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A Pledge from Automation to Intellimation
Authors: Huang Fred Po-Chih ,   Chairman of Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry
Published: April 2016

Since the Stone Age, when human beings began manufacturing stone instruments and produced fire by striking two stones together, people have attempted to improve their quality of life. Centuries after the Bronze, Iron, and subsequent Ages, the Silicon Age has arrived.
Production started from striking objects only in bare-handed, followed by tool and machine assistance, culminating in today's automated manufacturing-line production. Through thousands of years of improvement leading to reduced production cost, people have learned to saved precious time and begun to enjoy lives surrounded by full of family's love and artful culture.
Through this long evolution, automation first began playing a role in the latter half of the 20th Century.
Entering the late 20th Century, the world has moved from simple automation to intelligent automation. Hardware in the form of machinery and equipment and software in the form of synthesized systems appeared to have responsive ability of primary wisdom of human being.
Given the emphasis among industrial engineers regarding the importance of efficiency and mental ability, or intelligence, I propose the term “intellimation” -- intelligence plus automation -- for designating today's intelligent automation.
This is crucial to promote intelligent automation, and change the automation era to the intellimation era. It can help us to enter the most precious stage in development of automation technology.
Factory Tour of Nidec Servo Co. Ltd.
Authors: Kojima Hiroyuki ,   Mechanical System Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Gunma University
Published: April 2016

1. History of Nidec Servo Co. Ltd.
Nidec Servo Co. Ltd. is originated from Turumaki Clock Store founded in Tokyo in 1906, whose clock manufacturing division then developed into Eikosha Co. Ltd. in 1926. Photo 1 shows a wall clock manufactured in Eikosha Co. Ltd. Eikosha Co. Ltd. evacuated from Tokyo to Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture in 1943 and got shut down in 1949. But forty-eight employees of Eikosha Co. Ltd. voluntarily established a joint venture company, Kiryu Eikosha Co. Ltd., to manufacture industrial equipment in the same year of closure. In 1951 Kiryu Eikosha Co. Ltd. made the best use of the technologies relating to clock gear mechanism in successfully manufacturing servo motors and synchronous motors in Japan, which led to firm establishment of the Company's foundation as a motor maker.
Special Issue on Measurement and Control in Machine Tools and Machining Process
Authors: Matsubara Atsushi ,   Department of Micro Engineering, Kyoto University
Published: April 2016

Manufacturing fields in high-income countries have tended to pursue high quality and high productivity together. In conventional machining, however, machine tools, cutting tools, machining process, and measurement technologies have progressed individually rather than together -- mainly due to the production industry configuration.
With society’s needs growing and diversifying, however, development approach that combines distinct technologies without integration no long ensures competitiveness. In a world where knowledge and ideas regarded as know-how and used implicitly, knowledge and ideas should be integrated into explicit software with adequate hardware.
The important issues are as follows:<br /> (1)Process monitoring technology providing sufficient information for systems to make decisions based on economical investment<br /> (2)Process control technology based on a deeper understanding of processes themselves and of the nature of control<br /> (3)Motion control technology for precise, high-speed, versatile movement in support process control
This special issue provides the latest topics related to these issues, and we are sure readers will enjoy reading about and sharing ideas toward a new machine tools and manufacturing technology paradigm.
We thank the authors for their contributions to this special issue and the reviewers and editors for their ongoing efforts.
Development of a High Precision Machining Center and its Motion Accuracy
Authors: Oshita Isao ,   YASDA PRECISION TOOLS K.K., 1160 Hamanaka, Satosho-cho, Asakuchi, Okayama 719-0303, Japan, Otsubo Hisashi , Sogabe Masatoyo , Iwashita Yasusuke , Kakino Yoshiaki ,   FANUC LTD, 3580 Oshino-mura, Yamanashi 401-0597, Japan,   Kakino Research Laboratory, Iwakura-Hanazono-cho 256-5, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-0024, Japan
Published: April 2016

