Journal: Robotica

Volume 1, Issue 4

189 -- 196Yoji Umetani, Kanji Yonemoto. Japan's robotics research for the next generation
197 -- 203John D. Hoffman, Eric M. Malstrom. Teaching a miniature robotic manipulator to play chess
205 -- 209Jadran Lenarcic. A new method for calculating the Jacobian for a robot manipulator
211 -- 215J. Rees Jones. Vibration due to motion discontinuities in hydraulically actuated robots
217 -- 222Gen-ichiro Kinoshita. Representation and tactile sensing of 3-D objects by a gripper finger
223 -- 230Yoshinori Kuno, Hideo Numagami, Minoru Ishikawa, Hiroshi Hoshino, Yasushi Nakamura, Masatsugu Kidode. Robot vision implementation by high-speed image processor TOSPIX: Battery inspection
231 -- 238W. Edward Red. Minimum distances for robot task simulation
239 -- 240Alan F. Davis, Gale E. Nevill. Corrugated PVDF bimorphs as tactile sensors and micro-actuators - A research note
241 -- 0David A. Bradley. Robots and Telechirs by M.W. Thring, Ellis Horwood Series - Engineering Science, J. Wiley, Chichester, U.K., 1983 (£27.50)
241 -- 0H. H. Rosenbrock. Developments In Robotics 1983 compiled by Brian Rooks, IFS (Bedford, U.K.) & North Holland (Amsterdam, Holland) 1983 (£27.00)
241 -- 242Igor Aleksander. Robot Vision edited by Alan Pugh, IFS Publications (Bedford, U.K 9 Springer (Berlin), 1983 (£28.00)
242 -- 243Alex M. Andrew. Intelligent Systems: The Unprecedented Opportunity edited by J.E. Hayes and D. Michie. Artificial Intelligence Series, Ellis Horwood, Chichester, 1983, 206 pp. (£17.50)
242 -- 0Ian Sommerville. Software For Engineering Problems edited by R.A. Adey, CML Publications, Southampton, U.K., 1983, 150 pp. (£15.00)
242 -- 0W. K. Taylor. Robot Motion edited by M. Brady, J.M. Hollerbach, T.L. Johnson, T. Lozano-Perez and M.T. Mason. M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1983 (£33.95)
245 -- 0Ernest W. Kent, Harpreet Singh. Conference Reports

Volume 1, Issue 3

119 -- 120Ian Lloyd, Frederick Wood. Editorials
127 -- 137H. Steven Schafer, Eric M. Malstrom. Testing the efficiency and motion economy of two-finger robotic grippers
139 -- 145J. F. Hockham, B. M. O'Connor. Application of a robot in a working cell
147 -- 149L. E. Schnurr. Precision robotics - within our grasp? - A viewpoint
151 -- 159P. Luneau, Marc Richetin, C. Cayla. Sequential learning of automata from input-output behaviour
161 -- 165Duncan Barrie Lowe. Robots-from concept to commissioning (Company profile)
169 -- 0M. W. Thring. Robotics In Practice by Joseph F. Engelberger, Kogan Page/Avebury, London, 1980/1981 (£10.95)
169 -- 170Igor Aleksander. Fundamentals In Computer Vision, edited by O. D. Faugeras Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (U.K.) 1983 (£20.00)
170 -- 0Alex M. Andrew. Fuzzy Techniques In Pattern Recognition by Abraham Kandel Wiley. New York 1982 356pp., £29
170 -- 171P. A. Luker. Simulation Technique For Discrete Event Systems by I. Mitrani Cambridge University Press Cambridge 1982, 185pp. (Hardback £15; paperback £5.95)
171 -- 0Brian H. Rudall. Towards Fifth Generation Computers by G. L. Simons, National Computing Centre, Manchester (U.K.) 1983, 226 pp. (£10.50)

