Journal: Advanced Robotics

Volume 23, Issue 9

1023 -- 1024Satoshi Tadokoro, Fumitoshi Matsuno, Daniele Nardi, Adam Jacoff. Preface
1025 -- 1056Hagen Schempf. Self-Rappelling Robot System for Inspection and Reconnaissance in Search and Rescue Applications
1057 -- 1083B. Li, S. Ma, J. Liu, M. Wang, T. Liu, Y. Wang. AMOEBA-I: A Shape-Shifting Modular Robot for Urban Search and Rescue
1085 -- 1102Xueshan Gao, Kejie Li, Junyao Gao. A Mobile Robot Platform with Double Angle-Changeable Tracks
1103 -- 1129Hidetaka Senga, Naomi Kato, Asuka Ito, Hiroki Niou, Muneo Yoshie, Isamu Fujita, Kazuyuki Igarashi, Etsuro Okuyama. Spilled Oil Tracking Autonomous Buoy System
1131 -- 1158Matthew Tesch, Kevin Lipkin, Isaac Brown, Ross L. Hatton, Aaron Peck, Justine Rembisz, Howie Choset. Parameterized and Scripted Gaits for Modular Snake Robots
1159 -- 1177Johannes Pellenz, David Gossow, Dietrich Paulus. Robbie: A Fully Autonomous Robot for RoboCupRescue
1179 -- 1198Zhe Zhang, Goldie Nejat. Intelligent Sensing Systems for Rescue Robots: Landmark Identification and Three-Dimensional Mapping of Unknown Cluttered Urban Search and Rescue Environments
1199 -- 1216Daniele Calisi, Luca Iocchi, Daniele Nardi, G. Randelli, Vittorio A. Ziparo. Improving Search and Rescue Using Contextual Information
1217 -- 1232Curtis M. Humphrey, Julie A. Adams. Robotic Tasks for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive Incident Response
1233 -- 1246Shigeru Yotsukura, Tomoichi Takahashi. Framework of an Emergency Management System Using Different Rescue Simulators

Volume 23, Issue 7-8

785 -- 786Shugen Ma, Kin Huat Low, Zhidong Wang. Preface
787 -- 803Naomi Kato, Toshihide Shigetomi. Underwater Navigation for Long-Range Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Using Geomagnetic and Bathymetric Information
805 -- 829K. H. Low, Chunlin Zhou, Yu Zhong. Gait Planning for Steady Swimming Control of Biomimetic Fish Robots
831 -- 846Koji Shibuya, Kota Kawai. Development of a New Buoyancy Control Device for Underwater Vehicles Inspired by the Sperm Whale Hypothesis
847 -- 864Wenchuan Jia, Xuedong Chen, Qingjiu Huang, Yi Sun, Xin Luo, Jiaqiang Xu. Reptile-Inspired Biomimetic Modeling Control Actuated by Behaviors
865 -- 887Changlong Ye, Shugen Ma, Bin Li, Yuechao Wang. Modular Universal Unit for a Snake-Like Robot and Reconfigurable Robots
889 -- 906Houxiang Zhang, Wei Wang, Juan González-Gómez, Jianwei Zhang. Design and Realization of a Novel Modular Climbing Caterpillar Using Low-Frequency Vibrating Passive Suckers
907 -- 937Kouki Watanabe, Masami Iwase, Shoshiro Hatakeyama, Takehiko Maruyama. Control Strategy for a Snake-Like Robot Based on Constraint Force and Verification by Experiment
939 -- 953Antonella Benvenuto, Fabrizio Sergi, Giovanni Di Pino, Tobias Seidl, Domenico Campolo, Dino Accoto, Eugenio Guglielmelli. Beyond Biomimetics: Towards Insect/Machine Hybrid Controllers for Space Applications
955 -- 977Domenico Campolo, Luca Schenato, Lijuan Pi, Xinyan Deng, Eugenio Guglielmelli. Attitude Estimation of a Biologically Inspired Robotic Housefly ::::via:::: Multimodal Sensor Fusion
979 -- 1002Arun Agrawal, Sunil Kumar Agrawal. Design of Bio-inspired Flexible Wings for Flapping-Wing Micro-sized Air Vehicle Applications
1003 -- 1021Christopher DiLeo, Xinyan Deng. Design of and Experiments on a Dragonfly-Inspired Robot

