Table of Contents

• PrefaceToshi Takamori, Kazuo Tsuchiya. [doi]
• Physical Analogies for Rapid Robot Motion Planning and Execution in Dynamic EnvironmentsGünther K. Schmidt, Kianoush Azarm. 3-8 [doi]
• Identification of Base Parameters of a Direct Drive Arm - A New Experimental Result -Koichi Osuka, S. Endo, M. Tomizuka, Toshiro Ono, Hirokazu Mayeda. 9-14 [doi]
• A Six Degree of Freedom Robot Measurement System I: A Precision Universal JointJohann P. Prenninger, Markus Vincze, S. Decker, Helmut Gander, P. Mayerl. 15-20 [doi]
• Parallel manipulators: state of the art and perspectivesJean-Pierre Merlet. 21-26 [doi]
• Development of the Parallel ManipulatorKatsumi Nakashima, Michiya Kataoka, Osamu Nagata, Takao Wada, Tatsuo Arai. 27-32 [doi]
• New Robotic Mechanism Using a Parallel Moving PlatformKazuo Machida, Yoshitsugu Toda, S. Iikura, T. Komatsu, Toshiaki Iwata, T. Honda. 33-38 [doi]
• An Analysis of Passive Impedance of 6-DOF Direct-Drive Wrist JointKiyoshi Maeda, Kenji Fujimoto, Satoshi Tadokoro, Toshi Takamori. 39-44 [doi]
• Design and simulation of a parallel link compliant wristMinoru Hashimoto, Yuichi Imamura. 45-50 [doi]
• Simulation study of dynamic properties and nodal offset of truss-type parallel mechanismMasao Tanaka, Kazuyuki Hanahara. 51-56 [doi]
• Group Mathematics and Parallel Link MechanismsJacques M. Hervé. 57-62 [doi]
• Bilateral Control for Parallel-Link ManipulatorsTatsuo Arai, Robert S. Stoughton, G. Jagannath Raju. 63-68 [doi]
• Design and control of a very fast 6-dof parallel robotMasaru Uchiyama, Ken-ichi Iimura, François Pierrot, Kunihiko Unno, Osamu Toyama. 69-74 [doi]
• Bio-Parallel Mechanism of Mastication RobotHideaki Takanobu, Masaru Kumei, Atsuo Takanishi, Ichiro Kato. 75-80 [doi]
• A Minimal, Minimal Linkage: The Tension-Compression Parallel Link ManipulatorSamuel E. Landsberger, Thomas B. Sheridan. 81-88 [doi]
• Kinematic and Control Issues on a Tendon-Controlled Wrist MechanismKazuhito Hyodo, Hiroaki Kobayashi. 89-94 [doi]
• A Modular Multi Purpose Robotic Testbed for Space ApplicationsW. Schulz, Thomas Seidl 0002. 95-100 [doi]
• Photo - pneumatic control robot armK. Yamamoto, O. Oyama, T. Tokunaga. 101-106 [doi]
• An Intelligent Wrist Mechanism for Robot Assembly of Chamferless PartsC. M. Jung, D. G. Gweon. 107-112 [doi]
• A Finite State Control Model for Flexible Robotized Assembly CellYuan Zhang, Alain Delchambre, Pierre Gaspart. 113-118 [doi]
• Diagnosing Contact Situations in Intelligent RoboticsMichael Spreng. 119-124 [doi]
• Vehicle Guidance System Using On-board Laser Beam Emitters and Corner Cubes along the CourseToshihiro Tsumura, Hiroshi Okubo, Nobuo Komatsu. 125-130 [doi]
• Environment recognition using a virtual corner pointHeung-Sik Noh, Minkee Park, Hyunduck Kim, Mignon Park. 131-136 [doi]
• Development of welding line detecting sensor systemToshio Nakamura, Koji Tanaka, Kayoko Hayakawa, Kunihiro Mori, Munenori Tsuge. 137-141 [doi]
• Occlusion Cues for 3-D Stereoscopic DisplayMasanori Idesawa. 143-148 [doi]
• Statistical Reliability of 3-D Interpretation from ImagesKenichi Kanatani. 149-154 [doi]
• Tracking a Moving Object by an Active Vision System: PANTHER-VZJun Miura, Hideharu Kawarabayashi, Makoto Watanabe, Teruaki Tanaka, Minora Asada, Yoshiaki Shirai. 155-160 [doi]
