Journal: Robotica

Volume 4, Issue 4

221 -- 228Edward N. Schiebel, Henry R. Busby, Kenneth J. Waldron. Design of a mechanical proximity sensor
229 -- 235Stefan HavlÍk. A three axis tactile sensor-probe for robotic use
237 -- 242Mohsen Shahinpoor, Ali Meghdari. Combined flexural-joint stiffness matrix and the elastic deformation of a servo-controlled two-link robot manipulator
243 -- 246Ajit M. Karnik, Naresh K. Sinha. Adaptive control of an industrial robot
247 -- 253A. V. Lensky, A. B. Lizunov, Alexander M. Formal'sky, A. Yu. Shneider. Manipulator motion along a constraint
255 -- 262Miomir Vukobratovic, Nenad Kircanski. Numerical complexity of decentralized dynamic control laws for manipulator systems
263 -- 267Ronald L. Huston, Timothy P. King. Dynamics of redundant robots - inverse solutions
269 -- 272Adolfo Steiger-Garção, Luis M. Camarinha-Matos. Concurrent Pascal as a robot level language - a suggestion
283 -- 0J. A. Esrom. Industrial Robots, forecasts and trends, a second edition Delphi study, by Donald N. Smith and Peter Heytler Jr., published by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers One SME Drive, Dearborn, Michigan 48121, USA (available in Europe exclusively from American Technical Publishers Ltd, 68a Wilbury Way, Hitchin, Herts, SG4 OTP, U.K.); 1985, 212 pp., three appendices (£47)
283 -- 0Alex M. Andrew. Artificial Intelligence And Simulation, edited by Willard M. Holmes The Society for Computer Simulation, San Diego, California, 1985, vii + 75 pp
283 -- 0J. A. Esrom. Industrial Robots, Second Edition, Published by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers One SME Drive, Dearborn, Michigan 48121, USA (available in Europe exclusively from American Technical Publishers Ltd, 68a Wilbury Way, Hitchin, Herts, SG4 OTP, U.K.); 1985, 784 pp., index of participating companies (£35)
284 -- 0Alex M. Andrew. Artificial Intelligence: Promise And Performance by Alain Bonnet Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1985 (French original 1984) 221 pp. (£f9.95)
284 -- 0J. A. Esrom. Electronic Market Data Book 1985 The Marketing Services Department of the US Electronic Industries Association, Washington D.C., USA, 1985, 168 pp. ($80.00)
284 -- 285J. A. Esrom. Handbook of Industrial Robotics edited by Shimon Y. Nof, foreword by Asimov Isaac John Wiley, Chichester, England, 1332 pp., index, 1985 (£78.75)
284 -- 0Alex M. Andrew. The Connection Machine by W. Daniel Hillis MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1985, xiii + 190 pp. (£22.50)
285 -- 0Alex M. Andrew. Pasro: Pascal For Robots, by C. Blume and W. Jakob Springer, Berlin, 1985, viii + 133 pp. (DM 62)
285 -- 286Alex M. Andrew. Information Technology Research And Development: Critical Trends And Issues Published by Pergamon Press, New York, in cooperation with the Office of Technology Assessment, Congress of the United States, 1985, xiii + 342 large pages ($82.50)
286 -- 0W. K. Taylor. Robotics In Practice by J. F. Engelberger Kogan Page, London, 1980 (£10.95)
286 -- 287P. J. Esrom. The World Yearbook of Robotics Research and Development, second edition, Peter Scott (consultant editor) Kogan Page, London, 1986, 584 pp. (£45.00)
287 -- 0Peter B. Scott. Proceedings of The 5th International Conference on Robot Vision And Sensory Controls, 620 pp., line diagrams and b & w photographs, IFS (Publications), UK, 1985 (£54 in U.K., $(US) elsewhere)
287 -- 0Peter B. Scott. Computer Aided Process Planning, edited by I. Tulkoff, 238 pp., Society of Manufacturing Engineers, USA, 1985 ($35)

