Journal: Robotica

Volume 33, Issue 9

1795 -- 1812Aiguo Song, Lizheng Pan, Guozheng Xu, Huijun Li. Adaptive motion control of arm rehabilitation robot based on impedance identification
1813 -- 1834Philip Long, Wisama Khalil, Stéphane Caro. Kinematic and dynamic analysis of lower-mobility cooperative arms
1835 -- 1849Jaime Boal, Álvaro Sánchez Miralles, Manuel Alvar. N-gram techniques for topological location identification
1850 -- 1868Avi Weiss, Robert G. Langlois, M. J. D. Hayes. Dynamics and vibration analysis of the interface between a non-rigid sphere and omnidirectional wheel actuators
1869 -- 1885Pooya Mobadersany, Sohrab Khanmohammadi, Sehraneh Ghaemi. A fuzzy multi-stage path-planning method for a robot in a dynamic environment with unknown moving obstacles
1886 -- 1898Fotios Dimeas, L. D. Avendaño-Valencia, Nikos A. Aspragathos. Human - robot collision detection and identification based on fuzzy and time series modelling
1899 -- 1908Ahmed Abdelgawad. Auto-localization system for indoor mobile robot using RFID fusion
1909 -- 1925Amirhossein Eshaghiyeh Firoozabadi, Saeed Ebrahimi, Ghasem Amirian. Dynamic characteristics of a 3-RPR planar parallel manipulator with flexible intermediate links
1926 -- 1947Jorge Orrante-Sakanassi, Víctor Santibáñez, Víctor Manuel Hernández Guzmán. A new tuning procedure for nonlinear PID global regulators with bounded torques for rigid robots
1948 -- 1957Mir Amin Hosseini, Hamid Reza Mohammadi Daniali. Cartesian workspace optimization of Tricept parallel manipulator with machining application
1958 -- 1972Yonghua Huang, Qizheng Liao, Lei Guo, Shimin Wei. Simple realization of balanced motions under different speeds for a mechanical regulator-free bicycle robot
1973 -- 1983Sangrok Jin, JongWon Kim, Taewon Seo. Optimization of a redundantly actuated 5R symmetrical parallel mechanism based on structural stiffness
1984 -- 2000Chenghui Nie, Marin Assaliyski, Matthew Spenko. Design and experimental characterization of an omnidirectional unmanned ground vehicle for unstructured terrain
2001 -- 2024Mojtaba Eftekhari, Mahdi Eftekhari, Hossein Karimpour. Neuro-fuzzy adaptive control of a revolute stewart platform carrying payloads of unknown inertia

Volume 33, Issue 8

1589 -- 1608Xiaochen Zhang, Yi Sun, Jizhong Xiao. Adaptive source search in a gradient field
1609 -- 1627Yong Wang, Weidong Chen, Jingchuan Wang, Hesheng Wang. Active global localization based on localizability for mobile robots
1628 -- 1652Claudio Rosales, Daniel Gandolfo, Gustavo Scaglia, Mario Jordan, Ricardo O. Carelli. Trajectory tracking of a mini four-rotor helicopter in dynamic environments - a linear algebra approach
1653 -- 1670Meisam Yahyazadeh, Abolfazl Ranjbar Noei. High-performance tracking of high-speed supercavitating vehicles with uncertain parameters using novel parameter-optimal iterative learning control
1671 -- 1685Jianwei Lu, Xiao-Ming Sun, Alexander F. Vakakis, Lawrence A. Bergman. Influence of backlash in gear reducer on dynamic of single-link manipulator arm
1686 -- 1703Mohammad Reza Chalak Qazani, Siamak Pedrammehr, Arash Rahmani, Behzad Danaei, Mir Mohammad Ettefagh, Aslan Khani Sheikh Rajab, Hamid Abdi. Kinematic analysis and workspace determination of hexarot-a novel 6-DOF parallel manipulator with a rotation-symmetric arm system
1704 -- 1717Jianjun Yao, Shuang Gao, Guilin Jiang, Thomas L. Hill, Han Yu, Dong Shao. Screw theory based motion analysis for an inchworm-like climbing robot
1718 -- 1730Changchun Hua, Yinjuan Liu, Yana Yang. Image-based robotic control with unknown camera parameters and joint velocities
1731 -- 1750Francisco J. Ortiz, Carlos C. Insaurralde, Diego Alonso, Francisco Sánchez-Ledesma, Yvan R. Petillot. Model-driven analysis and design for software development of autonomous underwater vehicles
1751 -- 1774Su-Yong An, Lae-Kyoung Lee, Se-Young Oh. Line segment-based fast 3D plane extraction using nodding 2D laser rangefinder
1775 -- 1793Jienan Ding, Nabil Simaan. Choice of handedness and automated suturing for anthropomorphic dual-arm surgical robots