• Multisensor integration and fusion: Issues, approaches, and future trendsRen C. Luo, Michael G. Kay, W. Gary Lee. 161-169 [doi]
• System for the Remote Monitoring and control of Robotized DevicesFlorent Chavand, E. Colee, Malik Mallem, A. Ioukil. 171-176 [doi]
• Auditory-Visual Fusion Using Multi-Input Hidden Markov ModelToshihiro Aono, Masatoshi Ishikawa. 177-184 [doi]
• Flexible control of autonomous vehicle utilizing hierarchical map and planningM. Niizuma, Y. Kawano, M. Tomizawa, M. Sugiyama, S. Degawa. 185-190 [doi]
• A Neural Network Approach to Sensorimotor Fusion - Intentional Sensing for Recognizing Three-Dimensional Objects -Daiki Masumoto, Takashi Kimoto, Shigemi Nagata. 191-196 [doi]
• Minimum-Time Trajectory Planning for Multi-Degree-of-Freedom System under Average Heat Generation RestrictionK. Ono, T. Teramoto. 197-202 [doi]
• Development of an Efficient and suboptimal obstacle avoidance Algorithm for Planar robotsHan-Pang Huang, Pei-Chien Lee. 203-208 [doi]
• An adequate robot modelling for rapid and good 3D collision-free path planningCarlos Balaguer, Francisco José Rodríguez, José Manuel Pastor 0001, Ernesto Gambao, Rafael Aracil, A. Barrrientos. 209-214 [doi]
• A Seven-League-Boots Algorithm for Path Planning in Configuration SpacesJan M. Nauta. 215-220 [doi]
• Design and development of an electric wheelchair mounted robotic arm for use by people with physical disabilitiesStephen D. Prior, Peter Warner, J. T. Parsons, P. Oettinger. 221-226 [doi]
• Modeling and Control of Flexible Robot Arm with Flexible Drive SystemHideaki Kanoh. 227-232 [doi]
• A study on tasks of dealing with moving objectsTakeshi Sakaguchi, S. Sato, Fumio Miyazaki. 233-240 [doi]
• On-Line Recurrent Programming of a robot-Task System in two Operating modesV. Mahout, P. Lopez. 241-248 [doi]
• Application of Parallel Computing to Robot DynamicsP. Schäfer, Werner Schiehlen. 249-256 [doi]
• Adaptive vs Learning Controls for Flexible N-Link Robotic SystemsMichel Cotsaftis. 257-262 [doi]
• A Single Link Dual Actuation System for High Speed and High AccuracyToshihiko Koyama. 263-268 [doi]
• Stability of manipulators interacting with unstructured and structured dynamic environmentsJ. Edward Colgate. 269-274 [doi]
• A Robust Robotic Manipulator Controller Based on P-D MRAC for Payload AdaptabilityShamsudin H. M. Amin, Alan S. Morris. 275-280 [doi]
• Hybrid Position and Force Control with Unsteady Assembly DynamicsH. Wapenhans, Wolfgang Seyfferth, Friedrich Pfeiffer. 281-286 [doi]
• On Synthesis of a Hybrid Position/Force Controller for Robot ManipulatorsHirokazu Mayeda, Nobuya Ikeda, Kohichi Miyaji. 287-293 [doi]
• Principle of Orthogonalization for Hybrid Control of Robot ManipulatorsSuguru Arimoto, Tomohide Naniwa, Takashi Tsubouchi. 295-302 [doi]
• Robust Control of Pneumatic Servo System using a Disturbance ObserverToshiro Noritsugu, Masahiro Takaiwa. 303-308 [doi]
• H∞ Control of a Robot Manipulator Using the Loop Shaping Design ProcedureMasayuki Fujita, Hiroaki Kagaya, Fumio Matsumura. 309-314 [doi]
• Robustness and Stability of Actuator based on Dynamic Impedance MatchingShigeru Kobayashi, Toshi Takamori. 315-320 [doi]
• H-infinity as a Tool for Control Assessment in MechatronicsRaoul Herzog, Hannes Bleuler. 321-326 [doi]
