Journal: Advanced Robotics

Volume 28, Issue 9

573 -- 588Dylan F. Glas, Florent Ferreri, Takahiro Miyashita, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Norihiro Hagita. Automatic calibration of laser range finder positions for pedestrian tracking based on social group detections
589 -- 599Botond Attila Bócsi, Lehel Csató, Jan Peters. Indirect robot model learning for tracking control
601 -- 611Halil Akçakaya, Leyla Gören Sümer. Robust control of variable speed autonomous underwater vehicle
613 -- 624Shouren Huang, Yuji Yamakawa, Taku Senoo, Masatoshi Ishikawa. Dynamic compensation by fusing a high-speed actuator and high-speed visual feedback with its application to fast peg-and-hole alignment
625 -- 637Metin Toz, Serdar Kucuk. Dimensional optimization of 6-DOF 3-CCC type asymmetric parallel manipulator
639 -- 645Ryo Fujiwara, Takeshi Kano, Akio Ishiguro. Self-swarming robots that exploit hydrodynamical interaction

Volume 28, Issue 8

533 -- 544Jungtae Kim, Daijin Kim. Manipulator motion planning with unconstrained end-effector under obstacle environment
545 -- 556T. Zilic, Josip Kasac, Zeljko Situm, M. Essert. Application of SSTT control algorithm for underactuated: surface vessel, PPR manipulator and pneumatically actuated slider-inverted pendulum
557 -- 572Jinwoo Jung, Ryan S. Penning, Michael Zinn. A modeling approach for robotic catheters: effects of nonlinear internal device friction

Volume 28, Issue 7

431 -- 0Fumihito Arai. Special Issue on Cutting Edge of Robotics in Japan 2014
433 -- 439Fumio Kanehiro, Eiichi Yoshida, Kazuhito Yokoi. Efficient reaching motion planning method for low-level autonomy of teleoperated humanoid robots
441 -- 448Masahiro Shiomi, Kaoru Kurumizawa, Takayuki Kanda, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Norihiro Hagita. Finding a person with a Wi-Fi device in a crowd of pedestrians
449 -- 455Ryosuke Takahashi, Satoshi Ichikawa, Agus Subagyo, Kazuhisa Sueoka, Takaharu Okajima. Atomic force microscopy measurements of mechanical properties of single cells patterned by microcontact printing
457 -- 465Takashi Mikanohara, Shingo Maeda, Yusuke Hara, Shuji Hashimoto. Peristaltic motion of tubular gel driven by acid-autocatalytic reaction
467 -- 477Kazuya Hirata, Toshiyuki Murakami. Stability analysis of disturbance observer based controllers for two-wheel wheelchair systems
479 -- 485Yinlai Jiang, Shuoyu Wang, Kenji Ishida, Yo Kobayashi, Masakatsu G. Fujie. Directional control of an omnidirectional walking support walker: adaptation to individual differences with fuzzy learning
487 -- 496Satoshi Nishikawa, Kazutoshi Tanaka, Kazuya Shida, Toshihiko Fukushima, Ryuma Niiyama, Yasuo Kuniyoshi. A musculoskeletal bipedal robot designed with angle-dependent moment arm for dynamic motion from multiple states
497 -- 504Atsushi Takashima, Akitsugu Misaki, Shin-ichiro Takasugi, Motoji Yamamoto. Characteristic analysis of an air cell for active air mattress of prevention for pressure ulcer
505 -- 511Qi An, Yuki Ishikawa, Junki Nakagawa, Hiroyuki Oka, Hiroshi Yamakawa, Atsushi Yamashita, Hajime Asama. Measurement of just noticeable difference of hip joint for implementation of self-efficacy: in active and passive sensation and in different speed
513 -- 521Kentaro Takagi, Naoki Tomita, Kinji Asaka. A simple method for obtaining large deformation of IPMC actuators utilizing copper tape
523 -- 531Takeshi Kano, Yuki Watanabe, Fuyuhiko Satake, Akio Ishiguro. Decentralized-controlled multi-terrain robot inspired by flatworm locomotion

