Journal: Advanced Robotics

Volume 24, Issue 8-9

1079 -- 1080Takashi Kubota, Yasuharu Kunii. Preface
1081 -- 1098Kohei Osaki, Atsushi Konno, Masaru Uchiyama. Delay Time Compensation for a Hybrid Simulator
1099 -- 1126Satoko Abiko, Kazuya Yoshida. Adaptive Reaction Control for Space Robotic Applications with Dynamic Model Uncertainty
1127 -- 1147Kenji Nagaoka, Takashi Kubota, Masatsugu Otsuki, Satoshi Tanaka. Experimental Analysis of a Screw Drilling Mechanism for Lunar Robotic Subsurface Exploration
1149 -- 1167Keiji Nagatani, Ayako Ikeda, Genya Ishigami, Kazuya Yoshida, Isaku Nagai. Development of a Visual Odometry System for a Wheeled Robot on Loose Soil using a Telecentric Camera
1169 -- 1197Narunas Vaskevicius, Andreas Birk 0002, Kaustubh Pathak, Sören Schwertfeger. Efficient Representation in Three-Dimensional Environment Modeling for Planetary Robotic Exploration
1199 -- 1218Yoji Kuroda, Atsushi Sakai, Yuya Tamura. Six-Degree-of-Freedom Localization using an Unscented Kalman Filter for Planetary Rovers
1219 -- 1238Eric Rohmer, Giulio Reina, Kazuya Yoshida. Dynamic Simulation-Based Action Planner for a Reconfigurable Hybrid Leg-Wheel Planetary Exploration Rover
1239 -- 1255Kolja Kühnlenz, Stefan Sosnowski, Martin Buss. Impact of Animal-Like Features on Emotion Expression of Robot Head EDDIE
1257 -- 1289Jeong-Gwan Kang, Su-Yong An, Sunhyo Kim, Se-Young Oh. Sonar-Based Simultaneous Localization and Mapping Using a Neuro-Evolutionary Optimization
1291 -- 1311Srdan T. Mitrovic, Zeljko M. Durovic. Fuzzy Logic Controller for Bidirectional Garaging of a Differential Drive Mobile Robot
1313 -- 1343Ehsan Noohi, S. Sara Mahdavi, Ali Baghani, Majid Nili Ahmadabadi. Wheel-Based Climbing Robot: Modeling and Control
1345 -- 1364Suguru Arimoto, Morio Yoshida, Masahiro Sekimoto, Ji-Hun Bae. A Riemannian-Geometric Approach for Intelligent Control and Fingertip Design of Multi-fingered Hands
1365 -- 1384Chan Hun Park, Jin Ho Kyung, Dong Il Park, Kyung Taik Park, Doo-Hyung Kim, Dae-Gab Gweon. Direct Teaching Algorithm for a Manipulator in a Constraint Condition using the Teaching Force Shaping Method
1385 -- 1404José L. Avendaño-Juárez, Víctor M. Hernández Guzmán, Ramón Silva-Ortigoza. Velocity and Current Inner Loops in a Wheeled Mobile Robot

Volume 24, Issue 7

943 -- 962Wei Wang, Xin Xu, Yan Li, Jinze Song, Hangen He. Triple RRTs: An Effective Method for Path Planning in Narrow Passages
963 -- 978Nicholas Cherouvim, Evangelos Papadopoulos. Novel Energy Transfer Mechanism in a Running Quadruped Robot with One Actuator per Leg
979 -- 1002Shu Yun Chung, Han-Pang Huang. SLAMMOT-SP: Simultaneous SLAMMOT and Scene Prediction
1003 -- 1016Bo Hu, Yi Lu, Jianping Yu. Dynamics Analysis of Some Limited-Degree-of-Freedom Parallel Manipulators with ::::n:::: UPS Active Legs and a Passive Constraining Leg
1017 -- 1036Freek Stulp, Hans Utz, Michael Isik, Gerd Mayer. Implicit Coordination with Shared Belief: A Heterogeneous Robot Soccer Team Case Study
1037 -- 1058Zhiwei Liang, Xudong Ma, Xianzhong Dai. Simultaneous Localization and Mapping in a Camera Network
1059 -- 1078Ming-Chiuan Shiu, Li-Chen Fu, Hou-Tsan Lee, Feng-Li Lian. Modular Design of a Reconfigurable Electromagnetic Robot