In the fabrication of parts and components using dies and molds for optical and/or medical use instruments, there are standing requirements that the accuracy of the form of the final products be maintained within a tolerance of 1.0μm or less and that the roughness of the machined surface be held to 0.2μm Ra or less while high production efficiency is maintained. The required accuracy of form, smoothness of the machined surface, and efficiency of production stated above can be achieved by high precision machine tools, but are beyond the performance properties expected of conventional, general-use machining centers, both of which are readily available on the open market. The authors (hereinafter collectively referred to as “the group”) who did this research agreed to refer to the machining centers that can satisfy both of the above-mentioned performance requirements as “Subject Machining Centers,” or “Subject MC,” while the other machining centers are referred to as “Conventional Machining Centers” or “Conventional MC.” This research includes a structural study of a Subject MC, followed by the actual designing and manufacturing processes of such a Subject MC, It was then subjected to an appraisal of its accuracy of motion from the data obtained through actual measurements, and a verification of the precision attained in the manufacturing process of the lens molds it produced. Through the combined use of a frictionless drive train using a hydrostatic guide and linear motor drive, together with the overall enhancement of the rigidity of the structure of the Subject MC, the following results were achieved.1.Straight line motion accuracy with a deviation of 0.2μm/100 mm or less was attained. Also, the roundness of 0.36μm of the arc interpolation movement was achieved, confirmed with a grid encorder. (“Roundness” in this study is defined as the magnitude of the deviation of either an arc or a circle as measured against their geometrically correct counterparts.)2.As a position loop gain as high asKp= 140/s was attained with the servo mechanism adopted, it was confirmed that the actual use of the micro step feed at uniform separations of 10 nanometers had become possible.3.It became possible to mold a lens with a roundness of 0.53μm and a surface roughness of 0.05μm Ra after machining. (“Ra” denotes the arithmetical average of surface roughness after machining.)
Special Issue on Robotic Technology to Extend Workers' Physical Abilities and Skills
Authors: Moromugi Shunji , Noritsugu Toshiro 
Published: April 2016

Robot-related technologies originally developed to cut the manufacturing industry workforce in the 1970s and 1980s produced many excellent high-quality products, high production efficiency, and reduced cost.
As consumer requirements changed, however, the guiding principle in industry shifted from mass production of single components to diversified small-lot “job shop” production favoring expert skills over mechanical automation due to higher efficiency and improved production line quality.
Demands for higher technical efficiency and a reduced burden on human physical labor gained recognition, opening up a new scope of robot activities as the focus changed from replacing human workers to expanding personnel capabilities and skills through robot “power assist” support.
Power assist techniques have just begun practical use in manufacturing fields. This special issue focuses on the new robotic technologies implemented to extend human capabilities and skills.
The first paper introduced discusses safety technology for a power assist system and the second a mobile robot manipulator using impedance control. Paper No.3 relates kinesthetic assist for improving window glass installation on a car production assembly line and No.4 proposes control automatically optimizing a power assist system’s viscosity. Paper No.5 deals with power assist control using human weight perception. The sixth paper describes wire-suspension-based transfer with power assist and the seventh power assist for moving flexible objects. Papers 8, 9, and 10 cover the development of wearable support systems targeting assembly line personnel, farmers, and racehorse trainers. Paper No.11 reports the development of a sensor monitoring pneumatic artificial muscle activation. The closer in this series proposes synchronization-based control for motion assist suits. This special issue thus includes many high-quality papers covering a wide variety of power assist topics reflecting the many viewpoints and expertise of their authors.
In closing, we express our sincerest gratitude to the authors, researchers, and staff who took part in compiling studies and presentations. We also thank the publishers and all those who contributed in so many ways to this issue’s publication.
Special Issue on Micro-Nano Materials and Processing
Authors: Hata Seiichi 
Published: April 2016

Industrial production processes are becoming more difficult and complex because of the need to accept or react to global requirements for ecology, energy saving, downsizing, short lead times, information technology, etc. Metrology and inspection play very important roles in production processes because these must decide the final quality of manufactured industrial goods. Laser/optical metrology is widely used in industry to maintain meter definition traceability because it is, in principle, nondestructive. This makes laser metrology a candidate for use in final industrial inspection.
This special issue originated in Laser Metrology for Precision Measurement and Inspection in Industry 2014 (LMPMI2014), also the 11th IMEKO symposium. LMPMI2014 covers a very wide area, including precision engineering, dimensional measurement, shape measurement, micro/meso/nano metrology, interferometry, and standards and calibration technology. This IJAT special issuefeatures papers selected from LMPMI2014. Advanced papers in this issue present the latest achievements in laser metrology ranging from basic research to actual industrial application. These papers should prove useful to readers seeking to share their industrial R&D knowledge and experience.
The important contributions of the authors and reviewers are most deeply appreciated and make this issue both fascinating and its ideas far-reaching.
A Generalized Inference Method for Fuzzy Quantified and Truth-Qualified Natural Language Propositions
Authors: Okamoto Wataru ,   Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-0042, Japan, Tano Shun’ichi , Inoue Atsushi , Fujioka Ryosuke ,   University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, Tokyo 182-8585, Japan,   Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA 99004-2412, USA,   Kobe Sogo Sokki Co., Ltd, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0012, Japan
Published: April 2016

