Journal: Robotica

Volume 36, Issue 9

1263 -- 1277Wael Saab, William S. Rone, Pinhas Ben-Tzvi. Robotic tails: a state-of-the-art review
1278 -- 1300Ali Harakeh, Daniel C. Asmar, Elie A. Shammas. Self-supervised free space estimation in outdoor terrain
1301 -- 1332Ahmad A. Masoud, Ali Al-Shaikhi. Sensor-based, time-critical mobility of autonomous robots in cluttered spaces: a harmonic potential approach
1333 -- 1362Ho Pham Huy Anh, Cao Van Kien, Nguyen Thanh Nam. Advanced force control of the 2-axes PAM-based manipulator using adaptive neural networks
1363 -- 1385Jose Luis Mendoza-Soto, Luis Alvarez-Icaza, H. Rodriguez-Cortes. Constrained generalized predictive control for obstacle avoidance in a quadcopter
1386 -- 1401Huizhen Zhang, Gang Cheng, Xianlei Shan, Feng Guo. Kinematic accuracy research of 2(3HUS+S) parallel manipulator for simulation of hip joint motion
1402 -- 1420Xiong Zhan, Jian Xu 0005, Hongbin Fang. A vibration-driven planar locomotion robot - Shell

Volume 36, Issue 8

1111 -- 1143Jayant Kumar Mohanta, Yogesh Singh, Santhakumar Mohan. Kinematic and dynamic performance investigations of asymmetric (U-shape fixed base) planar parallel manipulators
1144 -- 1166Hector Azpurua, Gustavo M. Freitas, Douglas Guimarães Macharet, Mario F. M. Campos. Multi-robot coverage path planning using hexagonal segmentation for geophysical surveys
1167 -- 1187Marija Tomic, Christine Chevallereau, Kosta Jovanovic, Veljko Potkonjak. Human to humanoid motion conversion for dual-arm manipulation tasks
1188 -- 1205Felix Orlando Maria Joseph, Tarun Kanti Podder. Sliding mode control of a shape memory alloy actuated active flexible needle
1206 -- 1224Philippe Vulliez, Jean-Pierre Gazeau, P. Laguillaumie, Hussein Mnyusiwalla. Focus on the mechatronics design of a new dexterous robotic hand for inside hand manipulation
1225 -- 1243Jose-Pablo Sanchez-Rodriguez, Alejandro Aceves-López. A survey on stereo vision-based autonomous navigation for multi-rotor MUAVs
1244 -- 1262Chenguang Chang, Jinguo Liu, Zhiyu Ni, Ruolong Qi. An improved kinematic calibration method for serial manipulators based on POE formula

Volume 36, Issue 7

945 -- 970Gaurav Gupta, Ashish Dutta. Trajectory generation and step planning of a 12 DoF biped robot on uneven surface
971 -- 993Evis Plaku, Erion Plaku, Patricio D. Simari. Clearance-driven motion planning for mobile robots with differential constraints
994 -- 1018Wael Saab, William S. Rone, Pinhas Ben-Tzvi. Discrete modular serpentine robotic tail: design, analysis and experimentation
1019 -- 1047Yuanchang Liu, Richard Bucknall. A survey of formation control and motion planning of multiple unmanned vehicles
1048 -- 1076Qiao Sun, Feng Gao, Xianbao Chen. Towards dynamic alternating tripod trotting of a pony-sized hexapod robot for disaster rescuing based on multi-modal impedance control
1077 -- 1097Levi D. DeVries, Aaron Sims, Michael D. M. Kutzer. Kernel Design and Distributed, Self-Triggered Control for Coordination of Autonomous Multi-Agent Configurations
1098 -- 1109Marise Gallant, Clément Gosselin. Singularities of a planar 3-RPR parallel manipulator with joint clearance

