Journal: Robotica

Volume 23, Issue 6

669 -- 680Jimmy Vermeulen, Björn Verrelst, Dirk Lefeber, P. Kool, Bram Vanderborght. A real-time joint trajectory planner for dynamic walking bipeds in the sagittal plane
681 -- 688Makoto Kern, Peng-Yung Woo. Implementation of a hexapod mobile robot with a fuzzy controller
689 -- 699Rafael Muñoz-Salinas, Eugenio Aguirre, Miguel García-Silvente, Moisés Gómez. A multi-agent system architecture for mobile robot navigation based on fuzzy and visual behaviour
701 -- 708Jung-Min Yang. Gait synthesis for hexapod robots with a locked joint failure
709 -- 720Fethi Belkhouche, Boumediene Belkhouche. A method for robot navigation toward a moving goal with unknown maneuvers
721 -- 729M. Kemal Ciliz, M. Ömer Tuncay. Comparative experiments with a multiple model based adaptive controller for a SCARA type direct drive manipulator
731 -- 742Anies Hannawati Purnamadjaja, R. Andrew Russell. Pheromone communication in a robot swarm: necrophoric bee behaviour and its replication
743 -- 754Per Cederberg, Magnus Olsson, Gunnar S. Bolmsjö. A semiautomatic task-oriented programming system for sensor-controlled robotised small-batch and one-off manufacturing
755 -- 770Eduardo Bayro-Corrochano, Luis Eduardo Falcón. Geometric algebra of points, lines, planes and spheres for computer vision and robotics
771 -- 780Ali Meghdari, R. Karimi, H. N. Pishkenari, A. L. Gaskarimahalle, S. H. Mahboobi. An effective approach for dynamic analysis of rovers
781 -- 784Joseph Constantin, Chaiban Nasr, Denis Hamad. Control of a robot manipulator and pendubot system using artificial neural networks
785 -- 788Hosein Marzi. Multi-Input Fuzzy control of an inverted pendulum using an armature controlled DC motor
789 -- 791M. A. Martínez, J. L. Martínez. Specification of operations for a manipulator on a mobile robot using grafcet
793 -- 0Hui Shao, Kenzo Nonami, Tytus Wojtara. Position and impedance force control of tele-operated master-slave robot hand system
795 -- 797Yugang Liu, Yangmin Li. Dynamics and model-based control for mobile modular manipulators
799 -- 803Branko Karan. Robust position-force control of robot manipulator in contact with linear dynamic environment
805 -- 808Weimin Li, Feng Gao, Jianjun Zhang. A three-DOF translational manipulator with decoupled geometry
809 -- 813Tissaphern Mirfakhrai, Shahram Payandeh. On using delay predictors in controlling force-reflecting teleoperation over the internet
815 -- 0Karl O. Jones. Ant Colony Optimization, by Marco Dorgio and Thomas Stützle, A Bradford Book, The MIT Press, 2004, xiii + 305 pp. with index, ISBN: 0-262-04219-3, 475 references at the end. (hardback GBP25.95)

Volume 23, Issue 5

543 -- 553Jingzhou Yang, Karim Abdel-Malek. Singularities of manipulators with non-unilateral constraints
555 -- 560Tim Boye, Günter Pritschow. New Transformation and Analysis of a N-DOF LINAPOD with six struts for higher accuracy
561 -- 565Zhuang Fu, Yanzheng Zhao, Qinghua Yang, Qixin Cao, Mingbo Chen, Jun Zhang, Zeqi Tang. Auto-bonding robot for space solar cells
567 -- 580Jun Ho Choi, J. W. Grizzle. Feedback control of an underactuated planar bipedal robot with impulsive foot action
581 -- 594X. S. Xu, T. Ge, J. M. Zhu. Optimal topological transformation of underwater modular self-reconfigurable robots
595 -- 606Manuel F. Silva, José António Tenreiro Machado, António M. Lopes. Modelling and simulation of artificial locomotion systems
607 -- 614Zoe Doulgeri, George Iliadis. Contact stability analysis of a one degree-of-freedom robot using hybrid system stability theory
615 -- 624Jorge Gudiño-Lau, Marco A. Arteaga. Dynamic model and simulation of cooperative robots: a case study
625 -- 633Juan L. Pedreño-Molina, Javier Molina-Vilaplana, Juan López Coronado, Philippe Gorce. A modular neural network linking Hyper RBF and AVITE models for reaching moving objects
635 -- 644Subashini Elangovan, Peng-Yung Woo. Adaptive fuzzy sliding control for a three-link passive robotic manipulator
645 -- 651Michael W. Hannan, Ian D. Walker. Real-time shape estimation for continuum robots using vision
653 -- 664R. Andrew Russell, Jaury Adi Wijaya. Recognising and manipulating objects using data from a whisker sensor array
665 -- 0J. Ren. Multiagent Systems for Manufacturing Control - A Design Methodology, by Stefan Bussmann, Nicholas R. Jennings and Michael Wooldridge, Springer Press, 2004. xiv+288 pp. with index, ISBN 3-540-20924-7, 220 refs. (hardback, GBP46)
666 -- 667Alex M. Andrew. Dark Hero of the Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener, The Father of Cybernetics, by Flo Conway and Jim Siegelman, Basic Books, New York, 2005, hardcover, xv+423 pp. plus 16 pages of photographs, ISBN 0738203688 ( 27.50)