Volume 1, Issue 2

61 -- 65Philippe Coiffet, F. H. George, Carl Hammer, Manea Manesca Hon, Adam Morecki, Simon Ramo. Editorials
73 -- 77René Zapata, Pierre Dauchez, Philippe Coiffet. Co-operation of robots in gripping tasks: the exchange problem
79 -- 83Alexandr Klein. Energy consumption of three-link manipulators as a function of geometric features and trajectory parameters
85 -- 93Richard M. Salter. Planning in a Continuous Domain - An Introduction
95 -- 102Stefan HavlÍk. A new elastic structure for a compliant robot wrist
103 -- 104D. A. Bell. Employment in the age of robots
109 -- 0F. Rose. Robotics and Robotology by R. H. Warring, Lutterworth Press, Guildford, Surrey, 1983, 128 pp. (£6.95)
109 -- 0Donald R. Myers. Robot Motion: Planning and Control edited by Michael Brady M.I.T. Press, Cambridge MA, USA, 1983 (£33.95)
110 -- 111Richard Mitchell. Review Of Multivariable Fedback A Quasi-Classical Approach by Y.S. Hung and A.G.F. MacFarlane, X + 182 pp., 1982 (Paperback $9.80)
110 -- 0Alex M. Andrew. The Handbook Of Artificial Intelligence, Vols 1 and 2 by Avron Barr and Edward A. Feigenbaum; Vol 3 by Paul R. Cohen and Edward A. Feigenbaum, Pitman, London. Vol 1 published 1981, Vols 2 and 3 in 1982. Vol 2, 428 pp., Vol 3, 639 pp. (Respective prices £15.00, £22.50, £28.50)
110 -- 0J. A. Rose. A Report On Robot Technology, with special reference to Japan and its implications for Victoria (Australia) by Y.L. Oh 132 pp., 1982, Chisholm Institute of Technology, Caulfield East, Victoria, Australia (A$30 in Australia and New Zealand; A$40 elsewhere, including postage)
111 -- 0Alex M. Andrew. Artificial Intelligence And Natural Man by Margaret Boden, Basic Books, New York, 1977, 537 pp. ($8.95 paperback)
111 -- 112Paul G. Ranky. Isata 82 Proceedings International Symposium on Automotive Technology & Automation, with particular reference to Computer-Aided Engineering and Manufacturing, Wolfsburg, F.R. Germany, 13-17 09, 1982
112 -- 113P. J. Hicks. Mos Devices-Design And Manufacture, edited by A.D. Milne. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, UK 1982, vii + 186pp. (£8.50)
112 -- 0Alex M. Andrew. Computerization Of Working Life edited by E. Possum, Computers and their Applications No 24., Ellis Horwood, Chichester, 1983, 148 pp. (£16.50)
113 -- 0P. E. Stringer. Applied Systems Engineering by Adrian Gheorghe John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester, U.K., 1982 (£17.50)

Volume 1, Issue 1

1 -- 3F. R. S. Henry Chilver, Joseph F. Engelberger, Kenneth Baker. Editorials
9 -- 13Ichiro Kato. Coming robot new era (a viewpoint)
15 -- 17John E. Taylor. R&D in human aspects of robotic technology
19 -- 24Peter Bock. HIROB)
25 -- 31Ray A. Jarvis. Expedient range enhanced 3-D robot colour vision
33 -- 39W. K. Taylor, D. Lavie, Ibrahim I. Esat. A curvilinear snake arm robot with gripper-axis fibre-optic image processor feedback
41 -- 50Ronald R. Yager. Robot planning with fuzzy sets
51 -- 52Alex M. Andrew. Man, Robot and Society: Models and Speculations by Masanao Toda, Martinus Nijhoff, Boston, 1982, 235 pp. (£9.20)
52 -- 53Alex M. Andrew. Machine Intelligence 10 edited by J.E. Hayes, Donald Michie and Y.-H. Pao Ellis Horwood, Chichester and Halstead Press, New York, 1982, 576 pp. (£37.50)
52 -- 0E. W. Reed. Robots and Australian Industry edited by Dr. Y.L. Oh Chisholm College of Technology Printing Services, Caulfield East, Victoria, Australia, 1982, A$39.50 (Australia & New Zealand), A$49.50 (elsewhere)
53 -- 0Alex M. Andrew. Numerical Optimization of Computer Models by Hans-Paul Schwefel Wiley, Chichester, 1981, 389 pp. (Original German text 1977; English translation by M. Finnis.) (£12.50)
53 -- 54Brian H. Rudall. Parallel Processing Systems-An Advanced Course, Edited by David J. Evans Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1982 (£21)
54 -- 0Brian H. Rudall. Communications and Cybernetics Series No 10. Digital Pattern Recognition, edited by K.S. Fu, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1980 ($29.80)
54 -- 0Igor Aleksander. Two-Dimensional Digital Signal Proceesing - Volumes I and II, edited by T.S. Huang, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1981, Vol.I - 210 pp. ($46.70) and Vol. II - 22 pp. ($41.5)
54 -- 55C. M. P. Reade. Tools and Notions of Program Construction edited by D. Néel Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK 1982