We propose a generalized inference method for constructing natural language communication. The method is used to obtain fuzzy quantifierQ’ when “QAareFis τ →Q’(m’A) aremFism’’τ” is inferred (Q, Q’: fuzzy quantifiers,A: fuzzy subject,m, m’, m’’: modifiers,F: fuzzy predicate, τ: truth qualifier). We show thatQ’ is resolved step by step for a non-increasing type (few, ...) and a non-decreasing type (most, ...).
Parallel Distributed Compensation Based Stabilization of A 3-DOF RC Helicopter: A Tensor Product Transformation Based Approach
Authors: Baranyi Péter ,   Computer and Automation Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1111 Budapest, Kende u. 13-17, Hungary, Korondi Péter , Tanaka Kazuo ,   Department of Automation and Applied Informatics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary,   Department of Mechanical Engineering and Intelligent Systems, The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo 182-8585, Japan
Published: April 2016

This paper presents a control solution for the stabilization of the 3-DOF RC helicopter via the combination of the TP (Tensor Product) model transformation and the PDC (Parallel Distributed Compensation) control design framework. First we recall the nonlinear model of the RC helicopter and its simplified version, in order, to facilitate control design. Then we execute the TP model transformation on the simplified model to yield its TP model representation, that is a kind of polytopic model with specific characteristics, whereupon the PDC framework can immediately be applied. The control design considers practical control specifications such as: good speed of response and physical constrain on the control effort to avoid actuator saturations. We guarantee these specifications by LMI (Linear Matrix Inequality) conditions developed under the PDC frameworks. Further, we avoid the discrepancies, introduced via the simplification of the model, by applying LMI conditions specialized for robust control. By simultaneously solving these LMI conditions, we render a stabilizing nonlinear controller that achieves good speed of response with small control effort without actuator saturations. Simulation results are included to validate the control design. It will be pointed out that the resulting controller is equivalent with the controller successfully applied in the real control experiment of the helicopter presented in a recent paper.The main conclusion of this paper is, that the proposed design process is systematic, non-heuristic and straightforward, the stability proof of the resulting controller is tractable via the feasibility test of LMIs and, hence, exact. The whole design procedure is automatically computed via commercialized mathematical tools (MATLAB LMI Toolbox) without analytical interaction. The computational time is about minutes on a regular PC.
Combination of Two Evolutionary Methods for Mining Association Rules in Large and Dense Databases
Authors: Gonzales Eloy ,   Graduate School of Information, Production and Systems, Waseda University, Taboada Karla , Mabu Shingo , Shimada Kaoru , Hirasawa Kotaro ,   Information, Production and Systems Research Center, Waseda University
Published: April 2016

Among several methods of extracting association rules that have been reported, a new evolutionary method named Genetic Network Programming (GNP) has also shown its effectiveness for small databases in the sense that they have a relatively small number of attributes. However, this conventional GNP method is not be able to deal with large databases with a huge number of attributes, because its search space becomes very large, causing bad performance at running time. The aim of this paper is to propose a new method to extract association rules from large and dense databases with a huge amount of attributes through the combination of conventional GNP based mining method and a specially designed genetic algorithm (GA). Each of these evolutionary methods works in its own processing level and they are highly synchronized to act as one system.Our strategy consists in the division of a large and dense database into many small databases. These small databases are considered as individuals and form a population. Then the conventional GNP based mining method is applied to extract association rules for each of these individuals. Finally, the population is evolved through several generations using GA with special genetic operators considering the acquired information. Two complementary processing levels are defined: Global Level and Local Level, each with its own independent tasks and processes. In the Global Level mainly GA process is carried out, whereas in the Local Level, conventional GNP based mining method is carried out in parallel and they generate their own local pools of association rules. Several special genetic operations for GA in the Global Level are proposed and the performance of each of them and their combination is shown and compared.In our simulations, the conventional GNP based mining method and our proposed method are compared using a real world large and dense database with a huge amount of attributes. The results show that extending the conventional GNP based mining method using GA allows to extract association rules from large and dense databases directly and more efficiently than the conventional GNP method.
Spatial Object Segmentation Using Stereo Images
Authors: Hao Yong ,   Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8555, Japan, He Lifeng , Nakamura Tsuyoshi , Chao Yuyan , Itoh Hidenori ,   Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Aichi Prefectural University, Nagakute-cho, Aichi 480-1198, Japan,   Graduate School of Environment Management, Nagoya Sangyo University, Owariasahi-city, Aichi 488-8711, Japan
Published: April 2016