• Control of Impact for a Hammering Robot Using a Flexible LinkTeruyuki Izumi, Yoshikazu Hitaka. 327-332 [doi]
• A Dynamical Approach to Force Control without Force SensorToshiyuki Murakami, Fangming Yu, Kouhei Ohnishi. 333-338 [doi]
• Robust Impedance Control and Its Application to Peg InsertionTakashi Harada, Yoshiharu Nishida, H. Nagaoka, Nobuo Kimura. 339-344 [doi]
• Active Tactile Sensing by Robotic FingersMakoto Kaneko. 345-350 [doi]
• Whole-Hand Robotic Manipulation: Considerations on Results and Open ProblemsClaudio Melchiorri, Gabriele Vassura. 351-358 [doi]
• Recent Advances in Grasp Planning Task Representation and Learning Hybrid Control for Dexterous ManipulationGiuseppe Casalino, Michele Aicardi, Giorgio Cannata. 359-366 [doi]
• Quadratic programming for dextrous dual-arm manipulationMasaru Uchiyama, Yasutaka Kanamori. 367-372 [doi]
• New Issues in the Kineto-Statics, Dynamics, and Control of Whole-Hand ManipulationAntonio Bicchi, Domenico Prattichizzo. 373-379 [doi]
• Movement Control of Brachiation Robot Using CMAC Between Different Distance and HeightFuminori Saito, Toshio Fukuda, Fumihito Arai. 381-386 [doi]
• Towards a Learning Control Scheme for Biped LocomotionN. J. Archer, K. Warwick. 387-392 [doi]
• Vision-based Mobile RobotsVolker Graefe. 393-395 [doi]
• Coordinated motion control for multiple industrial mobile robots transporting a materialMasafumi Hashimoto, Fuminori Oba. 397-402 [doi]
• Mobile robot localization using integrated dead reckoning and laser/corner cube based location systemsMasafumi Hashimoto, Fuminori Oba, Kazutoshi Imamaki, Tetsuo Nishida. 403-408 [doi]
• Path-Planning for Multiple Mobile robots by using Genetic AlgorithmsTakanori Shibata, Toshio Fukuda, Kazuhiro Kosuge, Fumihito Arai. 409-414 [doi]
• Rough terrain robot with 4 turn-over Track Frames (miniature Model)Tetsuo Torii, Tomoo Matsuda, Kimihiko Takagi, Takuya Sakamoto. 415-420 [doi]
• Motion estimation of a mobile robot with uncadenced bearings only measurementsO. Devise, Christian Doncarli. 421-426 [doi]
• Self Organizing Manipulator System Based on the Concept of Cellular Robotic SystemToshio Fukuda, Guoqing Xue, Fumihito Arai, Kazuhiro Kosuge, Hajime Asama, Hiromichi Omori, Isao Endo, Hayato Kaetsu. 427-432 [doi]
• Distributed Sensing, Control and Planning - Cellular Robotics Approach -Tsuyoshi Ueyama, Toshio Fukuda, Fumihito Arai, Tsunehiko Sugiura, Akira Sakai, Takehiro Uesugi. 433-438 [doi]
• Towards a Modular Standard for robotic Design and ProgrammingG. Barrall, K. Warwick. 439-444 [doi]
• Variable Structure Approach for Motion Control SystemsHideki Hashimoto, Yusuke Konno. 447-452 [doi]
• Sliding Mode Control, Discrete Time ApproachAlireza Jabbari, Masayoshi Tomizuka. 453-458 [doi]
• Sliding Mode Control of Uncertain SystemsY. Fujisaki, K. Yasuda. 459-464 [doi]
• Dynamic Sliding Mode Control and Application to Robot ManipulatorsKatsuhisa Furuta, Zhiqiang Qu. 465-470 [doi]
• Variable Structure Control of Flexible Robotic ArmYasuaki Kuroe. 471-478 [doi]
• VSS Control of Robotic Manipulators by Joint Acceleration ControllerKarel Jezernik, Boris Curk, Joze Harnik, Asif Sabanovic. 479-484 [doi]
• Discontinuous Control of Sliding Base Isolated Structures under EarthquakesK. David Young. 485-490 [doi]
