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    Journal: Advanced Robotics

    Volume 27, Issue 9

    655 -- 0Atsushi Konno, Koki Kikuchi, Nathan Michael. Preface
    657 -- 666Masaki Hamamoto, Yoshiji Ohta, Keita Hara, Toshiaki Hisada. Free-flight analysis of dragonfly hovering by fluid-structure interaction analysis based on an arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian method
    667 -- 681Matt Shields, Kamran Mohseni. Passive mitigation of roll stall for low aspect ratio wings
    683 -- 696Ryuta Ozawa, François Chaumette. Dynamic visual servoing with image moments for an unmanned aerial vehicle using a virtual spring approach
    697 -- 709Luciano C. A. Pimenta, Guilherme A. S. Pereira, Mateus M. Gonçalves, Nathan Michael, Matthew Turpin, Vijay Kumar. Decentralized controllers for perimeter surveillance with teams of aerial robots
    711 -- 724Jörg Müller 0004, Wolfram Burgard. Efficient probabilistic localization for autonomous indoor airships using sonar, air flow, and IMU sensors
    725 -- 738Patrick P. Neumann, Victor Manuel Hernandez Bennetts, Achim J. Lilienthal, Matthias Bartholmai, Jochen H. Schiller. Gas source localization with a micro-drone using bio-inspired and particle filter-based algorithms

    Volume 27, Issue 8

    567 -- 579Byeong-Sang Kim, Shinsuk Park, Jae-Bok Song, Byungchan Kim. Equilibrium point control of a robot manipulator using biologically-inspired redundant actuation system
    581 -- 595Zhaojia Liu, Lounell B. Gueta, Jun Ota. A strategy for fast grasping of unknown objects using partial shape information from range sensors
    597 -- 609Guangming Wang, Xiandong Ma, Tianjiang Hu, Daibing Zhang. Experimental and analytical study on factors influencing biomimetic undulating fin propulsion performance based on orthogonal experimental design
    611 -- 625Yi Sun, Shugen Ma. A versatile locomotion mechanism for amphibious robots: eccentric paddle mechanism
    627 -- 639Naim Sidek, Nilanjan Sarkar. Exploiting wheel slips of mobile robots to improve navigation performance
    641 -- 654Gattupalli Aditya, Vijay Eathakota, Arun Kumar Singh, K. Madhava Krishna. A simulation framework for evolution on uneven terrains for synchronous drive robot

    Volume 27, Issue 7

    481 -- 492Rui Fukui, Masahiko Watanabe, Masamichi Shimosaka, Tomomasa Sato. Development of wrist contour measuring device for an interface using hand shape recognition
    493 -- 502Takehito Kikuchi, Toshimasa Tanaka, Kenichi Anzai, Sensi Kawakami, Masayuki Hosaka, Kazumi Niino. Evaluation of line-tracing controller of intelligently controllable walker
    503 -- 512Shinya Onogi, Yasuhiro Urayama, Sachie Irisawa, Kohji Masuda. Robotic ultrasound probe handling auxiliary by active compliance control
    513 -- 524Takamitsu Matsubara, Daisuke Shinohara, Masatsugu Kidode. Reinforcement learning of a motor skill for wearing a T-shirt using topology coordinates
    525 -- 540Teppei Tsujita, Kazuya Sase, Atsushi Konno, Masano Nakayama, XiaoShuai Chen, Koyu Abe, Masaru Uchiyama. Design and evaluation of an encountered-type haptic interface using MR fluid for surgical simulators
    541 -- 551Kenji Hashimoto, Yuki Takezaki, Hun-ok Lim, Atsuo Takanishi. Walking stabilization based on gait analysis for biped humanoid robot
    553 -- 566Fuminobu Kimura, Akio Yamamoto. Effect of delays in softness display using contact area control: rendering of surface viscoelasticity