Volume 28, Issue 6

351 -- 365Andre Rosendo, Shogo Nakatsu, Kenichi Narioka, Koh Hosoda. Producing alternating gait on uncoupled feline hindlimbs: muscular unloading rule on a biomimetic robot
367 -- 378Qian Zhao, Hidenobu Sumioka, Kohei Nakajima, Xiaoxiang Yu, Rolf Pfeifer. Spine as an engine: effect of spine morphology on spine-driven quadruped locomotion
379 -- 388Zhangguo Yu, Gan Ma, Qiang Huang. Modeling and design of a humanoid robotic face based on an active drive points model
389 -- 401Guoyuan Li, Houxiang Zhang, Jianwei Zhang, Robin T. Bye. Development of adaptive locomotion of a caterpillar-like robot based on a sensory feedback CPG model
403 -- 414Tianxiang Bai, Youfu Li, Xiaolong Zhou. Monocular human motion tracking with discriminative sparse representation
415 -- 429Motoyasu Tanaka, Fumitoshi Matsuno. Control of snake robots with switching constraints: trajectory tracking with moving obstacle

Volume 28, Issue 5

269 -- 270Huosheng Hu, Shugen Ma, Hong Zhang. Special issue on biologically inspired robotics
271 -- 288John Oluwagbemiga Oyekan, Huosheng Hu. Biologically-inspired behaviour based robotics for making invisible pollution visible: a survey
289 -- 302Elmar Mair, Marcus Augustine, Bastian Jäger, Annett Stelzer, Christoph Brand, Darius Burschka, Michael Suppa. A biologically inspired navigation concept based on the Landmark-Tree map for efficient long-distance robot navigation
303 -- 315Xin Kang, Hongliang Ren, Jing Li, Wai-Pan Yau. Computer-assisted bone tumour ablation using sparse radiographs
317 -- 327Indra Bagus Wicaksono, Fengwei An, Hans Jürgen Mattausch. Memory-based hardware-accelerated system for high-speed human detection
329 -- 338Daniel Sanz-Merodio, Manuel Cestari, Juan Carlos Arevalo, Xavier Carrillo, E. Garcia. Generation and control of adaptive gaits in lower-limb exoskeletons for motion assistance
339 -- 349Baofeng Liao, Zheng Li, Ruxu Du. Robot fish with a novel biomimetic wire-driven flapping propulsor

Volume 28, Issue 4

203 -- 218Arjun Nagendran, William J. Crowther, Martin J. Turner, Alexander Lanzon, Robert C. Richardson. Design, control, and performance of the 'weed' 6 wheel robot in the UK MOD grand challenge
219 -- 230Sajjad Taghvaei, Kazuhiro Kosuge. HMM-based state classification of a user with a walking support system using visual PCA features
231 -- 244Behnam Dadashzadeh, M. J. Mahjoob, M. Nikkhah-Bahrami, Chris MacNab. Stable active running of a planar biped robot using Poincare map control
245 -- 256Jin-Kyu Choi, Hayato Kondo, Etsuro Shimizu. Thruster fault-tolerant control of a hovering AUV with four horizontal and two vertical thrusters
257 -- 267Morteza Farrokhsiar, Homayoun Najjaran. Unscented model predictive control of chance constrained nonlinear systems

Volume 28, Issue 3

133 -- 144Masaki Hamamoto, Teruhisa Kotani, Ikuo Nakano, Yoshiji Ohta, Keita Hara, Yoshiteru Murakami, Toshiaki Hisada. Investigation on force transmission of direct-drive thorax unit with four ultrasonic motors for a flapping microaerial vehicle
145 -- 155Yangbo Long, Lu Wang, David J. Cappelleri. Modeling and global trajectory tracking control for an over-actuated MAV
157 -- 172Feng Ding, Jian Huang, Yongji Wang, Takayuki Matsuno, Toshio Fukuda. Vibration damping in manipulation of deformable linear objects using sliding mode control
173 -- 186Laurence Nouaille, Gérard Poisson, X. Zhang, C. A. Nelson. Method of dimensional optimization of spherical robots for medical applications using specialized indices
187 -- 196Jingli Du, Hong Bao, Chuanzhen Cui. Stiffness and dexterous performances optimization of large workspace cable-driven parallel manipulators
197 -- 202Takeshi Kano, Ryo Kobayashi, Akio Ishiguro. Decentralized control scheme for adaptive earthworm locomotion using continuum-model-based analysis

