Journal: Advanced Robotics

Volume 22, Issue 9

913 -- 928Masaki Yamakita, Akio Sera, Norihiro Kamamichi, Kinji Asaka. Integrated Design of an Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite Actuator/Sensor
929 -- 948Zhiwei Liang, Xudong Ma, Xianzhong Dai. Compliant Navigation Mechanisms Utilizing Probabilistic Motion Patterns of Humans in a Camera Network
949 -- 981Hamid D. Taghirad, Meyer A. Nahon. Dynamic Analysis of a Macro-Micro Redundantly Actuated Parallel Manipulator
983 -- 1005Sukhan Lee, Hadi Moradi, Daesik Jang, Han-Young Jang, Eunyoung Kim, Phuoc Le Minh, Jeonghyun Seo, JungHyun Han. Toward Human-Like Real-Time Manipulation: From Perception to Motion Planning
1007 -- 1023Víctor M. Hernández Guzmán, Víctor Santibáñez, R. Silva-Ortigoza. A New Tuning Procedure for PID Control of Rigid Robots

Volume 22, Issue 8

787 -- 788Takashi Maeno, Yoky Matsuoka. Preface
789 -- 806A. M. Harsha S. Abeykoon, Kouhei Ohnishi. Improvement of Tactile Sensation of a Bilateral Forceps Robot by a Switching Virtual Model
807 -- 828Yeongmi Kim, Ian Oakley, Jeha Ryu. Human Perception of Pneumatic Tactile Cues
829 -- 849Nicholas Wettels, Veronica J. Santos, Roland S. Johansson, Gerald E. Loeb. Biomimetic Tactile Sensor Array
851 -- 865Gi-Hun Yang, Dong-Soo Kwon. KAT II: Tactile Display Mouse for Providing Tactile and Thermal Feedback
867 -- 892Kitti Suwanratchatamanee, Mitsuharu Matsumoto, Shuji Hashimoto. A Simple Robotic Tactile Sensor for Object Surface Sensing
893 -- 911Tomoya Tamei, Shin Ishii, Tomohiro Shibata. Virtual Force/Tactile Sensors for Interactive Machines Using the User s Biological Signals

Volume 22, Issue 6-7

587 -- 588Tetsuo Kotoku, Young-Jo Cho. Preface
589 -- 611Olivier Stasse, Björn Verrelst, Pierre-Brice Wieber, Bram Vanderborght, Paul Evrard, Abderrahmane Kheddar, Kazuhito Yokoi. Modular Architecture for Humanoid Walking Pattern Prototyping and Experiments
613 -- 632Hiroshi Noguchi, Taketoshi Mori, Tomomasa Sato. Scriptless Connection of Sensor Data Processing Components in Network Middleware for Home Environment
633 -- 655Kenichi Ohara, Takayuki Sugawara, Jae-Hoon Lee, Tetsuo Tomizawa, Hyun Min Do, Xuefeng Liang, Yong-Shik Kim, Bong Keun Kim, Yasushi Sumi, Tamio Tanikawa, Hiromu Onda, Kohtaro Ohba. Visual Mark for Robot Manipulation and Its RT-Middleware Component
657 -- 687Hamid D. Taghirad, Meyer Nahon. Kinematic Analysis of a Macro-Micro Redundantly Actuated Parallel Manipulator
689 -- 704Mourad Chettouh, Redouane Toumi, Mustapha Hamerlain. High-Order Sliding Modes for a Robot Driven by Pneumatic Artificial Rubber Muscles
705 -- 730Chun-Ta Chen, Te-Tan Liao. Optimal Path Programming of the Stewart Platform Manipulator Using the Boltzmann-Hamel-d Alembert Dynamics Formulation Model
731 -- 747Jun-ichi Meguro, Taishi Murata, Yoshiharu Amano, Takumi Hashizume, Jun-ichi Takiguchi. Development of a Positioning Technique for an Urban Area Using Omnidirectional Infrared Camera and Aerial Survey Data
749 -- 760Woo-han Yun, Do-Hyung Kim, Ho-Sub Yoon, Young-Jo Cho. Development of a Face Verification System for a Home Service Robot
761 -- 770Norihiko Saga, Takashi Saikawa. Development of a Pneumatic Artificial Muscle Based on Biomechanical Characteristics
771 -- 785Kazuyuki Ito, Ryoichi Murai. Snake-Like Robot for Rescue Operations - Proposal of a Simple Adaptive Mechanism Designed for Ease of Use