Volume 4, Issue 3

151 -- 154Yuval Lirov. On synchronized proportional motion of multi-robot systems with stepper motors and shared controller
155 -- 162C.-Y. Ho, Jen Sriwattanathamma. Differential relationship of kinematic model and speed control strategies for a computer-controlled robot manipulator
163 -- 169Hiroaki Ozaki, Akira Mohri. Planning of collision-free movements of a manipulator with dynamic constraints
171 -- 179Kenneth H. Hunt. via screw theory
181 -- 188Abraham Warszawski. Robots in the construction industry
189 -- 192I. Y. Bereznaya, Rada M. Granovskaya. Robot vision as a problem of picture analysis optimization
193 -- 194Keith E. McKee. Multiple Input Productivity Indexes
195 -- 201. International Symposium on Automotive Technology and Automation
203 -- 204P. C. L. Smith. Acme: A Directed UK Research Programme for the Application of Computers to Manufacturing Engineering
205 -- 206. Artifical Intelligence and Education Conference
207 -- 0Alex M. Andrew. The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to Artificial Intelligence, by Richard Forsyth and Chris Naylor Chapman and Hall and Methuen, London, 1985, 262 pp
207 -- 208Alex M. Andrew. The Fifth Generation Computer: The Japanese Challenge, by Tohru Moto-oka and Masaru Kitsuregawa Wiley, Chichester, 1985, viii + 122 pp. (£8.95)
208 -- 0Peter B. Scott. Robotics by Anne Cardoza and Suzee J. Vlk Tab Books, USA, 1985, 150 pp. (£10.25)
208 -- 209Peter B. Scott. Proceedinge of the Second International Symposium on Robotics Research Eds. Hideo Hanafusa and Hirochika Inoue MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1985, 530 pp. (£46.75)
209 -- 0Peter B. Scott. The Australian Robot Marketplace - A Comprehensive Independent Guide to Robots in Austalia Report from Michael Kassler and Associates (Consultants in Computing and Communications), 1984, 119 pp. (£230)
209 -- 0Peter B. Scott. IV - Robot Safety edited by M.C. Bonney and Y.F. Yong 295 pp. (DM 112.-). IFS (Publications) Ltd, UK, 1985
209 -- 210J. A. Esrom. Research Centers Directory, tenth edition, edited by Mary Michelle Watkins Gale Research Co., Detroit, USA, two volumes, 1561 pp., five indices (Alphabetic index of research centers and projects, acronyms index of research centres, institutional index, special capabilities index, subject index), 1986 ($340.00)
210 -- 0P. J. Esrom. Statistics in Geography by D. Ebdon, second edition, Basil Blackwell Ltd, Oxford, U.K., 229pp., index, 1985 (£8.50 paperback)
210 -- 211Alex M. Andrew. Text Generation by Kathleen R. McKeown, same publisher and series, 1985, x + 246 pp. (£22.50)
210 -- 0P. J. Esrom. An Introduction to Lisp by A. Narayanan and N.E. Sharkey Ellis Horwood Ltd, Chichester, U.K., 223., index, 1985 (£10.50, paperback)
211 -- 0Alex M. Andrew. Natural Language Parsing: Psychological, Computational, and theoretical perspectives Edited by David R. Dowty, Lauri Karttunen and Arnold M. Zwicky, Cambridge University Press, Studies in Natural Language Processing Series, 1985. xiii + 413 pp. (£40)