Volume 33, Issue 7

1393 -- 1414Chong Yu, Xiong Chen. Trajectory tracking of wheeled mobile robot by adopting iterative learning control with predictive, current, and past learning items
1415 -- 1423T. Mathavaraj Ravikumar, R. Saravanan. Experimental investigation for better relative localization of a mobile robot using Taguchi method
1424 -- 1445Mohamed H. Zaher, Said M. Megahed. Joints flexibility effect on the dynamic performance of robots
1446 -- 1470Emilio Garcia-Fidalgo, Alberto Ortiz. Vision-based topological mapping and localization by means of local invariant features and map refinement
1471 -- 1490Zhang Chen, Bin Liang, Tao Zhang, Bo Zhang, Haitao Song. An adaptive force reflection scheme for bilateral teleoperation
1491 -- 1506Mika T. Rantanen, Martti Juhola. Speeding up probabilistic roadmap planners with locality-sensitive hashing
1507 -- 1535Joseph Knuth, Prabir Barooah. Distributed collaborative 3D pose estimation of robots from heterogeneous relative measurements: an optimization on manifold approach
1536 -- 1550Jung-Jun Park, Jae-Bok Song, Sami Haddadin. Collision analysis and safety evaluation using a collision model for the frontal robot-human impact
1551 -- 1567Hamed Shahbazi, Kamal Jamshidi, Amir Hassan Monadjemi, Hafez Eslami Manoochehri. Training oscillatory neural networks using natural gradient particle swarm optimization
1568 -- 1588Tao Li, Marco Ceccarelli. Design and simulated characteristics of a new biped mechanism

Volume 33, Issue 6

1181 -- 1200Grzegorz Pajak, Iwona Pajak. Sub-optimal trajectory planning for mobile manipulators
1201 -- 1230Quan Zhang, James K. Mills, William L. Cleghorn, Jiamei Jin, Zhijun Sun. Dynamic model and input shaping control of a flexible link parallel manipulator considering the exact boundary conditions
1231 -- 1249Jingdong Yang, Jinghui Yang, Zesu Cai. An efficient approach to pose tracking based on odometric error modelling for mobile robots
1250 -- 1280Luca Carlone, Vito Macchia, Federico Tibaldi, Basilio Bona. Quaternion-based EKF-SLAM from relative pose measurements: observability analysis and applications
1281 -- 1294Bin He, Qiang Lu, Zhipeng Wang. Coupling effect analysis between the central nervous system and the CPG network with proprioception
1295 -- 1313Ruibo He, Xiwen Li, Tielin Shi, Bo Wu, Yingjun Zhao, Fenglin Han, Shunian Yang, Shuhong Huang, Shuzi Yang. A kinematic calibration method based on the product of exponentials formula for serial robot using position measurements
1314 -- 1324Pranav A. Bhounsule. Control of a compass gait walker based on energy regulation using ankle push-off and foot placement
1325 -- 1350. Physical-limits-constrained minimum velocity norm coordinating scheme for wheeled mobile redundant manipulators
1351 -- 1374Puren R. Ouyang, Truong Dam, Vangjel Pano. Cross-coupled PID control in position domain for contour tracking
1375 -- 1392Jianhua Su, Zhicai Ou, Hong Qiao. Form-closure caging grasps of polygons with a parallel-jaw gripper

