanni Pilato, Filippo Vella

Gathering Healthcare Service Robot Requirements from Young People’s Perceptions of an Older Care Robot
Ho Seok Ahn, Min Ho Lee, Elizabeth Broadbent, Bruce A. MacDonald

Active Exploration and Parameterized Reinforcement Learning Applied to a Simulated Human-Robot Interaction Task
Mehdi Khamassi, George Velentzas, Theodore Tsitsimis, Costas Tzafestas
VIP RoomIRC(10) Object Recognition and Tracking (I)
Session Chair: Leni K. Le Goff, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France

Managing the Functional Variability of Robotic Perception Systems
Davide Brugali, Nico Hochgeschwender

Segmenting Objects through an Autonomous Agnostic Exploration Conducted by a Robot
Leni K. Le Goff, Ghanim Mukhtar, Pierre-Henri Le Fur, Stephane Doncieux

Augmented Terrain-Based Navigation to Enable Persistent Autonomy for Underwater Vehicles
Gregory Murad Reis, Michael Fitzpatrick, Jacob Anderson, Leonardo Bobadilla, Ryan N. Smith

Robot-to-Camera Calibration: A Generic Approach Using 6D Detections
Christian Nissler, Zoltan-Csaba Marton
12:10-13:30Round Room ILunch
Exhibition: HIWIN Technologies Corp.
13:20-14:40Round Room IIIRC(11) Formal Methods for Analysis and Design (I)
Session Chair: Alwin Hoffmann, University of Augsburg, Germany

Towards Re-Orchestration of Real-Time Component Systems in Robotics
Michael Vistein, Alwin Hoffmann, Andreas Angerer, Andreas Schierl, Wolfgang Reif

Fault Tolerance from Formal Analysis of a Data Fusion Mechanism
Kaci Bader, Benjamin Lussier, Walter Schön

An Extensible Model-Based Framework for Robotics Software Development
Arunkumar Ramaswamy, Bruno Monsuez, Adriana Tapus

XBotCore: A Real-Time Cross-Robot Software Platform
Luca Muratore, Arturo Laurenzi, Enrico Mingo Hoffman, Alessio Rocchi, Darwin G. Caldwell, Nikos G. Tsagarakis
VIP RoomCHARMS2017(1) Collaboration for Humans, Agents, Robots, Machines and Sensors (CHARMS I)
Session Chair: Eric T. Matson, Purdue University, USA

Recognition of User’s Gait Intenstion for a Walking Assist System Using Pressure-Sensing Handlebars
Ihn-Sik Weon, Soon-Geul Lee

Is Entertainment Services of a Healthcare Service Robot for Older People Useful to Young People?
Ho Seok Ahn, Min Ho Lee, Elizabeth Broadbent, Bruce A. MacDonald

Gamification of Hand Rehabilitation Process Using Virtual Reality Tools: Using Leap Motion for Hand Rehabilitation
Madina Alimanova, Saulet Borambayeva, Dinara Kozhamzharova, Nurgul Kurmangaiyeva, Dinara Ospanova, Gulnar Tyulepberdinova, Gulnur Gaziz, Aray Kassenkhan

Semantic Knowledge-Based Language Education Device for Children with Developmental Disabilities
Sangmi Shin, Byung-Cheol Min, Julia Rayz, Eric T. Matson
14:40-14:50Intermission
14:50-16:00Round Room IIIRC(12) Object Recognition and Tracking (II)
Session Chair: Shusheng He, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

A Continuously Adaptive Template Matching Algorithm for Human Tracking
Shusheng He, Alei Liang, Ling Lin, Tao Song

Gaze Tracking and Object Recognition from Eye Images
Lotfi El Hafi, Ming Ding, Jun Takamatsu, Tsukasa Ogasawara

Real-Time Localization and Tracking System with Multiple-Angle Views for Human Robot Interaction
Quan H. Nguyen, Trinh N. P. Tran, Dung D. Huynh, An T. Le, Than D. Le

Survey on Detection and Tracking of UAVs Using Computer Vision
Amy R. Wagoner, Daniel K. Schrader, Eric T. Matson
VIP RoomCHARMS2017(2) Collaboration for Humans, Agents, Robots, Machines and Sensors (CHARMS II)
Session Chair: Sebastian Alberto Rodriguez, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Argentina

Design of Fuzzy Logic Based Controller for Energy Efficient Operation in Smart Buildings
Batyrkhan Omarov, Aigerim Altayeva, Zharas Suleimenov, Young Im Cho, Bauyrzhan Omarov

Multiagent Model for Distributed Peak Shaving System with Demand-Side Management Approach
Diego Fernando Lizondo, Pedro Bernabe Araujo, Adrian Luis Ernesto Will, Sebastian Alberto Rodriguez

Shepherding Algorithm of Multi-mobile Robot System
Byambasuren Bat-Erdene, Oyun-Erdene Mandakh

The Development of Conceptual Model of Creation of an Intelligent System: Application on Robotic Systems
Raissa Uskenbayeva, Abu Kuandykov, Dinara Kozhamzharova, Kulanda Duisebekova, Laura Alimzhanova, Madina Alimanova, Alua Sarbasova, Saltanat Adilzhanova
16:00-16:20Coffee Break
16:20- 17:40Round Room IIPlenary Panel Session
Session Chair: Phillip C.-Y. Sheu, University of California at Irvine, USA

Future of Robotics in Healthcare
Panelists
Bruce MacDonald, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Eric T. Matson, Purdue University, USA
Jocelyne Troccaz, TIMC Laboratory - School of Medicine - Grenoble, France
18:20-21:00Round Room IBanquet & Keynote Speech V
Session Chair: Jeffrey J.P. Tsai, Asia University, Taiwan

Artificial Haptic Intelligence for Human-Robot Systems
Veronica J. Santos, University of California at Los Angeles, USA