Volume 4, Issue 2

83 -- 91T. W. Stacey, Alan E. Middleditch. The geometry of machining for computer-aided manufacture
93 -- 100S. Sitharama Iyengar, C. C. Jorgensen, S. V. N. Rao, Charles R. Weisbin. Robot navigation algorithms using learned spatial graphs
101 -- 105Guy Jumarie. On the use of time-varying inertia links to increase the versatility of manipulators
107 -- 116Evgeny Krustev, Ljubomir Lilov. Kinematic path control of robot arms
117 -- 122Tony Owen. Robotics: the strategic issues
131 -- 132Peter B. Scott. Automated Visual Inspection Edited by B.G. Batchelor, D.A. Hill and D.C. Hodgson, 561 pp., line drawings and b & w photographs IFS (Publications) Ltd, Bedford, UK., 1984 (£35 in the U.K.; $59 elsewhere)
131 -- 0Nicholas J. Rau. Dynamic Modelling and Control of National Economies 1983, edited by T. Basar & L. F. Pao, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1984, XIV+474pp. (£72.50)
132 -- 133Peter B. Scott. Automated Guided Vehicles by Dr-Ing Thomas Muller, 290 pp., line diagrams and b & w photographs IFS (Publications) Ltd, Bedford, UK, 1983 ($34.60)
132 -- 0Peter B. Scott. Flexible Assmbly Systems by A.E. (Tony) Owen, 231 pp., b & w line drawings Plenum, New York, USA 1984 ($42.50 in USA & Canada; $51.00 elsewhere)
133 -- 0J. A. Esrom. Illustrated Dictionary of Microelectronics and Microcomputers by R.C. Holland Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1985, pp. v + 162 (Hardcover, £ 18.75; Flexicover, £8.00)
133 -- 0David A. Bradley. Industrial Design in Engineering: A Marriage of Techniques, edited by Charles H. Flurscheim Published by the Design Council, London, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1983, viii + 390 pp. ($45.80)
134 -- 0J. A. Esrom. Robotics, Cad/Cam Market Place 1985, with an introduction by Ken Susnjara R.R. Bowker Company, New York & London 1985, pp 239 + index (£50)
134 -- 0Alex M. Andrew. Artificial Intelligence: Concepts, Techniques and Applications, by Yoshiaki Shirai and Jun-ichi Tsujii Wiley, Chichester, 1984 (original Japanese edition 1982), viii + 177 pp. (£10.50)
134 -- 135Brian L. Davies. Scientific Fundamentals of Robotics 2. Control of Manipulated Robots by M. Vukobratović and D. Stokić Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1982, xiii+ 363 pp. ($43.60)
135 -- 0Alex M. Andrew. Speech Technology: Proceedings of the First International Conference, by J.N. Holmes (ed.) IFS (Publications), Bedford and North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1984, viii + 215 pp. (£45 in the U.K.; $90 elsewhere)
135 -- 136Constantin Negoita. Computer Culture edited by Heinz R. Pagels Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (vol 426) NYAS, New York 1984, 288 pp. ($66)
136 -- 0Iain D. Craig. Systems Security-The Key to Computer Integrity Online Publications, Pinner, UK, 1984 (£50)
136 -- 0Iain D. Craig. Distributed Computing Systems Program edited by D.A. Duce Peter Peregrinus Ltd., Stevenage, UK 1984 (£15 in the UK; £19 elsewhere)

Volume 4, Issue 1

15 -- 26Richard H. Weston, Christopher M. Sumpter, Jack D. Gascoigne. Distributed manufacturing systems
27 -- 31Robert W. Patterson, Gale E. Nevill. The induced vibration touch sensor - a new dynamic touch sensing concept
33 -- 36J. F. Coudurier. Flexible production organization of workpiece movement
37 -- 41Veljko Potkonjak, N. Jaksic. Contribution to a computer-aided choice of D.C. motors for manipulation robots
43 -- 46Eldo C. Koenig. Some principles for robotics based on general automata
47 -- 50Peter Senker. Automation and Maintenance Training
55 -- 60D. A. A. Fagandini. Work and its Place in Society
61 -- 62Peter B. Scott. Recent Advances in Robotics Edited by G. Beni and S. Hackwood. Advances in Robotics Series, A Wiley-Interscience Publication, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, U.K., 1985 (£39.30)
61 -- 0T. J. Vickerstaff. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Automotive Technology and Automation, ISATA '84 ISATA, Croydon, U.K., 1984 (SF 393)
62 -- 0Peter B. Scott. Robots: Planning and Implementation by Morgan Chris. IFS (Publications) Ltd/Springer-Verlag, UK 1984 ($35.70)
63 -- 0Peter B. Scott. Cybernetic Systems of Limb Movements in Man, Animals and Robots by A. Morecki, J. Ekiel and K. Fidelus. Ellis Horwood Limited, Chichester, UK, 1984 (£35.00)
64 -- 0William C. Rolland. Making the Case for Automation