Volume 33, Issue 5

1033 -- 0Giuseppe Carbone, Bojan Nemec. Foreword for special issue for RAAD 2013 Conference - ROBOTICA
1034 -- 1048Cesare Rossi, Sergio Savino, Vincenzo Niola, Stefano Troncone. A study of a robotic hand with tendon driven fingers
1049 -- 1061Andrej Gams, Jesse van den Kieboom, Florin Dzeladini, Ales Ude, Auke Jan Ijspeert. Real-time full body motion imitation on the COMAN humanoid robot
1062 -- 1084Michael Sfakiotakis, John Fasoulas, Manolis M. Kavoussanos, Manolis Arapis. Experimental investigation and propulsion control for a bio-inspired robotic undulatory fin
1085 -- 1098Fotios Dimeas, Dhionis V. Sako, Vassilis C. Moulianitis, Nikos A. Aspragathos. Design and fuzzy control of a robotic gripper for efficient strawberry harvesting
1099 -- 1112Matthias Neubauer, Hubert Gattringer, Hartmut Bremer. A persistent method for parameter identification of a seven-axes manipulator
1113 -- 1130Houssem Saafi, Med Amine Laribi, Saïd Zeghloul. Redundantly actuated 3-RRR spherical parallel manipulator used as a haptic device: improving dexterity and eliminating singularity
1131 -- 1146Jimmy Alison Rytz, Lars-Peter Ellekilde, Dirk Kraft, Henrik Gordon Petersen, Norbert Krüger. On transferability and contexts when using simulated grasp databases
1147 -- 1162Cristian Copilusi, Marco Ceccarelli, Giuseppe Carbone. Design and numerical characterization of a new leg exoskeleton for motion assistance
1163 -- 1180Emre Ugur, Yukie Nagai, Hande Çelikkanat, Erhan Oztop. Parental scaffolding as a bootstrapping mechanism for learning grasp affordances and imitation skills

Volume 33, Issue 4

705 -- 720Miti Ruchanurucks. Humanoid robot upper body motion generation using B-spline-based functions
721 -- 746Adam Klodowski, Harri Eskelinen, Scott Semken. Leakage-proof nozzle design for RepRap community 3D printer
747 -- 767Masayuki Shimizu. Analytical inverse kinematics for 5-DOF humanoid manipulator under arbitrarily specified unconstrained orientation of end-effector
768 -- 786Raouf Fareh, Mohamad Saad, Maarouf Saad. Distributed control strategy for flexible link manipulators
787 -- 806Guangbo Hao, Haiyang Li. Design of 3-legged XYZ compliant parallel manipulators with minimised parasitic rotations
807 -- 827Sivaranjini Srikanthakumar, Wen-Hua Chen. Worst-case analysis of moving obstacle avoidance systems for unmanned vehicles
828 -- 847Tian Ti-Xian, Jiang Hong-Zhou, Tong Zhi-Zhong, He Jing-Feng. Modal space decoupled optimal design for a class of symmetric spatial parallel mechanisms with consideration of passive joint damping
848 -- 864Gan Ma, Zhihong Jiang, Hui Li, Junyao Gao, Zhangguo Yu, Xuechao Chen, Yunhui Liu, Qiang Huang. Hand-eye servo and impedance control for manipulator arm to capture target satellite safely
865 -- 883Md Nasir Uddin Laskar, Hoang Huu Viet, Seung Yoon Choi, Ishtiaq Ahmed, Sungyoung Lee, TaeChoong Chung. Offsetting obstacles of any shape for robot motion planning
884 -- 897Yaobin Tian, Yan-An Yao. Dynamic rolling analysis of triangular-bipyramid robot
898 -- 919Panfeng Huang, Dongke Wang, Zhongjie Meng, Zhengxiong Liu. Post-capture attitude control for a tethered space robot-target combination system
920 -- 932Yonghua Chen, Qingyou Liu, Tao Ren. A simple and novel helical drive in-pipe robot
933 -- 952M. H. Korayem, H. Tourajizadeh, A. Zehfroosh, A. H. Korayem. Optimal regulation of a cable robot in presence of obstacle using optimal adaptive feedback linearization approach
953 -- 973Renato Maia Matarazzo Orsino, Tarcisio Antonio Hess Coelho, Celso Pupo Pesce. Analytical mechanics approaches in the dynamic modelling of Delta mechanism
974 -- 985Jingguo Ge, Hao Gu. Cable motion capture and analysis based on optical tracking system
986 -- 1002Nutan Chen, Keng-Peng Tee, Chee-Meng Chew. Teleoperation grasp assistance using infra-red sensor array
1003 -- 1016Farzad Hashemzadeh, Mahdi Tavakoli. Position and force tracking in nonlinear teleoperation systems under varying delays
1017 -- 1031Yingchong Ma, Gang Zheng, Wilfrid Perruquetti, Zhaopeng Qiu. Local path planning for mobile robots based on intermediate objectives