Volume 24, Issue 5-6

627 -- 0Tetsunari Inamura. Preface
629 -- 650Jorge Solis, Takeshi Ninomiya, Klaus Petersen, Masaki Takeuchi, Atsuo Takanishi. Development of the Anthropomorphic Saxophonist Robot WAS-1: Mechanical Design of the Simulated Organs and Implementation of Air Pressure Feedback Control
651 -- 670Kenichi Maruyama, Ryuichi Takase, Yoshihiro Kawai, Takashi Yoshimi, Hironobu Takahashi, Fumiaki Tomita. Semi-Automated Excavation System for Partially Buried Objects Using Stereo Vision-Based Three-Dimensional Localization
671 -- 686Takehito Kikuchi, Kunihiko Oda, Junji Furusho. Leg-Robot for Demonstration of Spastic Movements of Brain-Injured Patients with Compact Magnetorheological Fluid Clutch
687 -- 717Cota Nabeshima, Yasuo Kuniyoshi. A Method for Sustaining Consistent Sensory-Motor Coordination under Body Property Changes Including Tool Grasp/Release
719 -- 737Andrei Herdt, Holger Diedam, Pierre-Brice Wieber, Dimitar Dimitrov, Katja Mombaur, Moritz Diehl. Online Walking Motion Generation with Automatic Footstep Placement
739 -- 761Kazuhiro Nakadai, Toru Takahashi, Hiroshi G. Okuno, Hirofumi Nakajima, Yuji Hasegawa, Hiroshi Tsujino. Design and Implementation of Robot Audition System HARK - Open Source Software for Listening to Three Simultaneous Speakers
763 -- 781Koichi Kita, Atsushi Konno, Masaru Uchiyama. Transition between Level Flight and Hovering of a Tail-Sitter Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aerial Robot
783 -- 818Kenji Tahara, Hitoshi Kino. Reaching Movements of a Redundant Musculoskeletal Arm: Acquisition of an Adequate Internal Force by Iterative Learning and Its Evaluation through a Dynamic Damping Ellipsoid
819 -- 838Haiwei Dong, Jun Tang, Weidong Chen, Akinori Nagano, Zhiwei Luo. Novel Information Matrix Sparsification Approach for Practical Implementation of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
839 -- 860Jeffrey Too Chuan Tan, Feng Duan, Ryu Kato, Tamio Arai. Safety Strategy for Human-Robot Collaboration: Design and Development in Cellular Manufacturing
861 -- 877Masaki Hamamoto, Yoshiji Ohta, Keita Hara, Toshiaki Hisada. Basic Design Strategy for Stiffness Distribution on a Dragonfly-Mimicking Wing for a Flapping Micro Aerial Vehicle
879 -- 902Jinwoo Jun, Katsuya Kanaoka, Sadao Kawamura. Cascaded Feedback Control Scheme for Trajectory Tracking of Robot Manipulator Systems with Actuator Dynamics
903 -- 920Yumiko Suzuki, Simon Thompson, Satoshi Kagami. High-Speed Planning and Reducing Memory Usage of a Precomputed Search Tree Using Pruning
921 -- 942Wataru Mori, Jun Ueda, Tsukasa Ogasawara. A 1-d.o.f. Dynamic Pitching Robot That Independently Controls Velocity, Angular Velocity and Direction of a Ball

Volume 24, Issue 4

467 -- 488Xin Jiang, Atsushi Konno, Masaru Uchiyama. Vision-Based Task-Level Control of a Flexible-Link Manipulator
489 -- 513Luis Yoichi Morales Saiki, Takashi Tsubouchi, Shin ichi Yuta. Vehicle Localization in Outdoor Mountainous Forested Paths and Extension of Two-Dimensional Road Centerline Maps to Three-Dimensional Maps
515 -- 535Katja Mombaur, Jean-Paul Laumond, Eiichi Yoshida. An Optimal Control-Based Formulation to Determine Natural Locomotor Paths for Humanoid Robots
537 -- 557Zhongli Wang, Yunhui Liu. Pose Control of a Lake Surface Cleaning Robot Using Backstepping and Polar Coordinates
559 -- 583Shigang Wang, Enhui Yang, Xinhong Wang, Qi Deng, Qinghua Liang, Jinqiu Mo. Development of a Novel Live-Line Inspection Robot System for Post Insulators at 220-kV Substations
585 -- 604Nosan Kwak, Kazuhito Yokoi, Beom Hee Lee. Analysis of Rank-Based Resampling Based on Particle Diversity in the Rao-Blackwellized Particle Filter for Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
605 -- 626Mahmood Karimi, S. Ali A. Moosavian. Modified Transpose Effective Jacobian Law for Control of Underactuated Manipulators