• A Use of the Ultrasonic Motor as a Fine Positioning ActuatorReiji Mitarai, Hiroaki Takeishi, Takeshi Sawada. 491-496 [doi]
• Walking Drive - A New Precision Feed Drive -Eiji Shamoto, Toshimichi Moriwaki. 497-502 [doi]
• Micro Flow Control Devices for Integrated Medical and Chemical Analyzing SystemsShuichi Shoji, Nico F. de Rooij, Masayoshi Esashi, Bart van der Schoot. 503-508 [doi]
• A Vacuum-compatible X-Y Microactuator using the Levitational Effect of a SuperconductorYoshihiko Maeda, Kazuyuki Aihara, Hiroyuki Fujita. 509-514 [doi]
• Applying Flexible Microactuators to Pipeline Inspection RobotsKoichi Suzumori, Akira Abe. 515-520 [doi]
• Development of a Screw Tightening Machine for Elastic Parts on Clean Room EnvironmentHiroyuki Makimoto, Tadashi Ojiro, Mai Shiraishi, Takeshi Hoh, Kazuo Aoyama. 521-527 [doi]
• Some Developments of Machine Intelligence for Fully Automatic Drilling ProcessShane Y. Hong. 529-534 [doi]
• Perspective of Future Generation Manufacturing SystemsYuji Furukawa. 537-544 [doi]
• A Project Planning method with Time ConstraintsSusumu Fujii, Kenichi Kaneda. 545-550 [doi]
• A Definition of a Reference Set as a Tool for production Technology Acquisition Policy DevelopmentH. Fujimoto, P. Abril. 551-556 [doi]
• Simultaneous Optimization of Tool Allocation and Scheduling for FMS's: An Application of Simulated AnnealingHiroshi Kise, Yoshiyuki Karuno, Hironori Matsumoto. 557-562 [doi]
• An analysis of dynamic scheduling for job-shop scheduling and its improvement using intelligent algorithmsToshiaki Watanabe, H. Tokumaru, Yoshihiro Hashimoto. 563-568 [doi]
• Optimal scheduling models under JIT environmentsS. Miyazaki. 569-574 [doi]
• An Expert System for Scheduling of Plastic Molding ProcessTetsuji Maeda, Akihiro Abe, Go Nakano, M. Ishiguro, A. Nagai. 575-580 [doi]
• Scheduling Expert System for Continuous Annealing LineT. Iwatani, K. Nose, M. Konishi, H. Nakano. 581-586 [doi]
• The structure of the service task control system in an automatic shop floor for One-of-a-Kind ProductionYiliu Tu, Hans Holm, Jørgen A. Nielsen. 587-592 [doi]
• Testing Rules for a Scheduling Expert System in a Steel PlantJuan Larrañeta, Luis Onieva, Sebastián Lozano. 593-598 [doi]
• Sensor fusion for in-Process identification of cutting Process based on Neural Network ApproachT. Moriwaki, Y. Mori. 599-604 [doi]
• A study of plasma gun orientation control with ultrasonic sensors for thermal spraying robotA. Higashimoto, T. Watanabe, Y. Nakano, I. Murakami, Y. Kakino. 605-611 [doi]
• Implementation of an integrated FMS model plantMyoung-Sam Ko, JongWon Kim. 613-618 [doi]
• A Neural Network Approach to Part-Machine Grouping in GT ManufacturingSebastián Lozano, Luis Onieva, Juan Larrañeta, J. Teba. 619-624 [doi]
• Determination of an Optimum Bending Sequence - Application of AI Techniques in Production PlanningH. Grabowski, S. Götze. 625-630 [doi]
• Automatic Generation of NC Tapes for Machining ToolsYoshikuni Okawa, Makoto Miyazaki. 631-636 [doi]
• Development of the Autonomous Guided Vehicle System Using Laser Navigation MethodNoboru Ida, Yukio Tanaka, Yoshiaki Satoh. 637-641 [doi]
• Development of shape discriminant methods and robot arm control for part pick-up at an assembly lineSaburo Okada, Masaaki Imade, Hidekazu Miyauchi, Tetsuhiro Sumimoto, Hideki Yamamoto. 643-648 [doi]