Volume 33, Issue 3

463 -- 497Michael Hoy, Alexey S. Matveev, Andrey V. Savkin. Algorithms for collision-free navigation of mobile robots in complex cluttered environments: a survey
498 -- 512Aimee Cloutier, Jared Gragg, James Yang. Probabilistic sensitivity analysis of in-vehicle reach tasks for digital human models considering anthropometric measurement uncertainty
513 -- 536Liang Zhao, Shoudong Huang, Lei Yan, Gamini Dissanayake. A new feature parametrization for monocular SLAM using line features
537 -- 547Bo Ouyang, Wei Wei Shang. A new computation method for the force-closure workspace of cable-driven parallel manipulators
548 -- 562Yi Lu, Ying Wang, Yang Lu, Nijia Ye. Derivation of contracted graphs with ternary/quaternary links for type synthesis of parallel mechanisms by characteristic strings
563 -- 577Gangfeng Yan, Chong Tang, Zhiyun Lin, Ivan Malloci. Feedback control for compass-like biped robot with underactuated ankles using transverse coordinate transformation
578 -- 598. Compensating the flexibility uncertainties of a cable suspended robot using SMC approach
599 -- 610Eusebio E. Hernandez, Sergio Ivvan Valdez Peña, M. Ceccarelli, A. Hernandez, Salvador Botello Rionda. Design optimization of a cable-based parallel tracking system by using evolutionary algorithms
611 -- 621Min Yao, Min Zhao. Unmanned aerial vehicle dynamic path planning in an uncertain environment
622 -- 637Fugui Xie, Xin-Jun Liu, Chao Wang. Design of a novel 3-DoF parallel kinematic mechanism: type synthesis and kinematic optimization
638 -- 648Chen-Yu Kai, An-Chyau Huang. A regressor-free adaptive impedance controller for robot manipulators without Slotine and Li's modification: theory and experiments
649 -- 668Vincensius Billy Saputra, Soh-Khim Ong, Andrew Y. C. Nee. A swarm optimization approach for solving workspace determination of parallel manipulators
669 -- 683Fares J. Abu-Dakka, Francisco Valero, Jose Luis Suñer, Vicente Mata. A direct approach to solving trajectory planning problems using genetic algorithms with dynamics considerations in complex environments
684 -- 703Mircea Ivanescu, Nirvana Popescu, Decebal Popescu. The shape control of tentacle arms

Volume 33, Issue 2

241 -- 263Yao Jiang, Tiemin Li, Liping Wang 0001. The dynamic modeling, redundant-force optimization, and dynamic performance analyses of a parallel kinematic machine with actuation redundancy
264 -- 281Joshua Hill, Farbod Fahimi. Active disturbance rejection for walking bipedal robots using the acceleration of the upper limbs
282 -- 294Hao Liu, Jianxiang Xi, Yisheng Zhong. Robust optimal attitude control of a laboratory helicopter without angular velocity feedback
295 -- 313Youngjun Yoo, Dae-Sung Jung, Yu Jin Jang, Sangchul Won. Fuzzy weighted subtask controller for redundant manipulator
314 -- 331Bruno Vilhena Adorno, Antônio Padilha Lanari Bo, Philippe Fraisse. Kinematic modeling and control for human-robot cooperation considering different interaction roles
332 -- 347Riccardo Falconi, Lorenzo Sabattini, Cristian Secchi, Cesare Fantuzzi, Claudio Melchiorri. Edge-weighted consensus-based formation control strategy with collision avoidance
348 -- 365Yuancan Huang, Jian Li, Qiang Huang, Philippe Souères. Anthropomorphic robotic arm with integrated elastic joints for TCM remedial massage
366 -- 384Congzhe Wang, Yuefa Fang, Sheng Guo, Changchun Zhou. Design and kinematic analysis of redundantly actuated parallel mechanisms for ankle rehabilitation
385 -- 412Asya Zakhar'eva, Alexey S. Matveev, Michael C. Hoy, Andrey V. Savkin. Distributed control of multiple non-holonomic robots with sector vision and range-only measurements for target capturing with collision avoidance
413 -- 435Hyun-Joon Chung, Yujiang Xiang, Jasbir S. Arora, Karim Abdel-Malek. Optimization-based dynamic 3D human running prediction: effects of foot location and orientation
436 -- 450Chia-How Lin, Kai-Tai Song. Robust ground plane region detection using multiple visual cues for obstacle avoidance of a mobile robot
451 -- 462Yana Yang, Changchun Hua, Huafeng Ding, Xin-Ping Guan. Finite-time coordination control for networked bilateral teleoperation