Volume 24, Issue 3

299 -- 301Takashi Kubota, Yasuharu Kunii. Preface
303 -- 323Peggy Boning, Steven Dubowsky. Coordinated Control of Space Robot Teams for the On-Orbit Construction of Large Flexible Space Structures
325 -- 341S. Murat Yesiloglu, Hakan Temeltas. Dynamical Modeling of Cooperating Underactuated Manipulators for Space Manipulation
343 -- 358Yuichi Tsumaki, Ikumi Maeda. Intra-Vehicular Free-Flyer with Manipulation Capability
359 -- 385Giulio Reina, Genya Ishigami, Keiji Nagatani, Kazuya Yoshida. Odometry Correction Using Visual Slip Angle Estimation for Planetary Exploration Rovers
387 -- 419Masatsugu Otsuki, Noriaki Mizukami, Takashi Kubota. Simultaneous Control for Position and Vibration of a Planetary Rover with Flexible Structures
421 -- 440Teppei Saitoh, Masataka Suzuki, Yoji Kuroda. Vision-Based Probabilistic Map Estimation with an Inclined Surface Grid for Rough Terrain Rover Navigation
441 -- 466Tomohisa Oki, Hiroki Nakanishi, Kazuya Yoshida. Time-Optimal Manipulator Control for Management of Angular Momentum Distribution during the Capture of a Tumbling Target

Volume 24, Issue 15

2043 -- 2058Takashi Matsubara, Masao Kubo, Yusuke Murachi. Particle Filter for Collaborative Multi-Robot Localization Tolerant to Recognition Error
2059 -- 2086Hamid Salmasi, Reza Fotouhi, Peter N. Nikiforuk. On the Stability of a Friction Compensation Strategy for Flexible-Joint Manipulators
2087 -- 2118Ronggang Yue, Jizhong Xiao, Shaoping Wang, Samleo L. Joseph. Three-Dimensional Path Planning of a Climbing Robot Using Mixed Integer Linear Programming
2119 -- 2135Yi Cao, Zhen Huang, Qiuju Zhang, Hui Zhou. Orientation-Singularity and Nonsingular Orientation-Workspace Analysis of the Semi-Regular Stewart-Gough Platform Manipulator
2137 -- 2169Jung-Yup Kim, Jung Hoon Kim. Error Analysis and Effective Adjustment of the Walking-Ready Posture for a Biped Humanoid Robot
2171 -- 2197Damir Omrcen, Ales Ude. Redundancy Control of a Humanoid Head for Foveation and Three-Dimensional Object Tracking: A Virtual Mechanism Approach
2199 -- 2214Kisung Seo, Soohwan Hyun, Erik D. Goodman. Genetic Programming-Based Automatic Gait Generation in Joint Space for a Quadruped Robot

Volume 24, Issue 14

1927 -- 1928Koichi Suzumori, Satoshi Tadokoro. Preface
1929 -- 1943Shinichi Yokota, Fumiya Yajima, Kenjiro Takemura, Kazuya Edamura. Electro-Conjugate Fluid Jet-Driven Micro Artificial Antagonistic Muscle Actuators and their Integration
1945 -- 1961Katsushi Furutani, Atsushi Furuta. Simulation of the Performance of a Piezoelectric Actuator Driven with a Current Pulse
1963 -- 1981Ken ichi Koyanagi, Yasuhiro Kakinuma, Hidenobu Anzai, Tomoya Yamaguchi. Electrorheological Gel Linear Actuator for Human-Coexistence Robots
1983 -- 2003Nguyen Huu Chuc, Nguyen Huu Lam Vuong, DukSang Kim, Hyungpil Moon, Jachoon Koo, Youngkwan Lee, Jea-do Nam, Hyouk Ryeol Choi. Design and Control of a Multi-jointed Robot Finger Driven by an Artificial Muscle Actuator
2005 -- 2018Yoko Yamanishi, Lin Feng, Fumihito Arai. On-demand Production of Emulsion Droplets Over a Wide Range of Sizes
2019 -- 2041Massimo Bergamasco, Fabio Salsedo, Simone Marcheschi, Nicola Lucchesi. A Novel Actuator for Wearable Robots with Improved Torque Density and Mechanical Efficiency