Volume 23, Issue 6

629 -- 653Hyun-Don Kim, Kazunori Komatani, Tetsuya Ogata, Hiroshi G. Okuno. Human Tracking System Integrating Sound and Face Localization Using an Expectation-Maximization Algorithm in Real Environments
655 -- 679Reza Fotouhi, Hamid Salmasi, S. Dezfulian, R. Burton. Design and Control of a Hydraulic Simulator for a Flexible-Joint Robot
681 -- 704Pablo González de Santos, Elena Garcia, R. Ponticelli, Manuel A. Armada. Minimizing Energy Consumption in Hexapod Robots
705 -- 724Makoto Nikaido, Toyokazu Kobayashi, Tomio Ito, Toshimitsu Higashi, Hirofumi Tamura, Jun Ota. Conceptual Warehouse Design Algorithm Using a Network Flow Model
725 -- 745Carlos Perez-Vidal, Luis Gracia, Nicolás García Aracil, Enric Cervera. Visual Control of Robots with Delayed Images
747 -- 766Takashi Yoshioka, Julia Zhou. Factors Involved in Tactile Texture Perception Through Probes
767 -- 784Eun Ho Kim, Sonya S. Kwak, Kyung Hak Hyun, Soo-Hyun Kim, Yoon Keun Kwak. Design and Development of an Emotional Interaction Robot, Mung

Volume 23, Issue 5

481 -- 482Koh Hosoda, Hitoshi Aonuma. Preface
483 -- 501Kazuhiro Nakatani, Yasuhiro Sugimoto, Koichi Osuka. Demonstration and Analysis of Quadrupedal Passive Dynamic Walking
503 -- 520Katsuyoshi Tsujita, Toshiya Kobayashi, Tatsuya Masuda. Feasibility Study on Stability of Gait Patterns with Changeable Body Stiffness Using Pneumatic Actuators in a Quadruped Robot
521 -- 534Yasuhiro Sugimoto, Shinya Aoi, Naomichi Ogihara, Kazuo Tsuchiya. Stabilizing Function of the Musculoskeletal System for Periodic Motion
535 -- 561Yuji Otoda, Hiroshi Kimura, Kunikatsu Takase. Construction of a Gait Adaptation Model in Human Split-Belt Treadmill Walking Using a Two-Dimensional Biped Robot
563 -- 578Masatoshi Ashikaga, Midori Sakura, Mika Kikuchi, Tetsutaro Hiraguchi, Ryosuke Chiba, Hitoshi Aonuma, Jun Ota. Establishment of Social Status without Individual Discrimination in the Cricket
579 -- 599Fabien Dionnet, Éric Marchand. Stereo Tracking and Servoing for Space Applications
601 -- 628Kangsoo Kim, Tamaki Ura. Optimal Guidance for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Navigation within Undersea Areas of Current Disturbances

Volume 23, Issue 4

385 -- 0Takashi Yoshimi. Preface
387 -- 404Yasuhisa Hirata, Zhi Dong Wang, Kenta Fukaya, Kazuhiro Kosuge. Transporting an Object by a Passive Mobile Robot with Servo Brakes in Cooperation with a Human
405 -- 428Dylan F. Glas, Takahiro Miyashita, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Norihiro Hagita. Laser-Based Tracking of Human Position and Orientation Using Parametric Shape Modeling
429 -- 441Masamichi Shimosaka, Taketoshi Mori, Akinori Fujii, Tomomasa Sato. Discriminative Data Visualization for Daily Behavior Modeling
443 -- 458Takanori Shibata, Kazuyoshi Wada, Yousuke Ikeda, Selma Sabanovic. Cross-Cultural Studies on Subjective Evaluation of a Seal Robot
459 -- 480Kei Okada, Mitsuharu Kojima, Satoru Tokutsu, Yuto Mori, Toshiaki Maki, Masayuki Inaba. Integrating Recognition and Action Through Task-Relevant Knowledge for Daily Assistive Humanoids