Volume 36, Issue 6

787 -- 808Paolo Magnoni, Nicola Pedrocchi, Sebastian Thieme, Giovanni Legnani. Optimal planning in robotized cladding processes on generic surfaces
809 -- 821Andrés Gómez Ruiz, João Cavalcanti Santos, Jan Croes, Wim Desmet. On redundancy resolution and energy consumption of kinematically redundant planar parallel manipulators
822 -- 838Huashan Liu, Yong Huang. Robust adaptive output feedback tracking control for flexible-joint robot manipulators based on singularly perturbed decoupling
839 -- 864Abdur Rosyid, Bashar El-Khasawneh, Anas Alazzam. Genetic and hybrid algorithms for optimization of non-singular 3PRR planar parallel kinematics mechanism for machining application
865 -- 881Lingtao Yu, Yusheng Yan, Chenzheng Li, Xiufeng Zhang. Three-dimensional nonlinear force-sensing method based on double microgrippers with E-type vertical elastomer for minimally invasive robotic surgery
882 -- 903Shubham Singh Paliwal, Rahul Kala. Maximum clearance rapid motion planning algorithm
904 -- 924S. M. Ahmadi, H. Kebriaei, H. Moradi. Constrained coverage path planning: evolutionary and classical approaches
925 -- 944Majid Sadedel, Aghil Yousefi-Koma, Majid Khadiv, Faezeh Iranmanesh. Heel-strike and toe-off motions optimization for humanoid robots equipped with active toe joints

Volume 36, Issue 5

625 -- 654Johan Sund Laursen, Lars-Peter Ellekilde, Ulrik Pagh Schultz. Modelling reversible execution of robotic assembly
655 -- 675Dongsheng Guo, Kene Li, Bolin Liao. Bi-criteria minimization with MWVN-INAM type for motion planning and control of redundant robot manipulators
676 -- 696Tiago P. Nascimento, Carlos E. T. Dórea, Luiz Marcos Garcia Gonçalves. Nonholonomic mobile robots' trajectory tracking model predictive control: a survey
697 -- 714Salvador Botello Rionda, Sergio Ivvan Valdez Peña, Héctor M. Becerra, Eusebio E. Hernandez. Evaluating concurrent design approaches for a Delta parallel manipulator
715 -- 737Guojun Niu, Bo Pan, Fuhai Zhang, Haibo Feng. Dimensional synthesis and concept design of a novel minimally invasive surgical robot
738 -- 766Elie A. Shammas, Shadi Najjar. Kinematic calibration of serial manipulators using Bayesian inference
767 -- 786Joseph Jean-Baptiste Mvogo Ahanda, Jean Bosco Mbede, Achille Melingui, Bernard Essimbi Zobo. Robust adaptive command filtered control of a robotic manipulator with uncertain dynamic and joint space constraints

Volume 36, Issue 4

463 -- 483Chau Ton, Zhen Kan, Siddhartha S. Mehta. Obstacle avoidance control of a human-in-the-loop mobile robot system using harmonic potential fields
484 -- 515Moharam Habibnejad Korayem, Saeed Rafee Nekoo. Controller design of cooperative manipulators using state-dependent Riccati equation
516 -- 534Joseph Jean-Baptiste Mvogo Ahanda, Jean Bosco Mbede, Achille Melingui, Bernard Essimbi. Robust adaptive control for robot manipulators: Support vector regression-based command filtered adaptive backstepping approach
535 -- 551Bing Chen, Chun-Hao Zhong, Hao Ma, Xiao Guan. Sit-to-stand and stand-to-sit assistance for paraplegic patients with CUHK-EXO exoskeleton
552 -- 569Amir Aminzadeh Ghavifekr, Amir Rikhtehgar Ghiasi, Mohammad Ali Badamchizadeh. Discrete-time control of bilateral teleoperation systems: a review
570 -- 587Gustavo S. Toscano, Henrique Simas, Eugênio B. Castelan, Daniel Martins. A new kinetostatic model for humanoid robots using screw theory
588 -- 606Mojtaba Eftekhari, Hossein Karimpour. Emulation of pilot control behavior across a Stewart platform simulator
607 -- 623Zhifeng Yao, Xiufen Ye, Xuefeng Dai. Bidding coordination algorithm with CFC and an emotion switch

Volume 36, Issue 3

313 -- 332Roger Miranda-Colorado, Javier Moreno-Valenzuela. Experimental parameter identification of flexible joint robot manipulators
333 -- 352Yuan Tian, Feng Gao. Efficient motion generation for a six-legged robot walking on irregular terrain via integrated foothold selection and optimization-based whole-body planning
353 -- 373Bradley Woosley, Prithviraj Dasgupta. Integrated real-time task and motion planning for multiple robots under path and communication uncertainties
374 -- 394Khoshnam Shojaei. Three-dimensional tracking control of autonomous underwater vehicles with limited torque and without velocity sensors
395 -- 407Nicholas B. Melo, Carlos E. T. Dórea, Pablo J. Alsina, Márcio V. Araújo. Joint trajectory generator for powered orthosis based on gait modelling using PCA and FFT
408 -- 426Moshe P. Mann, Lior Damti, Gideon Tirosh, David Zarrouk. Minimally actuated serial robot
427 -- 447Ali Taherifar, Gholamreza Vossoughi, Ali Selk Ghafari. Variable admittance control of the exoskeleton for gait rehabilitation based on a novel strength metric
448 -- 462Wei Wang, Xiaoyue Fu, Yangmin Li, Chao Yun. Design and implementation of a variable stiffness actuator based on flexible gear rack mechanism