Volume 22, Issue 5

493 -- 506Mohammad Hassan Ghasemi, Mohammad Jafar Sadigh. A Direct Algorithm to Compute the Switching Curve for Time-Optimal Motion of Cooperative Multi-Manipulators Moving on a Specified Path
507 -- 526Lin Chi Mak, Tomonari Furukawa. A Time-of-Arrival-Based Positioning Technique With Non-Line-of-Sight Mitigation Using Low-Frequency Sound
527 -- 546Shun Nishide, Tetsuya Ogata, Jun Tani, Kazunori Komatani, Hiroshi G. Okuno. Predicting Object Dynamics From Visual Images Through Active Sensing Experiences
547 -- 572Stephen Webb, Tomonari Furukawa. Belief-Driven Manipulator Visual Servoing for Less Controlled Environments
573 -- 585Krzysztof Skonieczny, Gabriele M. T. D Eleuterio. Modeling Friction for a Snake-Like Robot

Volume 22, Issue 4

395 -- 409Víctor Petuya, Antonio Alonso, Charles Pinto, Oscar Altuzarra, Alfonso Hernández. A New General-Purpose Method to Solve the Forward Position Problem in Parallel Manipulators
411 -- 431Kimitoshi Yamazaki, Masahiro Tomono, Takashi Tsubouchi. Pose Planning for a Mobile Manipulator Based on Joint Motions for Posture Adjustment to End-Effector Error
433 -- 449Tamer Mansour, Atsushi Konno, Masaru Uchiyama. Modified PID Control of a Single-Link Flexible Robot
451 -- 476Wenfu Xu, Yu Liu, Bin Liang, Yangsheng Xu, Cheng Li, Wenyi Qiang. Non-holonomic Path Planning of a Free-Floating Space Robotic System Using Genetic Algorithms
477 -- 492Sukjune Yoon, Kyung Shik Roh, Youngbo Shim. Vision-Based Obstacle Detection and Avoidance: Application to Robust Indoor Navigation of Mobile Robots

Volume 22, Issue 2-3

159 -- 190Ill-Woo Park, Jung-Yup Kim, Jun-Ho Oh. Online Walking Pattern Generation and Its Application to a Biped Humanoid Robot - KHR-3 (HUBO)
191 -- 213Norisuke Fujii, Jun Ota. Rearrangement Task by Multiple Mobile Robots With Efficient Calculation of Task Constraints
215 -- 234Jaime Gallardo-Alvarado, Ramón Rodríguez-Castro, Md Nazrul Islam. Analytical Solution of the Forward Position Analysis of Parallel Manipulators That Generate 3-RS Structures
235 -- 260Ahmed A. Ramadan, Kenji Inoue, Tatsuo Arai, Tomohito Takubo. New Architecture of a Hybrid Two-Fingered Micro-Nano Manipulator Hand: Optimization and Design
261 -- 278Xiumin Diao, Ou Ma. Workspace Determination of General 6-d.o.f. Cable Manipulators
279 -- 297Songmin Jia, Jinbuo Sheng, Erzhe Shang, Kunikatsu Takase. Robot Localization in Indoor Environments Using Radio Frequency Identification Technology and Stereo Vision
299 -- 317H. Liu, K. Sun, Z. W. Xie, J. B. Huang, Z. N. Jiang, M. H. Jin, Y. W. Liu. Research on the Satellite On-Orbit Self-Servicing Testbed
319 -- 338Jia-Sheng Hu, Mi Ching Tsai. Design of Robust Stabilization and Fault Diagnosis for an Auto-balancing Two-Wheeled Cart
339 -- 359Tae-Bum Kwon, Jae-Bok Song. Thinning-Based Topological Exploration Using Position Possibility of Topological Nodes
361 -- 379Fethi Belkhouche. Autonomous Navigation of an Unmanned Air Vehicle Towards a Moving Ship
381 -- 393Kei Watanabe, Yuta Yoshihata, Yasushi Iwatani, Koichi Hashimoto. Image-Based Visual PID Control of a Micro Helicopter Using a Stationary Camera