Volume 23, Issue 3

269 -- 287Ahmet Yazici, Aydin Sipahioglu, Osman Parlaktuna. Heuristic-Based Dynamic Route Planning Method for a Homogeneous Multi-robot Team
289 -- 304Iwaki Toshima, Shigeaki Aoki. Sound Localization During Head Movement Using an Acoustical Telepresence Robot: TeleHead
305 -- 328Javier Ruiz-del-Solar, Patricio Loncomilla. Robot Head Pose Detection and Gaze Direction Determination Using Local Invariant Features
329 -- 348Miguel Díaz-Rodríguez, Xabier Iriarte, Vicente Mata, Javier Ros. On the Experiment Design for Direct Dynamic Parameter Identification of Parallel Robots
349 -- 366Rawichote Chalodhorn, Karl F. MacDorman, Minoru Asada. Humanoid Robot Motion Recognition and Reproduction
367 -- 383SeongHee Jeong, Takayuki Takahashi. Impact Force Reduction of Manipulators Using a Dynamic Acceleration Polytope and Flexible Collision Detection Sensor

Volume 23, Issue 15

1997 -- 1998Christian Laugier, Hajime Asama, Shigeki Sugano. Preface
1999 -- 2014Sebastien Andary, Ahmed Chemori, Sébastien Krut. Control of the Underactuated Inertia Wheel Inverted Pendulum for Stable Limit Cycle Generation
2015 -- 2034Duy Nguyen-Tuong, Matthias W. Seeger, Jan Peters. Model Learning with Local Gaussian Process Regression
2035 -- 2057Shun Nishide, Tetsuya Ogata, Jun Tani, Kazunori Komatani, Hiroshi G. Okuno. Self-organization of Dynamic Object Features Based on Bidirectional Training
2059 -- 2076Sylvain Calinon, Aude Billard. Statistical Learning by Imitation of Competing Constraints in Joint Space and Task Space
2077 -- 2091Srinivas Neppalli, Matthew A. Csencsits, Bryan A. Jones, Ian D. Walker. Closed-Form Inverse Kinematics for Continuum Manipulators
2093 -- 2111Hyun-Don Kim, Jinsung Kim, Kazunori Komatani, Tetsuya Ogata, Hiroshi G. Okuno. Target Speech Detection and Separation for Communication with Humanoid Robots in Noisy Home Environments
2113 -- 2138Domenico Campolo, Giovanni Barbera, Luca Schenato, Lijuan Pi, Xinyan Deng, Eugenio Guglielmelli. Attitude Stabilization of a Biologically Inspired Robotic Housefly ::::via:::: Dynamic Multimodal Attitude Estimation

Volume 23, Issue 14

1829 -- 1830Kolja Kühnlenz, Martin Buss. Preface
1831 -- 1848Minoru Hashimoto, Hiromi Kondo, Yukimasa Tamatsu. Gaze Guidance Using a Facial Expression Robot
1849 -- 1871Jorge Solis, Koichi Taniguchi, Takeshi Ninomiya, Klaus Petersen, Tetsuro Yamamoto, Atsuo Takanishi. Implementation of an Auditory Feedback Control System on an Anthropomorphic Flutist Robot Inspired on the Performance of a Professional Flutist
1873 -- 1908Radu Bogdan Rusu, Jan Bandouch, Franziska Meier, Irfan A. Essa, Michael Beetz. Human Action Recognition Using Global Point Feature Histograms and Action Shapes
1909 -- 1923Marcel Heerink, Ben J. A. Kröse, Vanessa Evers, Bob J. Wielinga. Influence of Social Presence on Acceptance of an Assistive Social Robot and Screen Agent by Elderly Users
1925 -- 1949Jun Ki Lee, Walter Dan Stiehl, Robert Lopez Toscano, Cynthia Breazeal. Semi-Autonomous Robot Avatar as a Medium for Family Communication and Education
1951 -- 1996Hatice Kose-Bagci, Ester Ferrari, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Dag Sverre Syrdal, Chrystopher L. Nehaniv. Effects of Embodiment and Gestures on Social Interaction in Drumming Games with a Humanoid Robot