Volume 36, Issue 2

167 -- 186Steve Vozar, Justin G. Storms, Dawn M. Tilbury. Development and analysis of an operator steering model for teleoperated mobile robots under constant and variable latencies
187 -- 203Guanyu Huang, Sheng Guo, Dan Zhang 0006, Haibo Qu, Hongyan Tang. Kinematic analysis and multi-objective optimization of a new reconfigurable parallel mechanism with high stiffness
204 -- 224Efi Psomopoulou, Daiki Karashima, Zoe Doulgeri, Kenji Tahara. Stable pinching by controlling finger relative orientation of robotic fingers with rolling soft tips
225 -- 240Siamak Pedrammehr, Behzad Danaei, Hamid Abdi, Mehdi Tale Masouleh, Saeid Nahavandi. Dynamic analysis of Hexarot: axis-symmetric parallel manipulator
241 -- 260Jinglin Shen, Nicholas R. Gans. Robot-to-human feedback and automatic object grasping using an RGB-D camera-projector system
261 -- 274Donghwa Jeong, Kiju Lee. Design and analysis of an origami-based three-finger manipulator
275 -- 297Chao Wang, Andrey V. Savkin, Matthew Garratt. A strategy for safe 3D navigation of non-holonomic robots among moving obstacles
298 -- 311Lei Cui, Andy Isaac, Garry Allison. Design and development of a five-bar robot for research into lower extremity proprioception
312 -- 0Dejing Ni, Aiguo Song, Xiaonong Xu, Huijun Li, Chengcheng Zhu, Hong Zeng. 3D-point-cloud registration and real-world dynamic modelling-based virtual environment building method for teleoperation- CORRIGENDUM

Volume 36, Issue 12

1781 -- 1803Douglas Guimarães Macharet, Mario F. M. Campos. A survey on routing problems and robotic systems
1804 -- 1821Shanker G. Radhakrishna Prabhu, Richard C. Seals, Peter J. Kyberd, Jodie Wetherall. A survey on evolutionary-aided design in robotics
1822 -- 1835Seungnam Yu, Soonwoong Hwang, Jong Kwang Lee, Byung Suk Park, Hyojik Lee. Design analysis and optimization of 6-DOF telemanipulator based on performance indices
1836 -- 1856Rongfu Lin, Weizhong Guo, Xianbao Chen, Meng Li. Type synthesis of legged mobile landers with one passive limb using the singularity property
1857 -- 1873Benyan Huo, Xingang Zhao, Jianda Han, Weiliang Xu. Closed-loop control of bevel-tip needles based on path planning
1874 -- 1896Tej Dallej, Nicolas Andreff, Philippe Martinet. Contribution to generic modeling and vision-based control of a broad class of fully parallel robots
1897 -- 1919Gianmauro Fontana, Serena Ruggeri, Giovanni Legnani, Irene Fassi. Unconventional calibration strategies for micromanipulation work-cells
1920 -- 1942Ali Fayazi, Naser Pariz, Ali Karimpour, Seyed Hassan Hosseinnia. Robust position-based impedance control of lightweight single-link flexible robots interacting with the unknown environment via a fractional-order sliding mode controller
1943 -- 1962Giovanni Franzini, Mario Innocenti. Distributed cooperative deployment of heterogeneous autonomous agents: a Pareto suboptimal approach