• Development of a Rule-based Graphic Simulator for FmcsHan-Pang Huang. 649-655 [doi]
• Wafer Fab Management Optimization Using SimulationG. Cardarelli, Pacifico Marcello Pelagagge. 657-662 [doi]
• Information System in Distributed Intelligent Automation ProcessesMireille Bayart, Marcel Staroswiecki. 663-668 [doi]
• CAD Model Based System for Visual InspectionJharna Majumdar, Krishnan Rangarajan, Adil Hameed. 669-674 [doi]
• Automatic calculation of dimensions and tolerances in manufacturingG. Zhang, M. Porchet. 675-680 [doi]
• Formal Models of Flexibility for Manufacturing SystemsPaul Valckenaers, Hendrik Van Brussel. 681-686 [doi]
• Identification of Lathe Alignment Errors by Measuring Machined PartsFumiki Tanaka, Takeshi Kishinami, Makoto Yamada. 687-692 [doi]
• A product modeling system considering geometric constraints and its application to basic design of machine toolsNobuhiro Sugimura, Toshimichi Moriwaki. 693-698 [doi]
• An Expert Process Planning and Ftxturing System with 3D CAD Data input in Step StandardM. Gülesin, R. M. Jones. 699-704 [doi]
• Concurrent processing of product modeling and fault simulation for intelligent design aidTakeshi Murayama, Fuminori Oba. 705-710 [doi]
• Evaluation Method for Geometrical Forms in Coordinate MetrologyPavel G. Ikonomov, Fumiki Tanaka, Takeshi ICishinamia, Hideaki Okamoto, Toyoharu Sasaki. 711-716 [doi]
• Evaluation of Polished Surface for Automation of Polishing WorkYoshimi Takeuchi, Naoki Asakawa, Dongfang Ge. 717-722 [doi]
• The Organization of Human - Oriented C. I. MNorihiko Matsuo. 723-727 [doi]
• Fuzzy Control Technologies and Their ApplicationsSeiji Yasunobu. 731-736 [doi]
• A Study on Hovering of Model Helicopter Using Visual Information and Fuzzy ControllerKwang-Keun Shin, Jun-Ho Oh. 737-742 [doi]
• A Learning Method Fusing Fuzzy Reasoning and Genetic AlgorithmHiroyoshi Nomura, Isao Hayashi, Noboru Wakami. 743-748 [doi]
• A Self-Organizing Adaptable Control Scheme Based on Constraint-Oriented Fuzzy InferenceOsamu Katai, Masaaki Ida, Tetsuo Sawaragi, Sosuke Iwai. 749-754 [doi]
• On Some Attempts for Improving Learning Performance in Multi-layered Neural Networks of Back-propagation MethodsMotohide Umano, Teruhiko Teraoka, Itsuo Hatono, Hiroyuki Tamura. 755-760 [doi]
• Adaptive Control by Neural Networks with Application to Temperature ControlSigeru Omatu, Marzuki Khalid, Julio Tanomaru. 761-766 [doi]
• VQ controller using recurrent neural networksYasuhiro Kojima, Y. Izui, S. Kyomoto, Tadahiro Goda. 767-772 [doi]
• Neural Networks and Inverse Problems in Measurement and ControlShinzo Kitamura. 773-778 [doi]
• Modeling Manned Traffic SystemsPaul H. Wewerinke. 779-784 [doi]
• An Iterative Learning Fuzzy Control for Multi-Link ManipulatorsKeigo Watanabe, Sangho Jin, Spyros G. Tzafestas. 785-790 [doi]
• An autonomous robot system controlled by neural networksKen-ichi Tanaka, Masako Shimizu, Kazuo Tsuchiya. 791-796 [doi]
• Image Analysis of Melting Polymer in Heat Barrel of Injection Molding MachineYukio Tada, Yukiko Iwasaki. 797-802 [doi]
• High Speed Conveyed Bill Money Recognition with Neural NetworkFumiaki Takeda, Sigeru Omatu, Takashi Inoue, Saizo Onami. 803-808 [doi]