Volume 33, Issue 10

2025 -- 2044Kai Xu, Jiangran Zhao, Xidian Zheng. Configuration comparison among kinematically optimized continuum manipulators for robotic surgeries through a single access port
2045 -- 2064Mohammad Veysi, Mohammad Reza Soltanpour, Mohammad Hassan Khooban. A novel self-adaptive modified bat fuzzy sliding mode control of robot manipulator in presence of uncertainties in task space
2065 -- 2082Yen-Chen Liu. Task-space bilateral teleoperation systems for heterogeneous robots with time-varying delays
2083 -- 2099Giovanni Gerardo Muscolo, Carmine Tommaso Recchiuto, Rezia Molfino. Dynamic balance optimization in biped robots: Physical modeling, implementation and tests using an innovative formula
2100 -- 2113Bolin Liao, Weijun Liu. Pseudoinverse-type bi-criteria minimization scheme for redundancy resolution of robot manipulators
2114 -- 2136Javad Enferadi, Amir Shahi. A closed-form solution for the position analysis of a novel fully spherical parallel manipulator
2137 -- 2155J. G. Daniël Karssen, Matt Haberland, Martijn Wisse, Sangbae Kim. The effects of swing-leg retraction on running performance: analysis, simulation, and experiment
2156 -- 2165Jie Liang. A research on the mounted configuration of end-effector for robotic drilling
2166 -- 2185Henrique Martins, Ian Oakley, Rodrigo Ventura. Design and evaluation of a head-mounted display for immersive 3D teleoperation of field robots
2186 -- 2203Mario Emanuel Serrano, Gustavo Juan Eduardo Scaglia, Fernando Alfredo Auat Cheeín, Vicente A. Mut, Oscar Alberto Ortiz. Trajectory-tracking controller design with constraints in the control signals: a case study in mobile robots
2204 -- 2220Gokhan Bayar, A. Bugra Koku, E. Ilhan Konukseven. Dynamic modeling and parameter estimation for traction, rolling, and lateral wheel forces to enhance mobile robot trajectory tracking

Volume 33, Issue 1

1 -- 18Alberto Poncela, Leticia Gallardo-Estrella. Command-based voice teleoperation of a mobile robot via a human-robot interface
19 -- 39Mohamad H. Rahman, M. J. Rahman, Ochoa Luna Cristobal, Maarouf Saad, Jean-Pierre P. Kenné, Philippe S. Archambault. Development of a whole arm wearable robotic exoskeleton for rehabilitation and to assist upper limb movements
41 -- 59José A. Chocoteco, R. Morales, Vicente Feliú Batlle, Hebertt Sira-Ramírez. Robust output feedback control for the trajectory tracking of robotic wheelchairs
61 -- 86Linping Chan, Fazel Naghdy, David Stirling, Matthew Field. Nonlinear bilateral teleoperation using extended active observer for force estimation and disturbance suppression
87 -- 105Khoshnam Shojaei. Saturated output feedback control of uncertain nonholonomic wheeled mobile robots
107 -- 126Ronnie Joseph Wong, James Andrew Smith. Regenerative effects in the Sit-to-Stand and Stand-to-Sit movement
127 -- 139Dengpeng Xing, Jianbo Su. Joint role exploration in sagittal balance by optimizing feedback gains
141 -- 156Abadalsalam T. Hussain, S. Faiz Ahmed, Desa Hazry. Tracking and replication of hand movements by teleguided intelligent manipulator robot
157 -- 180Micael S. Couceiro, Amadeu Fernandes, Rui P. Rocha, Nuno M. Fonseca Ferreira. Understanding the communication complexity of the robotic Darwinian PSO
181 -- 193Doru Talaba. Mechanical models and the mobility of robots and mechanisms
195 -- 207Ali Tehrani Safa, Mahyar Naraghi. The role of walking surface in enhancing the stability of the simplest passive dynamic biped
209 -- 224J. Oviedo-Barriga, L. González-Jiménez, Bernardino Castillo-Toledo, Eduardo Bayro-Corrochano. Robust tracking of bio-inspired references for a biped robot using geometric algebra and sliding mode control
225 -- 239A. Maddahi, A. H. Shamekhi, A. Ghaffari. A Lyapunov controller for self-balancing two-wheeled vehicles