Volume 24, Issue 13

1785 -- 1789Pericle Salvini, Cecilia Laschi. Preface
1791 -- 1811Suwoong Lee, Yoji Yamada. Strategy on Safety Function Implementation: Case Study Involving Risk Assessment and Functional Safety Analysis for a Power Assist System
1813 -- 1840Kun Qian, Xudong Ma, Xianzhong Dai, Fang Fang. Socially Acceptable Pre-collision Safety Strategies for Human-Compliant Navigation of Service Robots
1841 -- 1859Rajesh Elara Mohan, Wijerupage Sardha Wijesoma, Carlos Antonio Acosta Calderon, Changjiu Zhou. False Alarm Metrics for Human-Robot Interactions in Service Robots
1861 -- 1871Richard Kelley, Enrique Schaerer, Micaela Gomez, Monica N. Nicolescu. Liability in Robotics: An International Perspective on Robots as Animals
1873 -- 1899Alberto Sanfeliu, Maria Rosa Llácer, Maria Dolors Gramunt, Albert Punsola, Yuji Yoshimura. Influence of the Privacy Issue in the Deployment and Design of Networking Robots in European Urban Areas
1901 -- 1917Pericle Salvini, Giancarlo Teti, Enza Spadoni, Emiliano Frediani, Silvio Boccalatte, Luca Nocco, Barbara Mazzolai, Cecilia Laschi, Giovanni Comandé, Emanuele Rossi, Paolo Carrozza, Paolo Dario. An Investigation on Legal Regulations for Robot Deployment in Urban Areas: A Focus on Italian Law
1919 -- 1926Yueh-Hsuan Weng. Beyond Robot Ethics: On a Legislative Consortium for Social Robotics

Volume 24, Issue 12

1677 -- 1678Dong-Soo Kwon, Ichiro Sakuma. Preface
1679 -- 1694Brian F. Allen, Brett Jordan, William Pannell, Catherine E. Lewis, Erik P. Dutson, Petros Faloutsos. Laparoscopic Surgical Robot for Remote ::::In Vivo:::: Training
1695 -- 1718Ki-Young Kim, Ho-Seok Song, Sukhoon Park, Jung-Ju Lee, Yong-San Yoon. Design and Evaluation of a Teleoperated Surgical Manipulator with an Additional Degree of Freedom for Laparoscopic Surgery
1719 -- 1739Yongmin Zhong, Bijan Shirinzadeh, Julian Smith, Chengfan Gu. Thermal-Mechanical-Based Soft Tissue Deformation for Surgery Simulation
1741 -- 1761Satoshi Ohno, Chika Hiroki, Wenwei Yu. Design and Manipulation of a Suction-Based Micro Robot for Moving in the Abdominal Cavity
1763 -- 1783Kotaro Tadano, Kenji Kawashima. Development of a Master-Slave System with Force-Sensing Abilities using Pneumatic Actuators for Laparoscopic Surgery

Volume 24, Issue 11

1529 -- 1556Mohan Santhakumar, Thondiyath Asokan. Investigations on the Hybrid Tracking Control of an Underactuated Autonomous Underwater Robot
1557 -- 1576Kenji Inoue, Shota Fujii, Tomohito Takubo, Yasushi Mae, Tatsuo Arai. Ladder Climbing Method for the Limb Mechanism Robot ASTERISK
1577 -- 1593K. M. Chow, Ahmad B. Rad, Ying-Leung Ip. Concurrent Map Building and Behavior Learning for Navigation in Unknown Environments
1595 -- 1613Yong-Ju Lee, Jae-Bok Song. Autonomous Salient Feature Detection through Salient Cues in an HSV Color Space for Visual Indoor Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
1615 -- 1638Atsushi Tsukahara, Ryota Kawanishi, Yasuhisa Hasegawa, Yoshiyuki Sankai. Sit-to-Stand and Stand-to-Sit Transfer Support for Complete Paraplegic Patients with Robot Suit HAL
1639 -- 1660Hitoshi Kino, Dai Nakiri. Numerical Solution Framework of Kinematics for a Tendon-Driven Manipulator Equipped with Cylindrical Elastic Elements
1661 -- 1675Chi Zhu, Atsuo Kawamura. Development of Biped Robot MARI-3 for Jumping