    Volume 27, Issue 6

    407 -- 415Motoki Takagi, Jumpei Arata, Akihito Sano, Hideo Fujimoto. A new desk-top encounter-type haptic device with an actively driven pen-tablet LCD panel
    417 -- 430Yo Kobayashi, Akinori Onishi, Hiroki Watanabe, Takeharu Hoshi, Kazuya Kawamura, Masakatsu G. Fujie. Developing a method to plan robotic straight needle insertion using a probability-based assessment of puncture occurrence
    431 -- 443Kwangjin Yang, Seng Keat Gan, Salah Sukkarieh. A Gaussian process-based RRT planner for the exploration of an unknown and cluttered environment with a UAV
    445 -- 458Zhaojia Liu, Hiromasa Kamogawa, Jun Ota. Fast grasping of unknown objects through automatic determination of the required number of mobile robots
    459 -- 468Christian Dornhege, Alexander Kleiner. A frontier-void-based approach for autonomous exploration in 3D
    469 -- 480Yasuhiro Sugimoto, Keisuke Naniwa, Koichi Osuka, Yoshiyuki Sankai. Static and dynamic properties of McKibben pneumatic actuator for self-stability of legged-robot motion

    Volume 27, Issue 5

    309 -- 0Fumitoshi Matsuno, Itsuki Noda, Robin R. Murphy, Andreas Birk 0002. Preface
    311 -- 324Ramazan Havangi, Mohammad Ali Nekoui, Hamid D. Taghirad, Mohammad Teshnehlab. An intelligent UFastSLAM with MCMC move step
    325 -- 336David Portugal, Rui P. Rocha. Multi-robot patrolling algorithms: examining performance and scalability
    337 -- 350Quirin Hamp, Omar Gorgis, Patrick Labenda, Marc Neumann, Thomas Predki, Leif Heckes, Alexander Kleiner, Leonhard M. Reindl. Study of efficiency of USAR operations with assistive technologies
    351 -- 371Yungeun Choe, Inwook Shim, Myung Jin Chung. Urban structure classification using the 3D normal distribution transform for practical robot applications
    373 -- 384Wing-Yue Geoffrey Louie, Goldie Nejat. A victim identification methodology for rescue robots operating in cluttered USAR environments
    385 -- 391Masaru Shimizu, Tomoichi Takahashi. Training platform for rescue robot operation and pair operations of multi-robots
    393 -- 405SeongHee Jeong, Takayuki Takahashi. Unified evaluation index of safety and dexterity of a human symbiotic manipulator

    Volume 27, Issue 4

    233 -- 245Yanjiang Huang, Lounell B. Gueta, Ryosuke Chiba, Tamio Arai, Tsuyoshi Ueyama, Jun Ota. Selection of manipulator system for multiple-goal task by evaluating task completion time and cost with computational time constraints
    247 -- 258Kwangjin Yang, Daehan Jung, Salah Sukkarieh. Continuous curvature path-smoothing algorithm using cubic B zier spiral curves for non-holonomic robots
    259 -- 273David Schacter, Christopher Wang, Goldie Nejat, Beno Benhabib. A two-dimensional facial-affect estimation system for human-robot interaction using facial expression parameters
    275 -- 285Junzhi Yu, Ming Wang, Zongshuai Su, Min Tan, Jianwei Zhang. Dynamic modeling of a CPG-governed multijoint robotic fish
    287 -- 299Kimitoshi Yamazaki, Takemitsu Mori, Takashi Yamamoto, Masayuki Inaba. Cuboid-based mapping using time-series range data for a daily assistive robot working on a daily environment
    301 -- 308Yonghyun Jo, Han-Young Jang, Yeon-Ho Kim, Joon-Kee Cho, Hadi Moradi, JungHyun Han. Memory-efficient real-time map building using octree of planes and points

    Volume 27, Issue 3

    159 -- 173Hoang Huu Viet, Sang Hyeok An, TaeChoong Chung. Dyna-Q-based vector direction for path planning problem of autonomous mobile robots in unknown environments
    175 -- 188Han-Pang Huang, Jiu-Lou Yan, Teng-Hu Cheng. State-incremental optimal control of 3D COG pattern generation for humanoid robots
    189 -- 198Sang Duck Lee, Byeong-Sang Kim, Jae-Bok Song. Human-robot collision model with effective mass and manipulability for design of a spatial manipulator
    199 -- 209Masahiko Hoshina, Tomoaki Mashimo, Naoki Fukaya, Osamu Matsubara, Shigeki Toyama. Spherical ultrasonic motor drive system for camera orientation in pipe inspection
    211 -- 222Manuel Nandayapa, Chowarit Mitsantisuk, Kiyoshi Ohishi. Enhancing transparency on a ball screw teleoperation robot system using a novel velocity estimation method with FPGA
    223 -- 232Inyong Ha, Yusuke Tamura, Hajime Asama. Development of open platform humanoid robot DARwIn-OP