Volume 23, Issue 4

399 -- 0Bradley J. Nelson, Hyung Suck Cho. Introduction
401 -- 408Richard M. Voyles, Seth Hulst. Micro/macro force-servoed gripper for precision photonics assembly and analysis
409 -- 418Kemal Berk Yesin, Bradley J. Nelson. A CAD model based tracking system for visually guided microassembly
419 -- 434Axel Kortschack, Alexandr Shirinov, Tammo Trüper, Sergej Fatikow. Development of mobile versatile nanohandling microrobots: design, driving principles, haptic control
435 -- 439Kenneth Castelino, Srinath Satyanarayana, Metin Sitti. Manufacturing of two and three-dimensional micro/nanostructures by integrating optical tweezers with chemical assembly
441 -- 448Fumihito Arai, Kouhei Motoo, Paul G. R. Kwon, Toshio Fukuda, Akihiko Ichikawa, Tohoru Katsuragi. Cylindrical micro touch sensor with a piezoelectric thin film for microbial separation
449 -- 454Brian H. Rudall. Reports and Surveys
455 -- 456Nkgatho Sylvester Tlale. Fuzzy logic controller with slip detection behaviour for Mecanum-wheeled AGV
457 -- 465Masahiro Ohka, Yasunaga Mitsuya, Isamu Higashioka, Hisanori Kabeshita. An Experimental Optical Three-axis Tactile Sensor for Micro-Robots
467 -- 477Waldir L. Roque, Dionísio Doering. Trajectory planning for lab robots based on global vision and Voronoi roadmaps
479 -- 490Jean-Pierre Gazeau, Saod Zeghloul, G. Ramirez. Manipulation with a polyarticulated mechanical hand: a new efficient real-time method for computing fingertip forces for a global manipulation strategy
491 -- 499Rafael Osypiuk, Bernd Finkemeyer, Friedrich M. Wahl. Multi-loop model-based control structure for robot manipulators
501 -- 513ShaoWei Gong. A novel ultra-precision integrated robotic system
515 -- 520Rafael Kelly, Sebastian Dormido, Carmen Monroy, Elizabeth Díaz. Learning control of robot manipulators by interactive simulation
521 -- 526Raffaele Di Gregorio. Direct position analysis of parallel manipulators which generate SP-2PS structures
527 -- 537Gilbert Pradel, Philippe Hoppenot. Symbolic environment representation by means of frescoes in mobile robotics
539 -- 0Ronan Mc Mahon. Analog Optical Links - Theory and Practice by Charles H. Cox III, Cambridge University Press, 2004, xi+293 pp. with index, ISBN 0-521-62163-1

Volume 23, Issue 3

273 -- 274P. Kyberd, R. H. Chappell, D. Gow. Foreword
277 -- 282Sam L. Phillips, William Craelius. Residual kinetic imaging: a versatile interface for prosthetic control
283 -- 292Øyvind Stavdahl, Anne Karin Bondhus, Kristin Ytterstad Pettersen, Kjell E. Malvig. Optimal statistical operators for 3-dimensional rotational data: geometric interpretations and application to prosthesis kinematics
293 -- 299Stefan Schulz, Christian Pylatiuk, Markus Reischl, Jan Martin, Ralf Mikut, Georg Bretthauer. A hydraulically driven multifunctional prosthetic hand
301 -- 310José Luis Pons Rovira, Ramón Ceres Ruíz, Eduardo Rocon de Lima, D. Reynaerts, B. Saro, S. Levin, W. Van Moorleghem. Objectives and technological approach to the development of the multifunctional MANUS upper limb prosthesis
311 -- 317José Luis Pons Rovira, Ramón Ceres Ruíz, Eduardo Rocon de Lima, S. Levin, I. Markovitz, B. Saro, D. Reynaerts, W. Van Moorleghem, Leandro Bueno. Virtual reality training and EMG control of the MANUS hand prosthesis
319 -- 327Nancy Black, Edmund N. Biden, Jeremy Rickards. Using potential energy to measure work related activities for persons wearing upper limb prostheses
329 -- 335Laura A. Miller, Dudley S. Childress. Problems associated with the use of inverse dynamics in prosthetic applications: An example using a polycentric prosthetic knee
337 -- 344Saeed Zahedi, Andrew Sykes, Stephen Lang, Ian Cullington. Adaptive prosthesis - a new concept in prosthetic knee control
345 -- 354Giuseppe Carbone, Marco Ceccarelli. A Serial-parallel robotic architecture for surgical tasks
355 -- 364J. Y. Kim, W. S. Kim, H. S. Cho. Misalignment estimation and compensation for robotic assembly with uncertainty
365 -- 375Vincenzo Lippiello. Real-time visual tracking based on BSP-tree representations of object boundary
377 -- 386Dan Zhang. On stiffness improvement of the Tricept machine tool
387 -- 396Ryo Kikuuwe, Tsuneo Yoshikawa. Recognizing object surface properties using impedance perception
397 -- 0Allan Hobson. Handbook of Modern Sensors, Third Edition by Jacob Fraden, Springer/AIP Press, 2004, xvii+589 pp., with index, ISBN 0-387-00750-4
398 -- 0K. O. Jones. Internet and Personal Computing Fads, by M. A. Bell, M. A. Berry and J. L. van Rookel, The Haworth Press Inc., 2004, xiv+210 pp., ISBN: 0-7890-1772-5