Volume 36, Issue 11

1591 -- 1612Justin Y. Kim, Zendai Kashino, Tyler Colaco, Goldie Nejat, Beno Benhabib. Design and implementation of a millirobot for swarm studies - mROBerTO
1613 -- 1626Ou Xie, Qixin Zhu, Lin Shen, Kun Ren. Kinematic study on a self-propelled bionic underwater robot with undulation and jet propulsion modes
1627 -- 1640Eray A. Baran, Tarik Uzunovic, Asif Sabanoviç. Performance improvement of bilateral control systems using derivative of force
1641 -- 1663Andreas Müller. Kinematic topology and constraints of multi-loop linkages
1664 -- 1679Ociel Flores-Díaz, Ignacio Juarez Campos, Jorge Carrera-Bolaños. Procedures to determine the principal directions of kinematic performance in serial robots
1680 -- 1700Hyunhwan Jeong, Bongki Kang, Joono Cheong. Stiffness analysis and experimental validation of modular-type hybrid antagonistic tendon-driven joint systems
1701 -- 1727Mohd Ariffanan Mohd Basri. Design and application of an adaptive backstepping sliding mode controller for a six-DOF quadrotor aerial robot
1728 -- 1742Keqiang Bai, Xuantao Gong, Sihai Chen, Yingtong Wang, Zhigui Liu. Sliding mode nonlinear disturbance observer-based adaptive back-stepping control of a humanoid robotic dual manipulator
1743 -- 1756Slavka Viteckova, Patrik Kutilek, Gérard de Boisboissel, Radim Krupicka, Alena Galajdova, Jan Kauler, Lenka Lhotska, Zoltán Szabó. Empowering lower limbs exoskeletons: state-of-the-art
1757 -- 1779Brahim Brahmi, Maarouf Saad, Cristóbal Ochoa-Luna, Philippe S. Archambault, Mohammad Habibur Rahman. Passive and active rehabilitation control of human upper-limb exoskeleton robot with dynamic uncertainties

Volume 36, Issue 10

1421 -- 1435Yi Lu, Yang Liu, Lijie Zhang, Nijia Ye, Yongli Wang. Dynamics analysis of a novel 5-DoF parallel manipulator with couple-constrained wrench
1436 -- 1453Bryan Godbolt, Alan F. Lynch. An unmanned helicopter control with partial small body force compensation: Experimental results
1454 -- 1476Jieyu Wang, Yan-An Yao, Xianwen Kong. A reconfigurable tri-prism mobile robot with eight modes
1477 -- 1492Tudor-Dan Rad, Daniel F. Scharler, Hans-Peter Schröcker. The kinematic image of RR, PR, and RP dyads
1493 -- 1509Diego Mercado, Pedro Castillo, Rogelio Lozano. Sliding mode collision-free navigation for quadrotors using monocular vision
1510 -- 1526Taihú Pire, Rodrigo Baravalle, Ariel D'Alessandro, Javier Civera. Real-time dense map fusion for stereo SLAM
1527 -- 1550Francesco Pierri, Giuseppe Muscio, Fabrizio Caccavale. An adaptive hierarchical control for aerial manipulators
1551 -- 1570Hossein Mirzaeinejad, Ali Mohammad Shafei. Modeling and trajectory tracking control of a two-wheeled mobile robot: Gibbs-Appell and prediction-based approaches
1571 -- 1589Tasarinan Jouir, Reuben Strydom, Thomas M. Stace, Mandyam V. Srinivasan. Vision-only egomotion estimation in 6DOF using a sky compass

Volume 36, Issue 1

1 -- 18Vali Nazarzehi, Andrey V. Savkin. Distributed self-deployment of mobile wireless 3D robotic sensor networks for complete sensing coverage and forming specific shapes
19 -- 38Giovanni Buizza Avanzini, Andrea Maria Zanchettin, Paolo Rocco. Constrained model predictive control for mobile robotic manipulators
39 -- 56Khoshnam Shojaei. Neural network formation control of a team of tractor-trailer systems
57 -- 77Zhang Jiwen, Zeyang Xia, Li Liu, Ken Chen. Footstep adaptation strategy for reactive omnidirectional walking in humanoid robots
78 -- 95Sebastian García, Emanuel Slawiñski, Vicente A. Mut, Franco Penizzotto. Collision avoidance method for multi-operator multi-robot teleoperation system
96 -- 118Andrey V. Savkin, Hang Li. A safe area search and map building algorithm for a wheeled mobile robot in complex unknown cluttered environments
119 -- 140Liang Ding, Ke-rui Xia, Haibo Gao, Guangjun Liu, Zongquan Deng. Robust adaptive control of door opening by a mobile rescue manipulator based on unknown-force-related constraints estimation
141 -- 166Joshua D. Langsfeld, Krishnanand N. Kaipa, Satyandra K. Gupta. Selection of trajectory parameters for dynamic pouring tasks based on exploitation-driven updates of local metamodels