    Volume 27, Issue 2

    81 -- 92Hamid Abdi, Anthony A. Maciejewski, Saeid Nahavandi. Reliability maps for probabilistic guarantees of task motion for robotic manipulators
    93 -- 107Naoki Oyama, Zhaojia Liu, Lounell B. Gueta, Jun Ota. Task apportionment in a rearrangement problem of multiple mobile robots
    109 -- 120Valerio Salvucci, Yasuto Kimura, Sehoon Oh, Yoichi Hori. Non-linear phase different control for precise output force of bi-articularly actuated manipulators
    121 -- 132Z. M. Bi. Design of a spherical parallel kinematic machine for ankle rehabilitation
    133 -- 145Amir Rezaei, Alireza Akbarzadeh. Position and stiffness analysis of a new asymmetric 2PRR-PPR parallel CNC machine
    147 -- 158Yi Cao, Clément Gosselin, Ping Ren, Hui Zhou. Orientationability analyses of a special class of the Stewart-Gough parallel manipulators using the unit quaternion representation

    Volume 27, Issue 18

    1385 -- 1398Yasuhisa Hasegawa, Saori Oura, Junji Takahashi. Exoskeletal meal assistance system (EMAS II) for patients with progressive muscular disease
    1399 -- 1407Dai Owaki, Koichi Osuka, Akio Ishiguro. Stabilization mechanism underlying passive dynamic running
    1409 -- 1420Shota Taki, Yoichi Handa, Naoyuki Hara, Dragomir N. Nenchev. Simple timing generation along workspace paths for nonredundant robotic limbs
    1421 -- 1437Xuan Vinh Ha, Cheolkeun Ha, Jewon Lee. Novel hybrid optimization algorithm using PSO and MADS for the trajectory estimation of a four track wheel skid-steered mobile robot
    1439 -- 1453Huimin Lu, Xun Li, Hui Zhang, Zhiqiang Zheng. Robust place recognition based on omnidirectional vision and real-time local visual features for mobile robots
    1455 -- 1464Óscar Martínez Mozos, Hitoshi Mizutani, Hojung Jung, Ryo Kurazume, Tsutomu Hasegawa. Categorization of indoor places by combining local binary pattern histograms of range and reflectance data from laser range finders
    1465 -- 1476Kyohei Otsu, Masatsugu Otsuki, Genya Ishigami, Takashi Kubota. Terrain adaptive detector selection for visual odometry in natural scenes

    Volume 27, Issue 17

    1301 -- 1312Yu Song, Qingling Li, Yifei Kang, Deli Yan. Effective cubature FastSLAM: SLAM with Rao-Blackwellized particle filter and cubature rule for Gaussian weighted integral
    1313 -- 1323Hisayoshi Sugiyama, Tetsuo Tsujioka, Masashi Murata. Real-time exploration of a multi-robot rescue system in disaster areas
    1325 -- 1336Aram Kawewong, Noppharit Tongprasit, Osamu Hasegawa. A speeded-up online incremental vision-based loop-closure detection for long-term SLAM
    1337 -- 1349Shinji Suzuki, Yasuhisa Hirata, Kazuhiro Kosuge, Hiroshi Onodera. Motion support during the swing phase using cooperative walking support system
    1351 -- 1359Yasushi Iwatani. A feedback combination of global optimization and local optimization for robust template-based visual tracking
    1361 -- 1373Ling Mao, Zhenbo Li, Dawei Zhang, Jiapin Chen, Jiamin Qi. A distributed market-based boundary coverage algorithm for multiple microrobots with network connectivity maintenance
    1375 -- 1384Fumihide Tanaka, Toshimitsu Takahashi, Masahiko Morita. Tricycle-style operation interface for children to control a telepresence robot

    Volume 27, Issue 16

    1221 -- 1234Micael S. Couceiro, Rui P. Rocha, Nuno M. F. Ferreira. A PSO multi-robot exploration approach over unreliable MANETs
    1235 -- 1248Hitoshi Kino, Shiro Kikuchi, Yuki Matsutani, Kenji Tahara, Takahiro Nishiyama. Numerical analysis of feedforward position control for non-pulley musculoskeletal system: a case study of muscular arrangements of a two-link planar system with six muscles
    1249 -- 1257Roope Eskola, Heikki Handroos. Novel horseback riding simulator based on 6-DOF motion measurement, a motion base, and interactive control of gaits
    1259 -- 1271Fan Liang, Yang Yu, Xiaofeng Meng. Multivariate vector autoregressive prognosis-based model following control method for robot-assisted beating heart surgery
    1273 -- 1283Mohan Santhakumar. A nonregressor nonlinear disturbance observer-based adaptive control scheme for an underwater manipulator
    1285 -- 1300Heon-Cheol Lee, Beom Hee Lee. Enhanced-spectrum-based map merging for multi-robot systems