Volume 28, Issue 24

1617 -- 1635Kenjiro Tadakuma, Riichiro Tadakuma, Shotaro Onishi, Yuichi Tsumaki. Worm wheel mechanism with passive rollers
1637 -- 1651Shuji Oishi, Ryo Kurazume. Manual/automatic colorization for three-dimensional geometric models utilizing laser reflectivity
1653 -- 1664Songmin Jia, Shuang Wang, Lijia Wang, Xiuzhi Li. Human tracking system based on adaptive multi-feature mean-shift for robot under the double-layer locating mechanism
1665 -- 1676Bo Liu, Shiwu Zhang, Fenghua Qin, Jie Yang. Fluid-structure interaction study on the performance of flexible articulated caudal fin
1677 -- 1689Hamid Dolatshahi Pirooz, Ata A. Eftekharian, Alireza Mohammad Shahri, Mohammad Eftekhari Yazdi. 2-VSA)

Volume 28, Issue 23

1545 -- 0Kazunori Ohno, Satoshi Tadokoro, Nathan Michael, Geert-Jan M. Kruijff. Special issue on disaster response robotics
1547 -- 1570Geert-Jan M. Kruijff, Ivana Kruijff-Korbayová, Shanker Keshavdas, Benoit Larochelle, Miroslav Janícek, Francis Colas, Ming Liu, François Pomerleau, Roland Siegwart, Mark A. Neerincx, Rosemarijn Looije, Nanja J. J. M. Smets, Tina Mioch, Jurriaan V. van Diggelen, Fiora Pirri, Mario Gianni, Federico Ferri, Matteo Menna, Rainer Worst, Thorsten Linder, Viatcheslav Tretyakov, Hartmut Surmann, Tomás Svoboda, Michal Reinstein, Karel Zimmermann, T. Petrícek, Václav Hlavác. Designing, developing, and deploying systems to support human-robot teams in disaster response
1571 -- 1585Huatao Zhang, Aiguo Song. System centroid position based tipover stability enhancement method for a tracked search and rescue robot
1587 -- 1598Jongwon Park, Kyung Soo Kim, Soohyun Kim. Design of a cat-inspired robotic leg for fast running
1599 -- 1615Mitsuhiro Kamezaki, Hiroyasu Iwata, Shigeki Sugano. A practical operator support scheme and its application to safety-ensured object break using dual-arm machinery

Volume 28, Issue 22

1475 -- 1485Jorge Ocampo-Jiménez, Angélica Muñoz-Meléndez, Gustavo Rodríguez Gómez. Extending a spherical robot for dealing with irregular surfaces: a sea urchin-like robot
1487 -- 1505Wan Ding, Yan-An Yao. Construction and locomotion analysis of modular robots with pneumatic-actuated and binary-controlled expandable cubes
1507 -- 1518Sina Nia Kosari, Fredrik Ryden, Thomas S. Lendvay, Blake Hannaford, Howard Jay Chizeck. Forbidden region virtual fixtures from streaming point clouds
1519 -- 1531Mika T. Rantanen, Martti Juhola. How to construct small probabilistic roadmaps with a good coverage?
1533 -- 1543Dapeng Yang, Yikun Gu, Rongqiang Liu, Hong Liu. Dexterous motion recognition for myoelectric control of multifunctional transradial prostheses

Volume 28, Issue 21

1405 -- 1418Haifei Zhu, Yisheng Guan, Wenqiang Wu, Xin Chen, Xuefeng Zhou, Hong Zhang. A binary approximating method for graspable region determination of biped climbing robots
1419 -- 1429Alexandr Klimchik, Yier Wu, Stéphane Caro, Benoît Furet, Anatol Pashkevich. Geometric and elastostatic calibration of robotic manipulator using partial pose measurements
1431 -- 1444Pietro Falco, Ciro Natale. Low-level flexible planning for mobile manipulators: a distributed perception approach
1445 -- 1457Yong Xue, Junhong Yang, Jianzhong Shang, Zhuo Wang. Energy efficient fluid power in autonomous legged robotics based on bionic multi-stage energy supply
1459 -- 1474Kai Xu, Huan Liu, Yuheng Du, Xiangyang Zhu. Design of an underactuated anthropomorphic hand with mechanically implemented postural synergies