Volume 22, Issue 15

1603 -- 1604Koh Hosoda, Hitoshi Aonuma. Preface
1605 -- 1628Ryohei Kanzaki, Noriyasu Ando, Takeshi Sakurai, Tomoki Kazawa. Understanding and Reconstruction of the Mobiligence of Insects Employing Multiscale Biological Approaches and Robotics
1629 -- 1663Kaoru Takakusaki, Toshikatsu Okumura. Neurobiological Basis of Controlling Posture and Locomotion
1665 -- 1681Ryuichi Okada, Hidetoshi Ikeno, Hitoshi Aonuma, Etsuro Ito. Biological Insights Into Robotics: Honeybee Foraging Behavior by a Waggle Dance
1683 -- 1696Wataru Watanabe, Toshihiro Kawakatsu, Akio Ishiguro. Rapid and Cheap Learning by Exploiting Biarticular Muscles - A Case Study With a Two-Dimensional Serpentine Robot
1697 -- 1713Shinya Aoi, Naomichi Ogihara, Yasuhiro Sugimoto, Kazuo Tsuchiya. Simulating Adaptive Human Bipedal Locomotion Based on Phase Resetting Using Foot-Contact Information

Volume 22, Issue 13-14

1397 -- 1420Keum-Shik Hong, Tua Agustinus Tamba, Jae-Bok Song. Mobile Robot Control Architecture for Reflexive Avoidance of Moving Obstacles
1421 -- 1438Hae Kwan Jeong, Keun Ha Choi, Soo-Hyun Kim, Yoon Keun Kwak. Driving Mode Decision in the Obstacle Negotiation of a Variable Single-Tracked Robot
1439 -- 1460Hidetoshi Ikeda, Yoshihito Katsumata, Michihiko Shoji, Takayuki Takahashi, Eiji Nakano. Cooperative Strategy for a Wheelchair and a Robot to Climb and Descend a Step
1461 -- 1478Herianto, Toshiki Sakakibara, Tomoaki Koiwa, Daisuke Kurabayashi. Realization of a Pheromone Potential Field for Autonomous Navigation by Radio Frequency Identification
1479 -- 1496Yunong Zhang, Binghuang Cai, Lei Zhang, Kene Li. Bi-criteria Velocity Minimization of Robot Manipulators Using a Linear Variational Inequalities-Based Primal-Dual Neural Network and PUMA560 Example
1497 -- 1520Nattee Niparnan, Attawith Sudsang, Prabhas Chongstitvatana. Positive Span of Force and Torque Components in Three-Dimensional Four-Finger Force-Closure Grasps
1521 -- 1537Hermann Georg Mayer, Faustino J. Gomez, Daan Wierstra, Istvan Nagy, Alois Knoll, Jürgen Schmidhuber. A System for Robotic Heart Surgery that Learns to Tie Knots Using Recurrent Neural Networks
1539 -- 1558Heeseon Hwang, Youngil Youm. Steady Crawl Gait Generation Algorithm for Quadruped Robots
1559 -- 1584Shahram Hadian Jazi, Mehdi Keshmiri, Farid Sheikholeslam. Dynamic Analysis and Control Synthesis of Grasping and Slippage of an Object Manipulated by a Robot
1585 -- 1601Kazuto Takashima, Hiromichi Nakashima, Toshiharu Mukai, Shuji Hayashi. Scrub Nurse Robot for Laparoscopic Surgery

Volume 22, Issue 12

1265 -- 0Thomas C. Henderson, Makoto Kineko, Shigeki Sugano. Preface
1267 -- 1285Nicolas Bouton, Roland Lenain, Benoit Thuilot, Philippe Martinet. A Tire Stiffness Backstepping Observer Dedicated to All-Terrain Vehicle Rollover Prevention
1287 -- 1307Roger Bostelman, James S. Albus. Robotic Patient Transfer and Rehabilitation Device for Patient Care Facilities or the Home
1309 -- 1327Robert Kozma, Terry Huntsberger, Hrand Aghazarian, Edward Tunstel, Roman Ilin, Walter J. Freeman. Intentional Control for Planetary Rover SRR
1329 -- 1342Shingo Maeda, Yusuke Hara, Ryo Yoshida, Shuji Hashimoto. Self-Oscillating Gel Actuator for Chemical Robotics
1343 -- 1359Hadas Kress-Gazit, Georgios E. Fainekos, George J. Pappas. Translating Structured English to Robot Controllers
1361 -- 1377Nathan Michael, Jonathan Fink, Vijay Kumar. Controlling Ensembles of Robots:::: via:::: a Supervisory Aerial Robot
1379 -- 1395Yasutake Takahashi, Kentarou Noma, Minoru Asada. Efficient Behavior Learning Based on State Value Estimation of Self and Others