    Volume 27, Issue 15

    1137 -- 1145Shigeo Hirose, Evgeny Lazarenko, Gen Endo. Non-Tumbling Gait and directional normalized energy stability margin
    1147 -- 1160Isaku Nagai, Genki Yamauchi, Keiji Nagatani, Keigo Watanabe, Kazuya Yoshida. Positioning device for outdoor mobile robots using optical sensors and lasers
    1161 -- 1173Ui-Hyun Kim, Hiroshi G. Okuno. Improved binaural sound localization and tracking for unknown time-varying number of speakers
    1175 -- 1187Wonseok Choi, Seyoung Oh. Fast nearest neighbor search algorithm using the cache technique
    1189 -- 1198Chang-bae Moon, Woojin Chung. Trajectory time scaling of a mobile robot to avoid dynamic obstacles on the basis of the INLVO
    1199 -- 1207Chyon Hae Kim, Shigeki Sugano. A GPU parallel computing method for LPUSS
    1209 -- 1220Gianluca Palli, Salvatore Pirozzi. Optical sensor for angular position measurements embedded in robotic finger joints

    Volume 27, Issue 14

    1045 -- 1058Nicolas Perrin, Olivier Stasse, Florent Lamiraux, Eiichi Yoshida. Humanoid motion generation and swept volumes: theoretical bounds for safe steps
    1059 -- 1072Yusuke Kariya, Hiroyuki Yahagi, Masato Takehisa, Shigeki Yoshihara, Taiki Ogata, Tatsunori Hara, Jun Ota. Modeling and designing aircraft taxiing patterns for a large airport
    1073 -- 1086Dong-Yeop Kim, Hyukdoo Choi, Heesung Lee, Euntai Kim. A new cvSLAM exploiting a partially known landmark association
    1087 -- 1097Yu Tian, Nilanjan Sarkar. Game-based pursuit evasion for nonholonomic wheeled mobile robots subject to wheel slips
    1099 -- 1111Masahiro Hirai, Shigeo Hirose, Woosub Lee. Gunryu III: reconfigurable magnetic wall-climbing robot for decommissioning of nuclear reactor
    1113 -- 1122Rahul Kala. Rapidly exploring random graphs: motion planning of multiple mobile robots
    1123 -- 1135E. G. Hernandez-Martinez, José-Job Flores-Godoy, Guillermo Fernández-Anaya. Marching control based on the leader-followers scheme and formation graphs

    Volume 27, Issue 13

    979 -- 980Marco Ceccarelli, Cesare Rossi. Preface
    981 -- 991Sergio Savino. An algorithm for robot motion detection by means of a stereoscopic vision system
    993 -- 1002Tadej Petric, Andrej Gams, Tadej Debevec, Leon Zlajpah, Jan Babic. Control approaches for robotic knee exoskeleton and their effects on human motion
    1003 -- 1012Luka Peternel, Jan Babic. Learning of compliant human-robot interaction using full-body haptic interface
    1013 -- 1022Fotios Dimeas, Panagiotis N. Koustoumpardis, Nikos A. Aspragathos. Admittance neuro-control of a lifting device to reduce human effort
    1023 -- 1031Bojan Nemec, Rok Vuga, Ales Ude. Efficient sensorimotor learning from multiple demonstrations
    1033 -- 1043Giuseppe Carbone, Ettore D'Aliesio, Gunnar Borchert, Annika Raatz. Design and validation of the binary actuated parallel manipulator BAPAMAN2