Volume 24, Issue 10

1405 -- 1406Koichi Suzumori, Satoshi Tadokoro. Preface
1407 -- 1421Koki Sakano, Minoru Kuribayashi Kurosawa, Takashi Shigematsu. Driving Characteristics of a Surface Acoustic Wave Motor using a Flat-Plane Slider
1423 -- 1440Toshiyuki Ueno, Zu Guang Zhang, Toshiro Higuchi. Translatory and Bending Micro Magnetostrictive Actuator using Iron-Gallium Alloys (Galfenol): A New Actuation Approach for Microrobots
1441 -- 1459Akio Yamamoto, Hiroaki Katsurai, Toshiro Higuchi. DC-Operated Electrostatic Impact Drive Actuator
1461 -- 1470Daiji Noda, Tadashi Hattori. Fabrication of Microcoils with Narrow and High Aspect Ratio Coil Line
1471 -- 1487Norihiro Kamamichi, Toshiharu Maeba, Masaki Yamakita, Toshiharu Mukai. Printing Fabrication of a Bucky Gel Actuator/Sensor and Its Application to Three-Dimensional Patterned Devices
1489 -- 1502Takehito Kikuchi, Kikuko Otsuki, Junji Furusho, Hiroya Abe, Junichi Noma, Makio Naito, Nicolas Lauzier. Development of a Compact Magnetorheological Fluid Clutch for Human-Friendly Actuator
1503 -- 1528Ahmad Athif Mohd Faudzi, Koichi Suzumori, Shuichi Wakimoto. Development of an Intelligent Chair Tool System Applying New Intelligent Pneumatic Actuators

Volume 24, Issue 1-2

1 -- 23Antidio Viguria, Ivan Maza, Aníbal Ollero. Distributed Service-Based Cooperation in Aerial/Ground Robot Teams Applied to Fire Detection and Extinguishing Missions
25 -- 45Ryosuke Chiba, Tamio Arai, Jun Ota. Integrated Design for Automated Guided Vehicle Systems Using Cooperative Co-evolution
47 -- 67Kyung Hak Hyun, Eun Ho Kim, Yoon Keun Kwak. Emotional Feature Extraction Method Based on the Concentration of Phoneme Influence for Human-Robot Interaction
69 -- 83Hirohiko Kawata, Tatsuro Ueda, Tetsuo Tomizawa, Akihisa Ohya, Shin ichi Yuta. A Method for Accurate Map Construction Using Time Registration from a Moving SOKUIKI Sensor
85 -- 101Ming-Shaung Chang, Jung-Hua Chou, Chun-Mu Wu. Design and Implementation of a Novel Outdoor Road-Cleaning Robot
103 -- 122Norisuke Fujii, Reiko Inoue, Yoshihiro Takebe, Jun Ota. Multiple Robot Rearrangement Planning Using a Territorial Approach and an Extended Project Scheduling Problem Solver
123 -- 137Hai Huang, Li Jiang, Yong-Jie Pang, Shi-cai Shi, Qi-rong Tang, Dapeng Yang, Hong Liu. Observer-Based Dynamic Control of an Underactuated Hand
139 -- 158Khairul Salleh Mohamed Sahari, Hiroaki Seki, Yoshitsugu Kamiya, Masatoshi Hikizu. Clothes Manipulation by Robot Grippers with Roller Fingertips
159 -- 177Hee-Byoung Choi, Atsushi Konno, Masaru Uchiyama. Inverse Dynamics Analysis of a 4-d.o.f. Parallel Robot H4
179 -- 206Ying-Leung Ip, Ahmad B. Rad, Y. K. Wong, Y. Liu, X. M. Ren. A Localization Algorithm for Autonomous Mobile Robots ::::via:::: a Fuzzy Tuned Extended Kalman Filter
207 -- 232Rawichote Chalodhorn, David B. Grimes, Keith Grochow, Rajesh P. N. Rao. Learning to Walk by Imitation in Low-Dimensional Subspaces
233 -- 254Mayuko Mori, Koichi Suzumori, Masayuki Takahashi, Takashi Hosoya. Very High Force Hydraulic McKibben Artificial Muscle with a ::::p::::-Phenylene-2, 6-benzobisoxazole Cord Sleeve
255 -- 276Jean-Luc Paillat, Philippe Lucidarme, Laurent Hardouin. Original Design of an Unmanned Ground Vehicle for Exploration in Rough Terrain
277 -- 298Jae Wook Chung, Ill-Woo Park, Jun-Ho Oh. On the Design and Development of a Quadruped Robot Platform