• Simulated annealing with modified generation mechanism for flow shop scheduling problemsHisao Ishibuchi, S. Misaki, Hideo Tanaka. 809-814 [doi]
• An Architecture for the Integration of Industrial Artificial Intelligence SystemsVladimir Bacvanski. 815-820 [doi]
• Fault Diagnosis in Dynamic SystemsPaul M. Frank. 821-828 [doi]
• Failure diagnosis under uncertain conditions by use of failure diagnosis tableTakehisa Kohda, Koichi Inoue. 829-834 [doi]
• Acoustic diagnosis with neural networksManabu Kotani, K. Uno, Haruya Matsumoto, Toshihide Kanagawa. 835-840 [doi]
• Knowledge aided model-based approach to failure diagnosis of adaptively controlled systemsKousuke Kumamaru, Katsuhiro Inoue, S. Nonaka, T. Nakashima. 841-846 [doi]
• Model based approach to the real-time fault diagnosisKoji Okuda, Taku Fujii, Nobuji Miyasaka. 847-852 [doi]
• Modified Schemes of Sequential Probability Ratio Test for Incipient Failure Detection in Dynamic SystemsMakoto Takahashi, Masaharu Kitamura, O. Glöckler. 853-858 [doi]
• Information Diversification for Improving Diagnostic Reliability in Complex Dynamic ProcessesMasaharu Kitamura, Keiji Kuchimura, Hiroshi Furukawa. 859-864 [doi]
• Multi-sensor Based Active Error Detection, Diagnosis, and Recovery for Flexible AssemblyYuan Zhang, Alain Delchambre, Pierre Gaspart. 865-870 [doi]
• Dynamics and control of advanced space systemsYoshiaki Ohkami. 871-876 [doi]
• Symbolic Multi-Body Formalism for Space manipulatorsM. Jafar Sadigh, Arun K. Misra. 877-882 [doi]
• Robust Controller Design for LSS Attitude Control and Experimental DemonstrationY. Chida, Takashi Kida, Isao Yamaguchi, M. Mine, H. Soga. 883-888 [doi]
• Distributed Modeling and Control for Multibody SystemsK. David Young. 889-894 [doi]
• Modeling and Control of Flexible Solar Array PaddlesFumitoshi Matsuno, Michinori Hatayama, Hideaki Senda, Yoshiyuki Sakawa. 895-900 [doi]
• Control of a Space Robot at Capturing a TargetShoji Yoshikawa, Katsuhiko Yamada. 901-906 [doi]
• Control of a flexible space structure with a tip mass in minimum time slew maneuverHironori Fujii, Shigeyuki Takeda. 907-912 [doi]
• Reaction Rejection Techniques for Control of Space-Robotic StructuresJianke Xu, Peter M. Bainum, Feiyue Li. 913-918 [doi]
• Nonlinear control of the space-based flexible manipulatorsV. J. Modi, F. Karray, A. Ng. 919-924 [doi]
• Simulation based analysis of elastic multi-arm robot control in cooperative motion: dynamic model formulationMikhail M. Svinin, Hartmut Bruhm, Henning Tolle. 925-930 [doi]
• Finite-Dimensional MRAC Method for Flexible One-Link Arms Subject to Random DisturbancesJunji Kaneko, Hiroyuki Kano. 931-936 [doi]
• Configuration-dependent multi-link spatial flexible vibration control of manipulatorsAtsushi Konno, Masaru Uchiyama. 937-942 [doi]
• Design of flexible hydromechanical manipulators with active control against fatigue and vibrationsE. K. Keskinen, M. J. Hirvonen, R. O. Tuokko. 943-948 [doi]
• Shape Determination of Flexible Space Structures by Using a Remote Optical Sensing SystemHiroshi Okubo, Nobuo Komatsu, O. Fukudomi, Toshihiro Tsumura. 949-954 [doi]
• Applications of Petri-Net to Modeling and Scheduling Problems of Flexible Manufacturing System Using RobotsShifang Li, Toshi Takamori, Satoshi Tadokoro. 955-960 [doi]