Volume 22, Issue 11

1155 -- 1180Hong Liu, Ye-chao Liu, Minghe Jin, K. Sun, J. B. Huang. An Experimental Study on Cartesian Impedance Control for a Joint Torque-Based Manipulator
1181 -- 1205John N. Lygouras, Vassilis Kodogiannis, Theodoros P. Pachidis, Panagiotis Liatsis. Terrain-Based Navigation for Underwater Vehicles Using an Ultrasonic Scanning System
1207 -- 1222Huseyin Uvet, Tatsuo Arai, Yasushi Mae, Tomohito Takubo, Masato Yamada. Miniaturized Vision System for Microfluidic Devices
1223 -- 1241Antoni Burguera, Yolanda González Cid, Gabriel Oliver. A Probabilistic Framework for Sonar Scan Matching Localization
1243 -- 1264K. Bendjilali, Fethi Belkhouche. Kinematics-Based Navigation Functions

Volume 22, Issue 10

1025 -- 1026Gordon Cheng, Koh Hosoda, Giulio Sandini. Preface
1027 -- 1051Bram Vanderborght, Ronald Van Ham, Björn Verrelst, Michaël Van Damme, Dirk Lefeber. Overview of the Lucy Project: Dynamic Stabilization of a Biped Powered by Pneumatic Artificial Muscles
1053 -- 1073Kouichi Watanabe, Ichiro Kawabuchi, Naoki Kawakami, Taro Maeda, Susumu Tachi. TORSO: Development of a Telexistence Visual System Using a 6-d.o.f. Robot Head
1075 -- 1105Joshua G. Hale, Benjamin Hohl, Sang-Ho Hyon, Takamitsu Matsubara, Eduardo Martin Moraud, Gordon Cheng. Highly Precise Dynamic Simulation Environment for Humanoid Robots
1107 -- 1123Kenichi Narioka, Koh Hosoda. Designing Synergistic Walking of a Whole-Body Humanoid Driven by Pneumatic Artificial Muscles: An Empirical Study
1125 -- 1142Takamitsu Matsubara, Jun Morimoto, Jun Nakanishi, Sang-Ho Hyon, Joshua G. Hale, Gordon Cheng. Learning to Acquire Whole-Body Humanoid Center of Mass Movements to Achieve Dynamic Tasks
1143 -- 1154Shinya Takamuku, Koh Hosoda, Minoru Asada. Object Category Acquisition by Dynamic Touch

Volume 22, Issue 1

1 -- 2Maria Chiara Carrozza. Preface
3 -- 37Emanuele Cattin, Stefano Roccella, Nicola Vitiello, Irene Sardellitti, Panagiotis K. Artemiadis, Pierpaolo Vacalebri, Fabrizio Vecchi, Maria Chiara Carrozza, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos, Paolo Dario. Design and Development of a Novel Robotic Platform for Neuro-Robotics Applications: the NEURobotics ARM (NEURARM)
39 -- 55Markus Grebenstein, P. Patrick van der Smagt. Antagonism for a Highly Anthropomorphic Hand-Arm System
57 -- 89Cecilia Laschi, Francesco Patane, Eliseo Stefano Maini, Luigi Manfredi, Giancarlo Teti, Loredana Zollo, Eugenio Guglielmelli, Paolo Dario. An Anthropomorphic Robotic Head for Investigating Gaze Control
91 -- 118Loredana Zollo, Selim Eskiizmirliler, Giancarlo Teti, Cecilia Laschi, Yves Burnod, Eugenio Guglielmelli, Marc A. Maier. An Anthropomorphic Robotic Platform for Progressive and Adaptive Sensorimotor Learning
119 -- 140Assaf Pressman, Ilana Nisky, Amir Karniel, Ferdinando A. Mussa-Ivaldi. Probing Virtual Boundaries and the Perception of Delayed Stiffness
141 -- 157Giuseppe Cavallo, Domenico Campolo, Flavio Keller, Eugenio Guglielmelli. A Modular Platform for In-plane Ground Reaction Forces Detection in a Mouse Model: Design, Development and Verification