Volume 23, Issue 2

131 -- 138Brian H. Rudall. Reports and Surveys
139 -- 147Dongbing Gu, Huosheng Hu. Teaching robots to plan through Q-learning
149 -- 158Björn Verrelst, Ronald Van Ham, Bram Vanderborght, Jimmy Vermeulen, Dirk Lefeber, Frank Daerden. Exploiting adaptable passive behaviour to influence natural dynamics applied to legged robots
159 -- 167M. Kemal Ciliz. Adaptive control of robot manipulators with neural network based compensation of frictional uncertainties
169 -- 176Lianfang Tian, Curtis Collins. Optimal placement of a two-link planar manipulator using a genetic algorithm
177 -- 187José Maria Sabater, José Maria Azorín, Rafael Aracil, Roque J. Saltarén. Magister-P; a 6-URS parallel haptic device with open control architecture
189 -- 196R. F. Abo-Shanab, N. Sepehri. Dynamic modeling of tip-over stability of mobile manipulators considering the friction effects
197 -- 206Harmanpreet Bassan, Heidar A. Talebi, Rajnikant V. Patel, Mehrdad Moallem. Control of a rigid manipulator mounted on a compliant base
207 -- 217Alexei Sokolov, Paul C. Xirouchakis. Kinematics of a 3-DOF parallel manipulator with an R-P-S joint structure
219 -- 229Yangmin Li, Qingsong Xu. Kinematics and inverse dynamics analysis for a general 3-PRS spatial parallel mechanism
231 -- 237K. Y. Tsai, Z. W. Wang. The design of redundant isotropic manipulators with special link parameters
239 -- 245Feng Gao, Yong Zhang, Weimin Li. Type synthesis of 3-DOF reducible translational mechanisms
247 -- 256Kevin Burn, G. Home, Michael Short, R. Bicker. A software tool for automating the design of robot fuzzy force controllers
257 -- 270Xin-Jun Liu, Xiaoqiang Tang, Jinsong Wang. HANA: a novel spatial parallel manipulator with one rotational and two translational degrees of freedom
271 -- 0G. F. Page. Multiple View Geometry in Computer Vision, by Richard Hartley and Andrew Zisserman, CUP, Cambridge, UK, 2003, vi+560 pp., ISBN 0-521-54051-8

Volume 23, Issue 1

1 -- 11Hun-ok Lim, Atsuo Takanishi. Compensatory motion control for a biped walking robot
13 -- 20Elena Garcia, Pablo González de Santos. An improved energy stability margin for walking machines subject to dynamic effects
21 -- 33Katja D. Mombaur, Richard W. Longman, Hans Georg Bock, Johannes P. Schlöder. Open-loop stable running
35 -- 43Feng Gao, Binbin Peng, Weimin Li, Hui Zhao. Design of a novel 5-DOF parallel kinematic machine tool based on workspace
45 -- 49Zhenbo Li, Jiapin Chen, Jianzhi Feng. Design of an omni-directional mobile microrobot (OMMR-I) for a micro-factory with 2 mm electromagnetic micromotors
51 -- 63Jinok Shin, Kenzo Nonami, Daigo Fujiwara, Kensaku Hazawa. Model-based optimal attitude and positioning control of small-scale unmanned helicopter
65 -- 74Yannick Aoustin, Alexander M. Formal sky. On the stabilization of a biped vertical posture in single support using internal torques
75 -- 81Abbas Fattah, Sunil Kumar Agrawal. Design and simulation of a class of spatial reactionless manipulators
83 -- 91Yanqiong Fei, Xifang Zhao. Jamming analyses for dual peg-in-hole insertions in three dimensions
93 -- 99Recep Burkan. Design of an adaptive control law using trigonometric functions for robot manipulators
101 -- 107Junzhi Yu, Shuo Wang, Min Tan. A simplified propulsive model of bio-mimetic robot fish and its realization
109 -- 122Kun-Ku Oh, Xin-Jun Liu, Deuk Soo Kang, JongWon Kim. Optimal design of a micro parallel positioning platform. Part II: Real machine design
123 -- 129John Q. Gan, Eimei Oyama, Eric M. Rosales, Huosheng Hu. A complete analytical solution to the inverse kinematics of the Pioneer 2 robotic arm