    Volume 27, Issue 12

    907 -- 917Fumihito Sugai, Satoko Abiko, Xin Jiang, Atsushi Konno, Masaru Uchiyama. Compensation for dead band of force measurement based on the coefficient of restitution in a hybrid simulator
    919 -- 931Victor Ragusila, Mohammad Reza Emami. A novel robotic leg design with hybrid dynamics
    933 -- 945Keisuke Nakamura, Kazuhiro Nakadai, Hiroshi G. Okuno. A real-time super-resolution robot audition system that improves the robustness of simultaneous speech recognition
    947 -- 958Shuji Oishi, Ryo Kurazume, Yumi Iwashita, Tsutomu Hasegawa. Range image smoothing and completion utilizing laser intensity
    959 -- 969Xin Xin. On simultaneous control of the energy and actuated variables of underactuated mechanical systems - example of the acrobot with counterweight
    971 -- 977Junzhi Yu, Changming Wei. Towards development of a slider-crank centered self-propelled dolphin robot

    Volume 27, Issue 11

    813 -- 829Mohammed Moshiul Hoque, Tomomi Onuki, Yoshinori Kobayashi, Yoshinori Kuno. Effect of robot's gaze behaviors for attracting and controlling human attention
    831 -- 844Javier Echavarri Otero, Marco Ceccarelli, Giuseppe Carbone, Cristina Alén, José Luis Muñoz Sanz, Andrés Díaz Lantada, Juan Manuel Muñoz-Guijosa. Towards a safety index for assessing head injury potential in service robotics
    845 -- 859S. J. Hasaneini, C. J. B. Macnab, J. E. A. Bertram, H. Leung. The dynamic optimization approach to locomotion dynamics: human-like gaits from a minimally-constrained biped model
    861 -- 875Jadav Das, Nilanjan Sarkar. Passivity-based target manipulation inside a deformable object by a robotic system with noncollocated feedback
    877 -- 891Seung-Hee Lee, Heon-Cheol Lee, Beom Hee Lee. A scan restoration method for robust polar scan matching in dynamic environments
    893 -- 906Ramón González, Francisco Rodríguez, José Luis Guzmán, Cédric Pradalier, Roland Siegwart. Control of off-road mobile robots using visual odometry and slip compensation

    Volume 27, Issue 10

    739 -- 747Seo-Yeon Hwang, Jae-Bok Song. Clustering and probabilistic matching of arbitrarily shaped ceiling features for monocular vision-based SLAM
    749 -- 758Chyon Hae Kim, Hiroshi Tsujino, Hiroyuki Nakahara. Reinforcement learning system based on heuristics free state focusing
    759 -- 772Sukjune Yoon, Seungyong Hyung, Minhyung Lee, Kyung Shik Roh, SungHwan Ahn, Andrew P. Gee, Pished Bunnun, Andrew Calway, Walterio W. Mayol-Cuevas. Real-time 3D simultaneous localization and map-building for a dynamic walking humanoid robot
    773 -- 784Pablo J. Prieto, Ernesto Rubio, Luis Hernández, Orlando Urquijo. Proxy-based sliding mode control on platform of 3 degree of freedom (3-DOF)
    785 -- 797Leonardo Marquez Pedro, Valdinei Luís Belini, Glauco Augusto de Paula Caurin. Learning how to grasp based on neural network retraining
    799 -- 811Huimin Lu, Xun Li, Hui Zhang, Mei Hu, Zhiqiang Zheng. Robust and real-time self-localization based on omnidirectional vision for soccer robots

    Volume 27, Issue 1

    1 -- 0Dragomir N. Nenchev. Special Issue on Cutting Edge of Robotics in Japan 2013
    3 -- 17Hiroko Kamide, Koji Kawabe, Satoshi Shigemi, Tatsuo Arai. Development of a psychological scale for general impressions of humanoid
    19 -- 32Ryosuke Kawanishi, Atsushi Yamashita, Toru Kaneko, Hajime Asama. Parallel line-based structure from motion by using omnidirectional camera in textureless scene
    33 -- 46Nicolas Schmit, Masafumi Okada. Optimal design of nonlinear springs in robot mechanism: simultaneous design of trajectory and spring force profiles
    47 -- 60Hiroya Yamada, Shunichi Takaoka, Shigeo Hirose. A snake-like robot for real-world inspection applications (the design and control of a practical active cord mechanism)
    61 -- 69Hiroyuki Ishii, Qing Shi, Shogo Fumino, Shinichiro Konno, Shinichi Kinoshita, Satoshi Okabayashi, Naritoshi Iida, Hiroshi Kimura, Yu Tahara, Shigenobu Shibata, Atsuo Takanishi. A novel method to develop an animal model of depression using a small mobile robot
    71 -- 80Shunsuke Yajima, Seiichiro Katsura. A decoupling controller design and analysis of multilateral control using disturbance observer in modal space
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