Volume 23, Issue 12-13

1533 -- 1560Alejandro Sarmiento, Rafael Murrieta-Cid, Seth Hutchinson. An Efficient Motion Strategy to Compute Expected-Time Locally Optimal Continuous Search Paths in Known Environments
1561 -- 1578Chenggang Liu, Jianbo Su. Basic Behavior Acquisition with Multisensor Integration for a Robot System
1579 -- 1599Kundong Wang, Guozheng Yan, Bo Yan. Passive Compliance Control of a Weld Inspection Manipulator for Intersecting Pipes
1601 -- 1616Se-Jin Lee, Jong Hwan Lim, Dong-Woo Cho. General Feature Extraction for Mapping and Localization of a Mobile Robot Using Sparsely Sampled Sonar Data
1617 -- 1640Yongjie Zhao, Feng Gao, Xianchao Zhao, Nengsheng Bao. Dynamic Formulation and Performance Evaluation of the 6-d.o.f. Parallel Structure Seismic Simulator
1641 -- 1662Duygun Erol Barkana, Nilanjan Sarkar. Towards a Smooth Human-Robot Interaction for Rehabilitation Robotic Systems
1663 -- 1686Niak Wu Koh, Cezary Zielinski, Marcelo H. Ang. The Matrix-Based Framework: Its Role as a Job-Agent Supervisory Controller
1687 -- 1702Chieh-Chih Wang, Chi-Hao Lin, Jwu-Sheng Hu. Probabilistic Structure from Sound
1703 -- 1723Hyun Min Do, Janarbek Matai, Young-Ho Suh, Yong-Shik Kim, Bong Keun Kim, Hyoung-Sun Kim, Tamio Tanikawa, Kohtaro Ohba, Jae-Yeong Lee, Wonpil Yu. Connection Framework of RT-Middleware and CAMUS for Maintaining Ubiquity between Two Ubiquitous Robot Spaces
1725 -- 1742Wei Wei Shang, Shuang Cong, Ze Xiang Li, Shi Long Jiang. Augmented Nonlinear PD Controller for a Redundantly Actuated Parallel Manipulator
1743 -- 1760Tomoyuki Saito, Tadao Kagiwada, Hiroyuki Harada. Development of an Earthworm Robot with a Shape Memory Alloy and Braided Tube
1761 -- 1778Guanghui Cen, Nobuto Matsuhira, Junko Hirokawa, Hideki Ogawa, Ichiro Hagiwara. New Entropy-Based Adaptive Particle Filter for Mobile Robot Localization
1779 -- 1797Qiquan Quan, Shugen Ma, Zongquan Deng. Impact Analysis of a Dual-Crawler-Driven Robot
1799 -- 1816Hadi Homaei, Mehdi Keshmiri. Optimal Trajectory Planning for Minimum Vibration of Flexible Redundant Cooperative Manipulators
1817 -- 1827Youcef Mezouar. Optimal Camera Trajectory under Visibility Constraint in Visual Servoing: A Variational Approach

Volume 23, Issue 11

1423 -- 1424Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Tetsunari Inamura. Preface
1425 -- 1428Masayoshi Watanabe. Expectations of Research Roadmaps Mainly Made by the Academic Community - Construction of a National Innovation System through Communication between Industry, Academia and Government
1429 -- 1439Tomomasa Sato, Riichiro Mizoguchi, Yutaka Tomita, Takashi Uchiyama. Overview of the Academic Roadmap of Robotics Technology
1441 -- 1449Yutaka Tomita, Koichi Hori, Yoshifumi Nishida. An Academic Roadmap of Human-Centered Integrated System Research
1451 -- 1454Hiroshi Yokoi. Cyborg (Brain-Machine/Computer Interface)
1455 -- 1458Shigeru Yamauchi. Advanced Interdisciplinary Human Research in Assistive Technology for Elderly Persons and Persons with Disabilities
1459 -- 1463Yoshifumi Nishida, Yoichi Motomura. Robotization of Everyday Life
1465 -- 1474Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Masayuki Numao. Academic Roadmap in Integrated Information Field
1475 -- 1479Takahira Yamaguchi. Future Computer Systems
1481 -- 1485Yasuo Kuniyoshi. Autonomous Adaptive Emergent Systems
1487 -- 1491Katsu Yamane. Whole-Human Simulation
1493 -- 1497Keiji Nagatani. Applications of Robotics in Society
1499 -- 1503Takashi Uchiyama, Makoto Kaneko, Yasuharu Kunii. Academic Roadmap of Robotics from the Viewpoint of Engineering - What Will Happen in 2050?
1505 -- 1506Makoto Kaneko. Super-High-Speed Dynamic Active Sensing
1507 -- 1511Yasuharu Kunii. Space Robotics in 2050
1513 -- 1516Yoji Yamada. Safety Robot Technology in the Future
1517 -- 1521Naoyuki Sawasaki. Three-Dimensional Vision and Human Motion Analysis
1523 -- 1526Toru Omata. Manipulation in the Future
1527 -- 1531Shuuji Kajita, Tomomichi Sugihara. Humanoid Robots in the Future