The framework of our proposed for segmenting objects using spatial location information from stereo images. An efficient graph-based image segmentation algorithm within this framework for combining changes in optical features and physical location to segment reality scenes into perceptually and semantically uniform regions. Optical and physical location are extracted usingk-means clustering, and we propose a rules table for combining optical and spatial features together. The performance of our proposed framework is demonstrated in a series of reality-scene images using experimental data from the Middlebury stereo image data(http://vision.middlebury.edu/stereo/data/).
Maximum Potential Intensity of Tropical Cyclones Derived from Numerical Experiments Using the Community Climate System Model (CCSM3)
Authors: Tsutsui Junichi ,   Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, 1646 Abiko, Chiba 270-1194, Japan
Published: April 2016

There is a theory for estimating the maximum potential intensity (MPI) of tropical cyclones (TCs) from large-scale thermodynamic environment. The present study investigates sea surface temperature (SST) and the vertical profile of upper-air temperature simulated using the Community Climate System Model (CCSM3) to assess possible near-future MPI changes focusing on the western North Pacific.The MPI derived from the simulated thermodynamic environment for the present climate is generally reasonable in terms of geographical distribution and its relation to SST. Significant MPI changes in 2010 to 2029 relative to 1980 to 1999 are found in the tropics, where the central pressure fall increases by 5-7 hPa, or 6-8%, on average. Associated thermodynamic changes include SST warming of 0.6-0.7AC and amplification of upper tropospheric warming at a factor of two to three. This greater warming in the upper troposphere is important in suppressing a rapid increase in the MPI. Although the northward expansion of TC development area is marginal, greater thermodynamic change in the middle latitudes suggests an impact on the lifecycle of a TC moving into this region.
Potential Changes in Extreme Events Under Global Climate Change
Authors: Dairaku Koji ,   National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Japan, Emori Seita , Higashi Hironori ,   National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan
Published: April 2016

Climate-related disasters are a serious problem in Asia. Advances in the understanding of meteorology and in the development of monitoring and forecasting systems have enhanced early warning systems, contributing immensely to reducing fatalities resulting from typhoons, cyclones, and floods. The frequency of extreme events causing water-related disasters has increased, however, over the last decade and may grow in the future due to anthropogenic activity. The sections that follow introduce two recent efforts in hydrologic projection in Asia.
Time-slice ensemble experiments using a high-resolution (T106) atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM) on the earth simulator revealed changes in the South Asian summer monsoon resulting from climate change. Model results under global warming conditions suggest increases in mean and extreme precipitation during the Asian summer monsoon. increases generally attributed to greater atmospheric moisture content. a thermodynamic change. Dynamic changes limit the intensification of mean precipitation. Enhanced extreme precipitation over land in South Asia arises from dynamic rather than thermodynamic changes. The impact of global warming on heavy precipitation features and flood risks in the Tama River basin in Japan is addressed using 12 atmosphere-ocean coupled general circulation models (AOGCMs). Multi-model ensemble average 200-year quantiles in Tokyo from 2050 to 2300 under Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changes (IPCC) Special Reports on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) A1B scenario climate conditions were 1.07-1.20 times greater than that under present climate conditions. A 200-year quantile extreme event in the present occurs in much shorter return periods in the A1B scenario. High-water discharge in the basin rose by 10%-26% and flood volume increased by 46%-131% for precipitation in a 200-year return period. The risk of flooding in the basin is thus, even though the increase of extreme precipitation is not substantial, projected to be much higher than that presently estimated.
Structural Research on the Nankai Trough Using Reflections and Refractions
Authors: Kaneda Yoshiyuki ,   Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Hibiya Central Bldg. 6F, 1-2-9 Nishishinbashi Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0003, Japan, Kodaira Shuichi 
Published: April 2016

To understand the megathrusut earthquake recurrence system around the Nankai trough southwestern Japan, the structural researches by seismic survey and observations will provide the significant information of megathrust earthquakes seimogenic zone. As previous structural researches, the subducting seamount in the Nankai earthquake seismogenic zone off Shikoku Island, the ridge subducting system in the Tokai earthquake seismogenic zone, splay faults in the Tonankai earthquake seismogenic zone and irregular structure in the boundary between the Tonankai and Nankai seismogenic zone off Kii peninsula.These structures and models are very important, significant and basical information to understand the recurrence system of megathrust earthquakes and rupture propagations.In this project, we will carry out seismic survey and tomography with dense arrays around the Nankai trough extending to off Hyuga sesimogenic zone. By 2004 Sumatra megathrust earthquake, we recognized such the large scale seismic linkage as 1960 Chile megathrust earthquake.Therefore, we will image large detailed large scale structures to understand structural components around the Nankai trough with off Hyuga area. Finally, we will construct the advanced structure model and develop the crustal medium model in close cooperation with other structural researches in this project. Based on these models, simulation and disaster mitigation researches will progress conspicuously.