Volume 28, Issue 20

1331 -- 1341Kenji Inoue, Kentaro Ujiie, Suwoong Lee. Development of haptic devices using flexible sheets for virtual training of abdominal palpation
1343 -- 1356Eduardo Castello, Tomoyuki Yamamoto, Yutaka Nakamura, Hiroshi Ishiguro. Foraging optimization in swarm robotic systems based on an adaptive response threshold model
1357 -- 1374Mitsuhiro Kamezaki, Hiroyasu Iwata, Shigeki Sugano. Time-series primitive static states for detailing work state and flow of human-operated work machine
1375 -- 1387Weihai Chen, Haosong Yue, Xingming Wu, Jianhua Wang. Real-time obstacle detection for legged robots using the Kinect sensor
1389 -- 1402M. H. Korayem, M. Nazemizadeh, H. N. Rahimi. Dynamic optimal payload path planning of mobile manipulators among moving obstacles

Volume 28, Issue 2

63 -- 76H. N. Rahimi, M. Nazemizadeh. Dynamic analysis and intelligent control techniques for flexible manipulators: a review
77 -- 89Jung-Yup Kim, Bong-Huan Jun. Design of six-legged walking robot, Little Crabster for underwater walking and operation
91 -- 104Suwoong Lee, Hidetaka Nozawa, Jae-il Kim, Kenji Inoue. Operation of forearm support-type lift assist system (FOLAS) by using pneumatic pressure in air cushions
105 -- 117Adel Akbarimajd, Naghi Sotoudeh. Rizeh
119 -- 132Daigoro Isobe, Bumpei Nakayama, Kensuke Kondo. A torque-canceling system using the inverse dynamics parallel solution scheme

Volume 28, Issue 19

1265 -- 1276Hiroki Kato, Jun Ota. Real-time spacecraft actuator fault diagnosis with state-segmented particle filtering
1277 -- 1290Mojtaba Sharifi, Saeed Behzadipour, G. R. Vossoughi. Model reference adaptive impedance control in Cartesian coordinates for physical human-robot interaction
1291 -- 1304Matteo Palpacelli, G. Palmieri, Luca Carbonari, Massimo Callegari. Experimental identification of the static model of the HPKM Tricept industrial robot
1305 -- 1320Hyuk Wang, Buwon Kang, Doo Yong Lee. Design of a slave arm of a surgical robot system to estimate the contact force at the tip of the employed instruments
1321 -- 1328Hirokatsu Kodama, Chaoyang Shi, Masahiro Kojima, Seiichi Ikeda, Fumihito Arai, Ikuo Takahashi, Makoto Negoro, Toshio Fukuda. Catheter manipulation training system based on quantitative measurement of catheter insertion and rotation

Volume 28, Issue 18

1205 -- 1219Victor Mendez, Mahdi Tavakoli, Jian Li. A method for passivity analysis of multilateral haptic systems
1221 -- 1230Ozan Korkmaz, S. Kemal Ider. Hybrid force and motion control of flexible joint parallel manipulators using inverse dynamics approach
1231 -- 1242Miguel Cazorla, Pablo Gil, Santiago T. Puente Méndez, Jose Muñoz, Daniel Pastor. An improvement of a SLAM RGB-D method with movement prediction derived from a study of visual features
1243 -- 1251Shigeru Bando, Takashi Tsubouchi, Shin'ichi Yuta. Scan matching method using projection in dominant direction of indoor environment
1253 -- 1264Yasuyuki Yamada, Gen Endo, Edwardo F. Fukushima. Pneumatic walking assistive device for use over long period

Volume 28, Issue 17

1133 -- 1149Luis Valentin, Rafael Murrieta-Cid, Lourdes Muñoz-Gómez, Rigoberto Lopez-Padilla, Moises Alencastre-Miranda. Motion strategies for exploration and map building under uncertainty with multiple heterogeneous robots
1151 -- 1164Hana Boudjedir, Omar Bouhali, Nassim Rizoug. Adaptive neural network control based on neural observer for quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle
1165 -- 1175Ren Tao, Yonghua Chen, Liu Qingyou. A helical drive in-pipe robot based on compound planetary gearing
1177 -- 1188Satoko Abiko, Yoshikazu Satake, Xin Jiang, Teppei Tsujita, Masaru Uchiyama. Delay time compensation based on coefficient of restitution for collision hybrid motion simulator
1189 -- 1203Shingo Murata, Hiroaki Arie, Tetsuya Ogata, Shigeki Sugano, Jun Tani. Learning to generate proactive and reactive behavior using a dynamic neural network model with time-varying variance prediction mechanism

Volume 28, Issue 16

1055 -- 1066Takashi Takuma, Ken Takamine, Tatsuya Masuda. Sensing mechanism for estimation of the physical properties of an object avoiding failure of the sensors
1067 -- 1077Rémy Guyonneau, Sebastien Lagrange, Laurent Hardouin, Philippe Lucidarme. Guaranteed interval analysis localization for mobile robots
1079 -- 1089S. Asano, S. Okamoto, Y. Matsuura, Y. Yamada. Toward quality texture display: vibrotactile stimuli to modify material roughness sensations
1091 -- 1108Ryan S. Penning, Michael R. Zinn. A combined modal-joint space control approach for continuum manipulators
1109 -- 1119Yonghyun Kim, Santhakumar Mohan, Jinwhan Kim. Task space-based control of an underwater robotic system for position keeping in ocean currents
1121 -- 1132Y. Lu, X. P. Li. Dynamics analysis for a novel 6-DoF parallel manipulator I with three planar limbs

Volume 28, Issue 15

997 -- 1004Iwaki Toshima, Shigeaki Aoki. TeleHead
1005 -- 1019Hiroki Dobashi, Junichi Hiraoka, Takanori Fukao, Yasuyoshi Yokokohji, Akio Noda, Hikaru Nagano, Tatsuya Nagatani, Haruhisa Okuda, Ken-ichi Tanaka. Robust grasping strategy for assembling parts in various shapes
1021 -- 1031Ataollah Ramezan Shirazi, Mir Masoud Seyyed Fakhrabadi, Ahmad Ghanbari. Analysis and optimization of the 5-RPUR parallel manipulator
1033 -- 1042Hai Wang, Yingfeng Cai, Guoyu Lin, Weigong Zhang. A novel method for camera external parameters online calibration using dotted road line
1043 -- 1053Genci Capi, Mitsuki Kitani, K. Ueki. Guide robot intelligent navigation in urban environments

Volume 28, Issue 14

919 -- 928Toru Tsumugiwa, Yasuhiro Fukui, Ryuichi Yokogawa. Compliance measurement for the Mitsubishi PA-10 robot
929 -- 941Karima Rebai, Nouara Achour, Ouahiba Azouaoui. Road intersection detection and classification using hierarchical SVM classifier
943 -- 953Shanhai Jin, Ryo Kikuuwe, Motoji Yamamoto. Improving velocity feedback for position control by using a discrete-time sliding mode filtering with adaptive windowing
955 -- 965Chunguang Li, Juan Li, Yoshio Inoue, Tao Liu. Verification of additional merits of a bimanual-coordinated rehabilitation robot using near-infrared spectroscopic technology
967 -- 982Halûk Bayram, H. Isil Bozma. Decentralized network topologies in multirobot systems
983 -- 996Mohamadreza Homayounzade, Mehdi Keshmiri. Noncertainty equivalent adaptive control of robot manipulators without velocity measurements

Volume 28, Issue 13

859 -- 868Soo Chul Lim, Hyungkew Lee, Eunhyup Doh, Kwang-Seok Yun, Joonah Park. Tactile display with tangential and normal skin displacement for robot-assisted surgery
869 -- 882William Gallagher, Dalong Gao, Jun Ueda. Improved stability of haptic human-robot interfaces using measurement of human arm stiffness
883 -- 893Kenya Matsui, Shogo Okamoto, Yoji Yamada. Amplifying shear deformation of finger pad increases tracing distances
895 -- 905Bo Yin, Zhenning Liang, Wen Hu, Wei Xu, Shigang Wang. A lattice-type reconfigurable robotic system for achieving gaits of chain-type robots
907 -- 918Chao Tang, Changle Zhou, Huosheng Hu, Wei Pan, Lidong Xie. A semi-supervised learning system for service robots to recognise human actions

Volume 28, Issue 12

807 -- 819Dewei Yang, Zuren Feng, Xiaodong Ren, Na Lu. A novel power line inspection robot with dual-parallelogram architecture and its vibration suppression control
821 -- 832Hiroko Kamide, Koji Kawabe, Satoshi Shigemi, Tatsuo Arai. Relationship between familiarity and humanness of robots - quantification of psychological impressions toward humanoid robots
833 -- 840Zbigniew Kulesza. Isotonic characteristics of a pneumatic muscle actuator
841 -- 857Liang-Chia Chen, Nguyen Van Thai, Hung-Fa Shyu, Hsien-I. Lin. In situ clouds-powered 3-D radiation detection and localization using novel color-depth-radiation (CDR) mapping

Volume 28, Issue 11

715 -- 0Huosheng Hu, Shugen Ma, Hong Zhang. Special issue on biologically inspired robotics (3)
717 -- 729Ehsan Asadi, Carlo L. Bottasso. Tightly-coupled stereo vision-aided inertial navigation using feature-based motion sensors
731 -- 743Abdelhak Chatty, Philippe Gaussier, Syed Khursheed Hasnain, Ilhem Kallel, Adel M. Alimi. The effect of learning by imitation on a multi-robot system based on the coupling of low-level imitation strategy and online learning for cognitive map building
745 -- 757Hang T. T. Pham, Yohei Ariga, Kenta Tominaga, Takanori Oku, Kanna Nakayama, Mitsunori Uemura, Hiroaki Hirai, Fumio Miyazaki. Extraction and implementation of muscle synergies in neuro-mechanical control of upper limb movement
759 -- 767Makoto Ito, Keiji Saneyoshi. Development of large-scale stacked-type electrostatic actuators for use as artificial muscles
769 -- 780Huayan Pu, Yi Sun, Shugen Ma, Zhenbang Gong, Jun Luo. Experimental study on the oscillating paddling gait of an ePaddle mechanism with flexible configuration
781 -- 792Sarah Cosentino, Klaus Petersen, Zhuohua Lin, Luca Bartolomeo, Salvatore Sessa, Massimiliano Zecca, Atsuo Takanishi. Natural human-robot musical interaction: understanding the music conductor gestures by using the WB-4 inertial measurement system
793 -- 806Kosta Jovanovic, Veljko Potkonjak, Owen Holland. Dynamic modeling of an anthropomimetic robot in contact tasks

Volume 28, Issue 10

647 -- 657Yuya Okadome, Yutaka Nakamura, Hiroshi Ishiguro. Predictive control method for a redundant robot using a non-parametric predictor
659 -- 671Sean Hodgson, Mahdi Tavakoli, Arnaud Lelevé, Minh Tu Pham. High-fidelity sliding mode control of a pneumatic haptic teleoperation system
673 -- 681Shusheng Bi, Chuanmeng Niu, Yueri Cai, Lige Zhang, Houxiang Zhang. A waypoint-tracking controller for a bionic autonomous underwater vehicle with two pectoral fins
683 -- 694Erika Ottaviano, Pierluigi Rea, Gianni Castelli. THROO: a Tracked Hybrid Rover to Overpass Obstacles
695 -- 706Ahmad Mashayekhi, Ramin B. Boozarjomehry, Ali Nahvi, Ali Meghdari, Pouya Asgari. Improved passivity criterion in haptic rendering: influence of Coulomb and viscous friction
707 -- 714Jifeng Zhang, Qiaohong Chen, Chuanyu Wu, Qinchuan Li. Kinematic calibration of a 2-DOF translational parallel manipulator

Volume 28, Issue 1

1 -- 14Jung Wook Suh, Jung-Ju Lee, Dong-Soo Kwon. Underactuated miniature bending joint composed of serial pulleyless rolling joints
15 -- 26Mohammad Dehghani, S. Ali A. Moosavian. Compact modeling of spatial continuum robotic arms towards real-time control
27 -- 37Ali Mahmoodi, A. Sayadi, Mohammad Bagher Menhaj. Solution of forward kinematics in Stewart platform using six rotary sensors on joints of three legs
39 -- 51Tsuyoshi Tasaki, Tetsuya Ogata, Hiroshi G. Okuno. The interaction between a robot and multiple people based on spatially mapping of friendliness and motion parameters
53 -- 61Congyan Chen, Shi Qiu. Influence of temperature profiles on thermal tactile sensation