Volume 23, Issue 10

1247 -- 1248Caihua Xiong, Honghai Liu, Youlun Xiong. Preface
1249 -- 1260Yongan Huang, Zhouping Yin, Xiangtao Hu, Youlun Xiong. A Novel Force Control Method for Quasi-Static Underactuated Multibody Systems
1261 -- 1279Genliang Chen, Hao Wang, Kai Zhao, Zhongqin Lin. Modular Calculation of the Jacobian Matrix and Its Application to the Performance Analyses of a Forging Robot
1281 -- 1297Mitsuhiro Kamezaki, Hiroyasu Iwata, Shigeki Sugano. Operator Support System Based on Primitive Static States in Intelligent Operated Work Machines
1299 -- 1313Junzhi Yu, Y. F. Li, Yonghui Hu, Long Wang. Dynamic Analysis and Control Synthesis of a Link-Based Dolphin-Like Robot Capable of Three-Dimensional Movements
1315 -- 1326Gerald Steinbauer, Franz Wotawa. Robust Plan Execution Using Model-Based Reasoning
1327 -- 1358Dzmitry Tsetserukou, Naoki Kawakami, Susumu Tachi. iSoRA: Humanoid Robot Arm for Intelligent Haptic Interaction with the Environment
1359 -- 1371Zhaojie Ju, Honghai Liu, Xiangyang Zhu, Youlun Xiong. Dynamic Grasp Recognition Using Time Clustering, Gaussian Mixture Models and Hidden Markov Models
1373 -- 1391Feng Duan, Jeffrey Too Chuan Tan, Ryu Kato, Tamio Arai. Operator Monitoring System for Cell Production
1393 -- 1410Wenbin Chen, Caihua Xiong, Xiaolin Huang, Ronglei Sun, Youlun Xiong. Manipulator Workspace Boundary Extraction and Its Application in Workspace Analysis of the Human s Upper Extremity
1411 -- 1422Tianmiao Wang, Can Tang, Da Liu. A Hybrid Robot System Guided by Computer Tomography for Percutaneous Lung Cancer Cryosurgery

Volume 23, Issue 1-2

1 -- 18Jun Ota. Rearrangement Planning of Multiple Movable Objects by a Mobile Robot
19 -- 43Wei Zhao, Yonghui Hu, Long Wang. Construction and Central Pattern Generator-Based Control of a Flipper-Actuated Turtle-Like Underwater Robot
45 -- 64Jin-Kyu Choi, Choong Sik Park, Takahiro Kitagawa, Kotaro Nakatani, Haruo Sugii. Passive Step-Climbing Mechanism for a Mobility Aid
65 -- 87M. Salehi, G. R. Vossoughi. High-Precision Impedance Control Method for Flexible Base Moving Manipulators
89 -- 112Junhong Ji, Lining Sun, Yuhong Zhu. A Novel High-Speed and High-Accuracy Manipulator of Planar Five-Link Structure: Modeling and Calibration
113 -- 143Wenfu Xu, Cheng Li, Xueqian Wang, Yu Liu, Bin Liang, Yangsheng Xu. Study on Non-holonomic Cartesian Path Planning of a Free-Floating Space Robotic System
145 -- 164Yoko Sasaki, Satoshi Kagami, Hiroshi Mizoguchi. Online Short-Term Multiple Sound Source Mapping for a Mobile Robot by Robust Motion Triangulation
165 -- 183Hanlei Wang, Yongchun Xie. Adaptive Jacobian Force/Position Tracking Control of Robotic Manipulators in Compliant Contact with an Uncertain Surface
185 -- 201Yucheol Lee, Jong Hwan Lim, Dong-Woo Cho, Wan Kyun Chung. Sonar Map Construction for Autonomous Mobile Robots Using a Data Association Filter
203 -- 225Ahmad Athif Mohd Faudzi, Koichi Suzumori, Shuichi Wakimoto. Development of an Intelligent Pneumatic Cylinder for Distributed Physical Human-Machine Interaction
227 -- 237Sangcheol Lee. Shear Control of Elastomer Shear Pads for Variable Remote Center Compliance
239 -- 256Ali Nourollah, Mohammadreza Razzazi. Near-Optimum Folding for a Reconfigurable Snake-Like Robot
257 -- 268Aleksander Nawrat, Kamil Kozak. Development of a System for Simulation and Control of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle