Table of Contents

• Foliage Discrimination Using a Rotating LadarAndres Castano, Larry Matthies. 1-6
• Moving Obstacle Detection for a Skid-Steered Vehicle Endowed with a Single 2-D Laser ScannerKostas J. Kyriakopoulos, Nikos Skounakis. 7-12
• A Neural Network Based Torque Controller for Collision-Free Navigation of Mobile RobotsSimon X. Yang, Tiemin Hu, Xiaobu Yuan, Peter Xiaoping Liu, Max Q.-H. Meng. 13-18
• Studying the Feasibility of Energy Harvesting in a Mobile Sensor NetworkMohammad H. Rahimi, Hardik Shah, Gaurav S. Sukhatme, John S. Heidemann, Deborah Estrin. 19-24
• A Robotic Walker that Provides GuidanceAaron Morris, Raghavendra Donamukkala, Anuj Kapuria, Aaron Steinfeld, Judith T. Matthews, Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacobs, Sebastian Thrun. 25-30
• An Order n Dynamic Simulator for a Humanoid Robot with a Virtual Spring-Damper Contact ModelYoonkwon Hwang, Eiichi Inohira, Atsushi Konno, Masaru Uchiyama. 31-36
• Towards a Factored Analysis of Legged Locomotion ModelsRichard Altendorfer, Daniel E. Koditschek, Philip Holmes. 37-44
• Frontal Plane Algorithms for Dynamic Bipedal WalkingChee-Meng Chew, Gill A. Pratt. 45-50
• Contact Phase Invariant Control for Humanoid Robot Based on Variable Impedant Inverted Pendulum ModelTomomichi Sugihara, Yoshihiko Nakamura. 51-56
• Aerial Posture Control for 3D Biped Running Using Compensator around Yaw AxisSang-Ho Hyon, Takashi Emura. 57-62
• Development of Arm Equipped Single Wheel Rover: Effective Arm-Posture-Based Steering MethodKazuhiro Motomura, Atsushi Kawakami, Shigeo Hirose. 63-68
• Kinematic Modelling of Wheeled Mobile ManipulatorsBernard Bayle, Jean-Yves Fourquet, Marc Renaud. 69-74
• Trail-Laying Robots for Robust Terrain CoverageJonas Svennebring, Sven Koenig. 75-82
• Curvature Based Point Stabilization for Compliant Framed Wheeled Modular Mobile RobotsBrian W. Albiston, Mark A. Minor. 83-89
• Scout Robot Motion ModelSascha Stoeter, Ian T. Burt, Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos. 90-95
• Control of a Heavy Material Handling Agricultural Manipulator Using mu-Synthesis and Robust Gain SchedulingSatoru Sakai, Koichi Osuka, Michihisa Iida, Mikio Umeda. 96-102
• A Generalized Newton Method for Identification of Closed-Chain Excavator Arm ParametersYahya H. Zweiri, Lakmal D. Seneviratne, Kaspar Althoefer. 103-108
• Proprioceptive Control for a Robotic Vehicle over Geometric ObstaclesKenneth J. Waldron, Ronald C. Arkin, Douglas Bakkum, Ernest Merrill, Muhammad Abdallah. 109-114
• Adaptive Control for Car Like Vehicles Guidance Relying on RTK GPS: Rejection of Sliding Effects in Agricultural ApplicationsRoland Lenain, Benoit Thuilot, Christophe Cariou, Philippe Martinet. 115-120
• On-Line Soil Property Estimation for Autonmous Excavator VehiclesChoopar Tan, Yahya H. Zweiri, Kaspar Althoefer, Lakmal D. Seneviratne. 121-126
• Uncertainty-Driven Viewpoint Planning for 3D Object MeasurementsY. F. Li, Z. G. Liu. 127-132
• Overview of Coded Light Projection Techniques for Automatic 3D ProfilingJordi Pagès, Joaquim Salvi, Rafael García, Carles Matabosch. 133-138
• Registration and Segmentation for 3D Map Building: A Solution Based on Stereo Vision and Inertial SensorsJorge Lobo 0002, Luís Almeida, João Alves, Jorge Dias. 139-144
• 3D Modeling of Historic Sites Using Range and Image DataPeter K. Allen, Ioannis Stamos, Alejandro Troccoli, Benjamin Smith, Marius Leordeanu, Y. C. Hsu. 145-150
• Detection of Classes of Features for Automated Robot ProgrammingMarkus Vincze, Andreas Pichler, Georg Biegelbauer. 151-156
• A Polynomial Algorithm for a Two-Job Shop Scheduling Problem with Routing FlexibilityYazid Mati, Xiaolan Xie. 157-162
• Efficient Selection of Scheduling Rule Combination by Combining Design of Experiment and Ordinal Optimization-Based SimulationBo-Wei Hsieh, Shi-Chung Chang, Chun-Hung Chen. 163-168
• Deadlock-Free Scheduling of Flexible Manufacturing Workcells Using Automata TheoryHamid Reza Golmakani, James K. Mills, Beno Benhabib. 169-174
• Utility and Stability Measures for Agent-Based Dynamic Scheduling of Steel Continuous CastingD. Quelhadj, Peter I. Cowling, Sanja Petrovic. 175-180
• Platform-Based AS/RS for Container StorageChuanyu Chen, Shell-Ying Huang, Wen-Jing Hsu, Ah Cheong Toh, Chee Kit Loh. 181-187
• Development of a Hot Gas Actuator for Self-Powered RobotsMichael Goldfarb, Eric J. Barth, Michael A. Gogola, Joseph A. Wehrmeyer. 188-193
• Development of a Passively Operating Load-Responsive TransmissionHitoshi Maekawa, Kiyoshi Komoriya. 194-201
• Analytic and Experimental Study on Fast Response MR-Fluid ActuatorNaoyuki Takesue, Junji Furusho, Yuuki Kiyota. 202-207
• Dynamic Modeling and Analysis of a Transmission-Based Robot ServoactuatorWilliam R. Hamel, Sewoong Kim, Renbin Zhou, Arnold Lumsdaine. 208-213
• Development of Isokinetic Exercise Machine Using ER BrakeTakehito Kikuchi, Junji Furusho, Kunihiko Oda. 214-219
• Automatic EMG Feature Evaluation for Controlling a Prosthetic Hand Using a Supervised Feature Mining Method: An Intelligent ApproachHan-Pang Huang, Yi-Hung Liu, Chun-Shin Wong. 220-225
• Rhythmic Movement by Neural Oscillator with Periodic StimulusHiroaki Hirai, Fumio Miyazaki. 226-231
• Visuo-Motor Coordination of a Humanoid Robot Head with Human-like Vision in Face TrackingCecilia Laschi, Hiroyasu Miwa, Atsuo Takanishi, Eugenio Guglielmelli, Paolo Dario. 232-237
• An Extensor Mechanism for an Anatomical Robotic HandDavid D. Wilkinson, Michael Vande Weghe, Yoky Matsuoka. 238-243
• A Clinical Jaw Movement Training Robot for Lateral Movement TrainingAkihisa Okino, Takahiro Inoue, Hideaki Takanobu, Atsuo Takanishi, Kayoko Ohtsuki, Masatoshi Ohnishi, Yoshio Nakano. 244-249
• Mood and Task Coordination of Home RobotsMyung-Jin Jung, Fumihito Arai, Yasuhisa Hasegawa, Toshio Fukuda. 250-255
• Remote Book Browsing System Using a Mobile ManipulatorTetsuo Tomizawa, Akihisa Ohya, Shin ichi Yuta. 256-261
• Environment Identification by Comparing Maps of LandmarksJens-Steffen Gutmann, Masaki Fukuchi, Kohtaro Sabe. 262-267
• Behavior-Based Mobile Manipulation Inspired by the Human ExampleB. J. W. Waarsing, Marnix Nuttin, Hendrik Van Brussel. 268-273
• Reliability Analysis of Mobile RobotsJennifer Carlson, Robin R. Murphy. 274-281
• Wet Shape Memory Alloy Actuators for Active Vasculated Robotic FleshStephen A. Mascaro, H. Harry Asada. 282-287
• A Thermally Actuated Polymer Micro Robotic Gripper for Manipulation of Biological CellsHo-Yin Chan, Wen J. Li. 288-293
• Actively Servoed Multi-Axis Microforce SensorsYu Sun, David P. Potasek, D. Piyabongkarn, R. Rajamani, Bradley J. Nelson. 294-299
• Pico-Newton Order Force Measurement Using a Calibrated Carbon Nanotube Probe by Electromechanical ResonanceFumihito Arai, Masahiro Nakajima, Lixin Dong, Toshio Fukuda. 300-305
• Novel Touch Sensor with Piezoelectric Thin Film for Microbial SeparationFumihito Arai, Kouhei Motoo, Paul G. R. Kwon, Toshio Fukuda, Akihiko Ichikawa, Tohoru Katsuragi. 306-311
• A Multifunctional Hybrid Hip Joint for Improved Adaptability in Miniature Climbing RobotsSatya P. Krosuri, Mark A. Minor. 312-317
• Compliant Constant-Force Mechanism with a Variable Output for Micro/Macro ApplicationsDhiraj R. Nahar, Thomas Sugar. 318-323
• Design and Foot Contact of a Leg Mechanism with a Flexible Gear SystemKin Huat Low, Aiqiang Yang. 324-329
• Conceptual Design and Kinematic Analysis of a 3-DOF Robot WristMeng Li, Tian Huang, Zhanxian Li. 330-335
• A Novel Mechanism for Implementing Multiple Collocated Spherical JointsPaul Bosscher, Imme Ebert-Uphoff. 336-341
• A Branch-and-Prune Algorithm for Solving Systems of Distance ConstraintsJosep M. Porta, Federico Thomas, Lluís Ros, Carme Torras. 342-347
• Exact Collision Detection of Two Moving Ellipsoids under Rational MotionsYi-King Choi, Wenping Wang, Myung-Soo Kim. 349-354
• Coordinate-Free Formulation of a 3-2-1 Wire-Based Tracking Device Using Cayley-Menger DeterminantsFederico Thomas, Erika Ottaviano, Lluís Ros, Marco Ceccarelli. 355-361
• Examination by Software Simulation on Preliminary-Announcement and Display of Mobile Robot s Following Action by Lamp or BlowoutsTakafumi Matsumaru, Hisashi Endo, Tomotaka Ito. 362-367
• Float Arm V: Hyper-Redundant Manipulator with Wire-Driven Weight-Compensation MechanismShigeo Hirose, Tomoyuki Ishii, Atsuo Haishi. 368-373
• Coordination of human and mobile manipulator formation in a perceptive reference frameJindong Tan, Ning Xi, Amit Goradia, Weihua Sheng. 374
• Proposal and evaluation of natural language human-robot interface system based on conversation theoryYasushi Nakauchi, Piyawat Naphattalung, Takeshi Takahashi, Takashi Matsubara, Eiichi Kashiwagi. 380-385
• Visual human machine interface by gesturesManel Frigola, Josep Fernández, Joan Aranda. 386-391
• Realizing personality in audio-visually triggered non-verbal behaviorsHiroshi G. Okuno, Kazuhiro Nakadai, Hiroaki Kitano. 392-397
• Robot recognizes three simultaneous speech by active auditionKazuhiro Nakadai, Hiroshi G. Okuno, Hiroaki Kitano. 398-405
• Airborne simultaneous localisation and map buildingJong-Hyuk Kim, Salah Sukkarieh. 406-411
• Real time data association for FastSLAMJuan Nieto, José E. Guivant, Eduardo Mario Nebot, Sebastian Thrun. 412-418
• Outdoor exploration and SLAM using a compressed filterJohn Folkesson, Henrik I. Christensen. 419-426
• Linear time vehicle relocation in SLAMJosé Neira, Juan D. Tardós, José A. Castellanos. 427-433
• A genetic algorithm for simultaneous localization and mappingTom Duckett. 434-439
• 3D-odometry for rough terrain - towards real 3D navigationPierre Lamon, Roland Siegwart. 440-445
• Smooth and efficient obstacle avoidance for a tour guide robotRoland Philippsen, Roland Siegwart. 446-451
• Internal posture sensing for a flexible frame modular mobile robotRoy Merrell, Mark A. Minor. 452-457
• Mobile robot navigation using sensor fusionFernando C. Lizarralde, Eduardo V. L. Nunes, Liu Hsu, John T. Wen. 458-463
• Optimal navigation and object finding without geometric maps or localizationBenjamín Tovar, Steven M. LaValle, Rafael Murrieta-Cid. 464-470
• A small biped entertainment robot exploring attractive applicationsYoshihiro Kuroki, Masahiro Fujita, Tatsuzo Ishida, Ken ichiro Nagasaka, Jin ichi Yamaguchi. 471-476
• Development of walking manipulator with versatile locomotionYusuke Ota, Tatsuya Tamaki, Kan Yoneda, Shigeo Hirose. 477-483
• Sensor and control design of a dynamically stable biped robotKlaus Löffler, Michael Gienger, Friedrich Pfeiffer. 484-490
• Double spherical joint and backlash clutch for lower limbs of humanoidsMasafumi Okada, Tetsuya Shinohara, Tatsuya Gotoh, Shigeki Ban, Yoshihiko Nakamura. 491-496
• Two wheels caster type odometer for omni-directional vehiclesNobuhiro Ushimi, Motoji Yamamoto, Akira Mohri. 497-502
• CVT control of an omnidirectional mobile robot with steerable omnidirectional wheels for energy efficient driveKyung-Seok Byun, Jae-Bok Song. 503-508
• Exponential control law for a multi-degree of freedom mobile robotGabriel Ramírez, Saïd Zeghloul. 509-514
• A common reference object concept to cooperative transportationXin Yang, Keigo Watanabe, Kiyotaka Izumi, Kazuo Kiguchi. 515-520
• The dynamic modeling and analysis for an onmidirectional mobile robot with three caster wheelsJae Heon Chung, Byung-Ju Yi, Whee Kuk Kim, Hogil Lee. 521-527
• Autonomous hovering control and test for micro air vehicleHuai-yu Wu, Zhao-ying Zhou, Dong Sun. 528-533
• Micro air vehicle. architecture and implementationHuai-yu Wu, Dong Sun, Zhao-ying Zhou, Shen-shu Xiong, Xiao-hao Wang. 534-539
• Lateral path following GPS-based control of a small-size unmanned blimpEmmanuel Hygounenc, Philippe Souères. 540-546
• Low-cost flight control system for a small autonomous helicopterJonathan M. Roberts, Peter I. Corke, Gregg D. Buskey. 546-551
• Integrated modeling and robust control for full-envelope flight of robotic helicoptersMarco La Civita, George Papageorgiou, William C. Messner, Takeo Kanade. 552-557
• Onmidirectional vision for an autonomous helicopterStefan Hrabar, Gaurav S. Sukhatme. 558-563
• Iconic memory-based onmidirectional route panorama navigationYasushi Yagi, Kousuke Imai, Masahiko Yachida. 564-570
• Multibody motion estimation and segmentation from multiple central panoramic viewsOmid Shakernia, René Vidal, Shankar Sastry. 571-576
• Visual odometry from an onmidirectional vision systemRoland Bunschoten, Ben J. A. Kröse. 577-583
• Formation control of nonholonomic mobile robots with omnidirectional visual servoing and motion segmentationRené Vidal, Omid Shakernia, Shankar Sastry. 584-589
• Web-based hardware-neutral sequential controllerChiaming Yen, Wujeng Li, Jui Cheng Lin. 590-595
• Development of a web-services-based e-diagnosties frameworkMin-Hsiung Hung, Fan-Tien Cheng, Sze-Chien Yeh. 596-603
• A novel approach to fault diagnostics and prognosticsChiman Kwan, Xiaodong Zhang, Roger Xu, Leonard Haynes. 604-609
• Intelligent diagnosis method of multi-fault state for plant machinery using wavelet analysis, genetic programming and possibility theoryPeng Chen, Masatoshi Taniguchi, Toshio Toyota. 610-615
• Distributed modeling and simulation of 300 mm fab intrabay automation systems using distributed agent oriented petri netsChung-Hsien Kuo, Chien-Sheng Huang. 616-621
• A new approach to compensate friction in robotic actuatorsSebastião Cícero Pinheiro Gomes, Vagner Santos Da Rosa. 622-627
• Modeling and control of a monopropellant-based pneumatic actuation systemEric J. Barth, Michael A. Gogola, Michael Goldfarb. 628-633
• Actuator failure detection and isolation using generalized momentaAlessandro De Luca, Raffaella Mattone. 634-639
• Development on conveyance module with new power drive mechanism for thin wire production systemHidenori Ishihara, Kimihito Yukawa, Atsutoshi Ikeda. 640-645
• Large-scale servo control using a matrix wire network for driving a large number of actuatorsKyu-Jin Cho, Samuel Au, H. Harry Asada. 646-651
• Remote actuation mechanism for mr-compatible manipulator using leverage and parallelogram - workspace analysis, workspace control, and stiffness evaluationYoshihiko Koseki, Noriho Koyachi, Tatsuo Arai, Kiyoyuki Chinzei. 652-657
• The development of a benclable colonoscopic tipGuillaume Thomann, Maurice Bétemps, Tanneguy Redarce. 658-663
• Touching stomach by airMakoto Kaneko, Tomohiro Kawahara, Satoshi Matsunaga, Toshio Tsuji, Shinji Tanaka. 664-669
• An MR compatible robot technologyR. Moser, Roger Gassert, Etienne Burdet, L. Sache, H. R. Woodtli, J. Erni, W. Maeder, Hannes Bleuler. 670-675
• Impedance controller and its clinical use of the remote ultrasound diagnostic systemNorihiro Koizumi, Shin ichi Warisawa, Hiroyuki Hashizume, Mamoru Mitsuishi. 676-683
• DLR hand II: hard- and software architecture for information processingSteffen Haidacher, Jörg Butterfaß, Max Fischer, Markus Grebenstein, Klaus Joehl, Klaus Kunze, Matthias Nickel, Nikolaus Seitz, Gerd Hirzinger. 684-689
• Design of a new grasper having XYZ translational motionsDong Yi, Byung-Ju Yi, Whee Kuk Kim. 690-695
• Under-actuated passive adaptive grasp humanoid robot hand with control of grasping forceWenzeng Zhang, Qiang Chen, Zhenguo Sun, Dongbin Zhao. 696-701
• DLR hand II: experiments and experiences with an anthropomorphic handChristoph Borst, Max Fischer, Steffen Haidacher, Hong Liu, Gerd Hirzinger. 702-707
• Novel fingertip equipped with soft skin and hard nail for dexterous multi-fingered robotic manipulationKouji Murakami, Tsutomu Hasegawa. 708-713
• Automatic locomotion pattern generation for modular robotsAkiya Kamimura, Haruhisa Kurokawa, Eiichi Yoshida, Kohji Tomita, Satoshi Murata, Shigeru Kokaji. 714-720
• From local to global behavior in intelligent self-assembly fromChris Jones, Maja J. Mataric. 721-726
• Functional reactive programming as a hybrid system frameworkIzzet Pembeci, Gregory D. Hager. 727-734
• Formation constrained multi-robot system in unknown environmentsZhiqiang Cao, Liangjun Xie, Bin Zhang, Shuo Wang, Min Tan. 735-740
• Enveloping obstacles with hexagonal metamorphic robotsJennifer E. Walter, Elizabeth M. Tsai, Nancy M. Amato. 741-748
• An in-parallel actuated manipulator with redundant actuators for gross and fine motionsYukio Takeda, Kazuki Ichikawa, Hiroaki Funabashi, Kazuya Hirose. 749-754
• Type synthesis of 4-DOF parallel manipulatorsQinchuan Li, Zhen Huang. 755-760
• Singularity-free path planning of parallel manipulators using clustering algorithm and line geometryAnjan Kumar Dash, I-Ming Chen, Song Huat Yeo, Guilin Yang. 761-766
• Singularity analysis of the HALF parallel manipulator with revolute actuatorsXin-Jun Liu, JongWon Kim, Kun-Ku Oh. 767-772
• The management of parallel-manipulator singularifies using joint-couplingI-Ming Chen, Jorge Angeles, Theingi, Chuan Li. 773-778
• Evolutionary acquisition of handstand from backward giant circle by a three-link rings gymnastic robotTakaaki Yamada, Keigo Watanabe, Kazuo Kiguchi. 779-784
• Dexterous manipulation from pinching to power grasping -strategy selection according to object dimensions and grasping positionYasuhisa Hasegawa, Hayato Ioka, Toshio Fukuda, Kensaku Kanada. 785-790
• Extended QDSEGA for controlling real robots -acquisition of locomotion patterns for snake-like robotKazuyuki Ito, Tetsushi Kamegawa, Fumitoshi Matsuno. 791-796
• A study toward cognitive action with environment recognition by a learning space robotKei Senda, Tsutomu Matsumoto, Yuzo Okano. 797-802
• Learning new representations and goals for autonomous robotsWilliams Paquier, Raja Chatila. 803-808
• Enabling multi-finger, multi-hand virtualized graspingFederico Barbagli, John Kenneth Salisbury Jr., Roman Devengenzo. 809-815
• Improvement of passive elements for wearable haptic displaysSadao Kawamura, Katsuya Kanaoka, Yuichiro Nakayama, Jinwoo Jeon, Daisuke Fujimoto. 816-821
• Sampled and continuous time passivity and stability of virtual environmentsJee-Hwan Ryu, Yoon Sang Kim, Blake Hannaford. 822-827
• The haptic scissors: cutting in virtual environmentsAllison M. Okamura, Robert J. Webster III, Jason T. Nolin, K. W. Johnson, H. Jafry. 828-833
• Digital clay: architecture designs for shape-generating mechanismsPaul Bosscher, Imme Ebert-Uphoff. 834-841
• Online simultaneous localization and mapping with detection and tracking of moving objects: theory and results from a ground vehicle in crowded urban areasChieh-Chih Wang, Charles E. Thorpe, Sebastian Thrun. 842-849
• Using visual features to build topological maps of indoor environmentsPaul E. Rybski, Franziska Zacharias, Jean-François Lett, Osama Masoud, Maria L. Gini, Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos. 850-855
• Vision-based fast and reactive monte-carlo localizationThomas Röfer, Matthias Jüngel. 856-861
• Object-based localization and mapping using loop constraints and geometric prior knowledgeMasahiro Tomono, Shin ichi Yuta. 862-867
• Putting the I in team : an ego-centric approach to cooperative localizationAndrew Howard, Maja J. Mataric, Gaurav S. Sukhatme. 868-874
• Direct plane tracking in stereo images for mobile navigationJason J. Corso, Darius Burschka, Gregory D. Hager. 875-880
• Location estimation and trajectory prediction of moving lateral vehicle using two wheel shapes information in 2-D lateral vehicle images by 3-D computer vision techniquesChih-Chiun Lai, Wen-Hsiang Tsai. 881-886
• Path-dependent gaze control for obstacle avoidance in vision guided humanoid walkingJavier F. Seara, Klaus H. Strobl, Günther Schmidt. 887-892
• Mobile robot navigation in dynamic environments using onmidirectional stereoHiroshi Koyasu, Jun Miura, Yoshiaki Shirai. 893-898
• Self-positioning with an omni-directional stereo systemJyun-ichi Eino, Toshinobu Takashi, Jun-ichi Takiguchi, Takumi Hashizume. 899-904
• A motion planning approach to fast parking control of mobile robotsTi-Chung Lee, Chi-Yi Tsai, Kai-Tai Song. 905-910
• Online humanoid walking control system and a moving coal tracking experimentKoichi Nishiwaki, Satoshi Kagami, James J. Kuffner Jr., Masayuki Inaba, Hirochika Inoue. 911-916
• Autonomous reactive control for simulated humanoidsPetros Faloutsos, Michiel van de Panne, Demetri Terzopoulos. 917-924
• The sway compensation trajectory for a biped robotRyo Kurazume, Tsutomu Hasegawa, Kan Yoneda. 925-931
• Online footstep planning for humanoid robotsJames J. Kuffner Jr., Satoshi Kagami, Koichi Nishiwaki, Masayuki Inaba, Hirochika Inoue. 932-937
• Decentralized control of multiple mobile manipulators based on virtual 3-D caster motion for handling an object in cooperation with a humanYasuhisa Hirata, Youhei Kume, Zhi Dong Wang, Kazuhiro Kosuge. 938-943
• Time-optimal cooperative control of multiple robot vehiclesTomonari Furukawa, Hugh F. Durrant-Whyte, Gamini Dissanayake. 944-950
• Analysis of formation control of cooperative transportation of mother ship by SMCMasaki Yamakita, Yasuaki Taniguchi, Yuichirou Shukuya. 951-956
• Multi mobile robot navigation using distributed value function reinforcement learningSharareh Babvey, Omid Momtahan, Mohammad Reza Meybodi. 957-962
• Trajectory sonar perceptioRichard J. Rikoski, John J. Leonard. 963-970
• Vision-based localization of an underwater robot in a structured environmentMarc Carreras, Pere Ridao, Rafael García, T. Nicosevici. 971-976
• Vision-based linear motion estimation for unmanned underwater vehiclesMassimo Caccia. 977-982
• Determining the bodily motion of a biomimetic underwater vehicle under oscillating propulsionJenhwa Guo, Forng-Chen Chiu, Chih-Chieh Chen, Yueh Sheng Ho. 983-988
• Correction of shading effects in vision-based UUV localizationRafael García, Xavier Cufí, Marc Carreras, Pere Ridao. 989-994
• Design of an artificial mark to determine 3D pose by monocular visionRie Katsuki, Jun Ota, Takahisa Mizuta, Tomomi Kito, Tamio Arai, Tsuyoshi Ueyama, Tsuyoshi Nishiyama. 995-1000
• Foveated observation of shape and motionJames Davis, Xing Chen. 1001-1006
• Automated multisensor polyhedral model acquisitionDiego Ortin, J. M. M. Montiel, Andrew Zisserman. 1007-1012
• Structure and pose from single images of symmetric objects with applications to robot navigationAllen Y. Yang, Wei Hong, Yi Ma. 1013-1020
• A comparison of Gaussian and mean curvatures estimation methods on triangular meshesTatiana Surazhsky, Evgeni Magid, Octavian Soldea, Gershon Elber, Ehud Rivlin. 1021-1026
• Effective OHT dispatching for differentiated material handling services in 300mm wafer foundryChia-Nan Wang, Da-Yin Liao. 1027-1032
• ERCN merged nets for modeling degraded behavior and parallel processes in semiconductor manufacturing systemsMuDer Jeng, Xiaolan Xie, Sheng-Luen Chung. 1033-1038
• Schedule stabilization and robust timing control for time-constrained cluster toolsJa-Hee Kim, Tae-Eog Lee. 1039-1044
• Structural analysis of resource allocation systems with synchronization constraintsSpyros A. Reveliotis. 1045-1049
• AN overview of semiconductor fab automation systemsSheng-Luen Chung, MuDer Jeng. 1050-1055
• Robustness of image-based visual servoing with respect to depth distribution errorEzio Malis, Patrick Rives. 1056-1061
• Uniform parametric convergence in the adaptive control of manipulators: a case restudiedAntonio Loria, Rafael Kelly, Andrew R. Teel. 1062-1067
• Novel approach in the adaptive control of systems having strongly nonlinear coupling between their umnodeled internal degrees of freedomImre J. Rudas, Krzysztof Kozlowski, József K. Tar, Karel Jezernik. 1068-1073
• Adaptive control of robot manipulators using multiple neural networksChoon-Young Lee, Ju-Jang Lee. 1074-1079
• Collision detection system for manipulator based on adaptive impedance control lawShinya Morinaga, Kazuhiro Kosuge. 1080-1085
• Review of locomotion techniques for robotic colonoscopyIrwan M. Kassim, Wan S. Ng, Gong Feng, Soo J. Phee, Paolo Dario, Charles A. Mosse. 1086-1091
• Functional colonoscope robot systemByungkyu Kim, Younkoo Jeong, Hyun-young Lim, Jong-Oh Park, Arianna Menciassi, Paolo Dario. 1092-1097
• Hyper redundant miniature manipulator hyper finger for remote minimally invasive surgery in deep areaKoji Ikuta, Takahiko Hasegawa, Shinichi Daifu. 1098-1102
• Development of remote microsurgery robot and new surgical procedure for deep and narrow spaceKoji Ikuta, Keiichi Yamamoto, Keiji Sasaki. 1103-1108
• Simulating soft tissue cutting using finite element modelsCésar Mendoza, Christian Laugier. 1109-1114
• Dynamic preshaping for a robot driven by a single wireMitsuru Higashimori, Makoto Kaneko, Masatoshi Ishikawa. 1115-1120
• Capturing a concave polygon with two disc-shaped fingersAttawith Sudsang, Thanaphon Luewirawong. 1121-1126
• Optimization of grasping by using a required external force setTetsuyoh Watanabe, Tsuneo Yoshikawa. 1127-1132
• Ranking planar grasp configurations for a three-finger handEris Chinellato, Robert B. Fisher, Antonio Morales, Angel P. Del Pobil. 1133-1138
• On the force capability of underactuated fingersLionel Birglen, Clément Gosselin. 1139-1145
• Biomimetic sensor suite for flight control of a micromechanical flying insect: design and experimental resultsWei Chung Wu, Luca Schenato, Robert J. Wood, Ronald S. Fearing. 1146-1151
• Model identification and attitude control for a micromechanical flying insect including thorax and sensor modelsXinyan Deng, Luca Schenato, Shankar Sastry. 1152-1157
• Dispersion behaviors for a team of multiple miniature robotsJanice L. Pearce, Paul E. Rybski, Sascha Stoeter, Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos. 1158-1163
• Synthetic gecko foot-hair micro/nano-structures for future wall-climbing robotsMetin Sitti, Ronald S. Fearing. 1164-1170
• Design and implementation of MARG sensors for 3-DOF orientation measurement of rigid bodiesEric R. Bachmann, Xiaoping Yun, Doug McKinney, Robert B. McGhee, Michael Zyda. 1171-1178
• Mobility analysis of lower-mobility parallel manipulators based on screw theoQinchuan Li, Zhen Huang. 1179-1184
• Design and control of a novel 4-DOFs parallel robot H4H. B. Choi, Olivier Company, François Pierrot, Atsushi Konno, T. Shibukawa, Masaru Uchiyama. 1185-1190
• Vision-based kinernatic calibration of a H4 parallel mechanismPierre Renaud, Nicolas Andreff, Frédéric Marquet, Philippe Martinet. 1191-1196
• Determination of the optimal geometry of modular parallel robotsJean-Pierre Merlet. 1197-1202
• Type synthesis of 5-DOF parallel manipulatorsQinchuan Li, Zhen Huang. 1203-1208
• Planning and control of UGV formations in a dynamic environment: a practical framework with experimentsYongxing Hao, Benjamin Laxton, Sunil Kumar Agrawal, Edward Lee, Eric Benson. 1209-1214
• A new approach for structural credit assignment in distributed reinforcement learning systemsYu Zhong, Guochang Gu, Rubo Zhang. 1215-1220
• Genetic algorithm based path planning for a mobile robotJianping Tu, Simon X. Yang. 1221-1226
• Results for outdoor-SLAM using sparse extended information filtersYufeng Liu, Sebastian Thrun. 1227-1233
• Autonomous feature-based explorationPaul M. Newman, Michael Bosse, John J. Leonard. 1234-1240
• Stable haptic interaction with switched virtual environmentSaurabh Mahapatra, Milos Zefran. 1241-1246
• Telerobotic haptic system to assist the performance of occupational therapy tests by motion-impaired usersNorali Pernalete, Wentao Yu, Rajiv V. Dubey, Wilfrido A. Moreno. 1247-1252
• A telemanipulation system for psychophysical investigation of haptic interactionB. J. Unger, Roberta L. Klatzky, Ralph L. Hollis. 1253-1258
• The FeTouch projectB. la Torre, Domenico Prattichizzo, Federico Barbagli, Antonio Vicino. 1259-1263
• Development of a system for experiencing tactile sensation from a robot hand by electrically stimulating sensory nerve fiberMakoto Shimojo, Takafumi Suzuki, Akio Namiki, Takashi Saito, Masanari Kunimoto, Ryota Makino, Hironori Ogawa, Masatoshi Ishikawa, Kunihiko Mabuchi. 1264-1270
• Mobile robot self-localization based on global visual appearance featuresChao Zhou, Yucheng Wei, Tieniu Tan. 1271-1276
• Fast and accurate vision-based pattern detection and identificationJames Bruce, Manuela M. Veloso. 1277-1282
• Ultrasonic self-localization and pose tracking of an autonomous mobile robot via fuzzy adaptive extended information filteringHung-Hsing Lin, Ching-Chih Tsai, Jui-Cheng Hsu, Chih-Fu Chang. 1283-1290
• Probabilistic visual recognition of artificial landmarks for simultaneous localization and mappingDavid Prasser, Gordon Wyeth. 1291-1296
• 3D localization and tracking in unknown environmentsParvaneh Saeedi, David G. Lowe, Peter D. Lawrence. 1297-1303
• Weighted line fitting algorithms for mobile robot map building and efficient data representationSamuel T. Pfister, Stergios I. Roumeliotis, Joel W. Burdick. 1304-1311
• Learning self-organizing maps for navigation in dynamic worldsRui Araújo, Gonçalo Gouveia, Nuno Santos. 1312-1317
• BE-viewer: vision-based navigation system to assist motor-impaired people in docking their mobility aidsAngelo M. Sabatini, Vincenzo Genovese, Eliseo Stefano Maini. 1318-1323
• Using learned visual landmarks for intelligent topological navigation of mobile robotsMario Mata, Jose M. Armingol, Arturo de la Escalera, Miguel Angel Salichs. 1324-1329
• Environment modeling for topological navigation using visual landmarks and range dataFrédéric Lerasle, J. Carbajo, Michel Devy, Jean-Bernard Hayet. 1330-1335
• Running pattern generation and its evaluation using a realistic humanoid modelTakashi Nagasaki, Shuuji Kajita, Kazuhito Yokoi, Kenji Kaneko, Kazuo Tanie. 1336-1342
• Synthesis of walking primitive databases for biped robots in 3D-environmentsJoachim Denk, Günther Schmidt. 1343-1349
• Gait transitions for walking and running of biped robotsOhung Kwon, Jong Hyeon Park. 1350-1355
• Development and control of autonomous, biped locomotion using efficient modeling, simulation, and optimization techniquesMichael Hardt, Oskar von Stryk, Dirk Wollherr, Martin Buss. 1356-1361
• Co-evolution of morphology and walking pattern of biped humanoid robot using evolutionary computation -designing the real roboKen Endo, Takashi Maeno, Hiroaki Kitano. 1362-1367
• On the stable passive dynamics of quadrupedal runningIoannis Poulakakis, Evangelos Papadopoulos, Martin Buehler. 1368-1373
• Template based control of hexapedal runningUluc Saranli, Daniel E. Koditschek. 1374-1379
• Stair descent in the simple hexapod RHex D. Campbell, Martin Buehler. 1380-1385
• Towards a dynamic actuator model for a hexapod robotDave McMordie, Chris Prahacs, Martin Buehler. 1386-1390
• A leg configuration sensory system for dynamical body state estimates in a hexapod robotPei-Chun Lin, Haldun Komsuoglu, Daniel E. Koditschek. 1391-1396
• A truncated least squares approach to the detection of specular highlights in color imagesJae Byung Park, Avinash C. Kak. 1397-1403
• A kite and teleoperated vision system for acquiring aerial imagesPaul Y. Oh, Bill Green. 1404-1409
• Appearance-based representation and recognition of human motionsM. Masudur Rahman, Seiji Ishikawa. 1410-1415
• Automatic detection and response to environmental changeScott Lenser, Manuela M. Veloso. 1416-1421
• Sky/ground modeling for autonomous MAV flightSinisa Todorovic, Michael C. Nechyba, Peter G. Ifju. 1422-1427
• AGV routing for conflict resolution in AGV systemsNaiqi Wu, MengChu Zhou. 1428-1433
• Colored timed petri-net and GA based approach to modeling and scheduling for wafer probe centerShun-Yu Lin, Li-Chen Fu, Tsung-Che Chiang, Yi-Shiuan Shen. 1434-1439
• Petri net controllers to enforce disjunction of GMECsFrancesco Basile, Ciro Carbone, Pasquale Chiacchio. 1440-1445
• Property-preserving composition of augmented marked graphs that share common resourcesH.-J. Huang, Li Jiao, To-Yat Cheung. 1446-1451
• A novel siphon-based deadlock control method for FMSZhiwu Li, MengChu Zhou. 1452-1457
• Globally adaptive decentralized control of time-varying robot manipulatorsSu-Hau Hsu, Li-Chen Fu. 1458-1463
• Kinematic control of a platoon of autonomous vehiclesGianluca Antonelli, Stefano Chiaverini. 1464-1469
• Dynamic modeling and input shaping of thermal bimorph MEMS actuatorsDan O. Popa, Byoung Hun Kang, John T. Wen, Harry E. Stephanou, George Skidmore, Aaron Geisberger. 1470-1475
• A switching control strategy for nonlinear dynamic systemsMingjun Zhang, Tzyh Jong Tarn. 1476-1481
• Control of biomimetic locomotion via averaging theoryPatricio A. Vela, Joel W. Burdick. 1482-1489
• A method for preventing accidents due to human action slip utilizing HMM-based Dempster-Shafer theoryYoji Yamada, Tetsuya Morizono, Yoji Umetani, Yukitaka Sonohara. 1490-1496
• EMG classification for prehensile postures using cascaded architecture of neural networks with self-organizing mapsHan-Pang Huang, Yi-Hung Liu, Li-Wei Liu, Chun-Shin Wong. 1497-1502
• Narrative situation assessment for human-robot interactionBjörn Jensen, Roland Philippsen, Roland Siegwart. 1503-1508
• Configuring sensors by user learning for a locomotion aid interfaceRoland Thieffry, Eric Monacelli, Patrick Henaff, Stephane Delaplace. 1509-1514
• Face direction-based human-computer interface using image observation and EMG signal for the disabledInhyuk Moon, Kyunghoon Kim, Jeicheong Ryu, Museong Mun. 1515-1520
• Information-theoretic coordinated control of multiple sensor platformsBen Grocholsky, Alexei Makarenko, Hugh F. Durrant-Whyte. 1521-1526
• High-precision task-space sensing and guidance for autonomous robot localizationGoldie Nejat, Beno Benhabib. 1527-1532
• Geometry design of an elastic finger-shaped sensor for estimating friction coefficient by pressing any objectTakahashi Maeno, Tomoyuki Kawamura. 1533-1538
• Recognizing surface properties using impedance perceptionRyo Kikuuwe, Tsuneo Yoshikawa. 1539-1544
• Vision and tactile sensing for real world tasksDanica Kragic, S. Crinier, D. Brunn, Henrik I. Christensen. 1545-1550
• Automatic map acquisition for navigation in domestic environmentPhilipp Althaus, Henrik I. Christensen. 1551-1556
• Map building with mobile robots in dynamic environmentsDirk Hähnel, Rudolph Triebel, Wolfram Burgard, Sebastian Thrun. 1557-1563
• An evaluation of the sequential Monte Carlo technique for simultaneous localisation and map-buildinDavid C. K. Yuen, Bruce A. MacDonald. 1564-1569
• Image-based localization with depth-enhanced image mapDana Cobzas, Hong Zhang, Martin Jägersand. 1570-1575
• Temporal landmark validation in CJuan Andrade-Cetto, Alberto Sanfeliu. 1576-1581
• TopBot: automated network topology detection with a mobile robotPaul Blaer, Peter K. Allen. 1582-1587
• A new localization system for autonomous robotsSergio Hernández, Carlos A. Morales, Jesús M. Torres, Leopoldo Acosta. 1588-1593
• Probabilistic models of dead-reckoning error in nonholonoxnic mobile robotsYu Zhou, Gregory S. Chirikjian. 1594-1599
• MICAbot: a robotic platform for large-scale distributed roboticsM. Brett McMickell, Bill Goodwine, Luis Antonio Montestruque. 1600-1605
• Accurate relative localization using odometryNakju Lett Doh, Howie Choset, Wan Kyun Chung. 1606-1612
• Whole body teleoperation of a humanoid robot -a method of integrating operator s intention and robot s autonomyEe Sian Neo, Kazuhito Yokoi, Shuuji Kajita, Fumio Kanehiro, Kazuo Tanie. 1613-1619
• Biped walking pattern generation by using preview control of zero-moment pointShuuji Kajita, Fumio Kanehiro, Kenji Kaneko, Kiyoshi Fujiwara, Kensuke Harada, Kazuhito Yokoi, Hirohisa Hirukawa. 1620-1626
• Pushing manipulation by humanoid considering two-kinds of ZMPsKensuke Harada, Shuuji Kajita, Kenji Kaneko, Hirohisa Hirukawa. 1627-1632
• The first humanoid robot that has the same size as a human and that can lie down and get upFumio Kanehiro, Kenji Kaneko, Kiyoshi Fujiwara, Kensuke Harada, Shuuji Kajita, Kazuhito Yokoi. 1633-1639
• Experimental evaluation of the dynamic simulation of biped walking of humanoid robotsHirohisa Hirukawa, Fumio Kanehiro, Shuuji Kajita, Kiyoshi Fujiwara, Kazuhito Yokoi, Kenji Kaneko, Kensuke Harada. 1640-1645
• Tele-coordinated control of multi-robot systems via the internetImad Elhajj, Ning Xi, Amit Goradia, Chow Man Kit, Yun-Hui Liu, Toshio Fukuda. 1646-1652
• Connectivity-through-time protocols for dynamic wireless networks to support mobile robot teamsNageswara S. V. Rao, Qishi Wu, S. Sitharama Iyengar, Arul Manickam. 1653-1658
• Control and data transmission for internet robotsPeter Xiaoping Liu, Max Q.-H. Meng, Jason Jianjun Gu, Simon X. Yang, Chao Hu. 1659-1664
• A scalable approach to human-robot interactionAshley Tews, Maja J. Mataric, Gaurav S. Sukhatme. 1665-1670
• A service-based network architecture for wearable robotsKa Keung Lee, Ping Zhang, Yangsheng Xu. 1671-1676
• A real-time robust eye tracking system for autostereoscopic displays using stereo camerasChan-Hung Su, Yong-Sheng Chen, Yi-Ping Hung, Chu-Song Chen, Jiun-Hung Chen. 1677-1681
• Real-time object tracking using multi-res. critical points filtersJérôme Durand, Seth Hutchinson. 1682-1687
• Correspondence-free stereo vision for the case of arbitrarily-positioned camerasDing Yuan, Ronald Chung. 1688-1693
• High resolution catadioptric omni-directional stereo sensor for robot visionShih-Schön Lin, Ruzena Bajcsy. 1694-1699
• A voting stereo matching method for real-time obstacle detectionMohamed Hariti, Yassine Ruichek, Abderrafiaa Koukam. 1700-1704
• Distributing 3D manufacturing simulations to realize the digital plantEckhard Freund, Dirk H. Pensky. 1705-1710
• Flexible material handling system using smart-carriers and powerline communicationEric Wade, H. Harry Asada. 1711-1716
• The development of distributed web-based rapid prototyping manufacturing systemRen C. Luo, Jyh Hwa Tzou. 1717-1722
• Development of a generic tester for distributed object-oriented systemsFan-Tien Cheng, Chin-Hui Wang, Yu-Chuan Su. 1723-1730
• Development of a step-based collaborative product and process development system for manufacturability evaluation with reverse engineeringRong-Shean Lee, Jo Peng Tsai. 1731-1736
• Design of six sigma supply chainsDinesh Garg, Yadati Narahari, Nukala Viswanadham. 1737-1742
• Supply chain planning with order/setup costs and capacity constraints a new Lagrangian relaxation approachHaoxun Chen, Chengbin Chu. 1743-1748
• Supply chain performance evaluation: a simulation studyYan Tu, Peter B. Luh, Weidong Feng, Katsumi Narimatsu. 1749-1755
• An optimization-based approach for distributed project schedulingMing Ni, Peter B. Luh, Bryan Moser. 1756-1761
• Robust supply chain design: a strategic approach for exception handlingRoshan S. Gaonkar, Nukala Viswanadham. 1762-1767
• A wireless temperature measurement guide rod for internal bone fixation surgeryRaymond H. W. Lam, Wen J. Li, Ning Xi. 1768-1773
• Robotic needle insertion: effects of friction and needle geometryM. D. O-Leary, Christina Simone, Toshikatsu Washio, Kiyoshi Yoshinaka, Allison M. Okamura. 1774-1780
• Design of all-accelerometer inertial measurement unit for tremor sensing in hand-held microsurgical instrumentWei Tech Ang, Pradeep K. Khosla, Cameron N. Riviere. 1781-1786
• Force control and breakthrough detection of a bone drilling systemWen-Yo Lee, Ching-long Shih. 1787-1792
• Needle insertion and radioactive seed implantation in human tissues: simulation and sensitivity analysisRon Alterovitz, Kenneth Y. Goldberg, Jean Pouliot, Richard Tascherau, I-Chow Hsu. 1793-1799
• A new algorithm for three-finger force-closure grasp of polygonal objectsJia-Wei Li, Ming-He Jin, Hong Liu. 1800-1804
• Estimating finger contact location and object pose from contact measurements in 3-D graspingSteffen Haidacher, Gerd Hirzinger. 1805-1810
• Simplified generation algorithm of regrasping motion -performance comparison of online-searching approach with EP-based approachYasuhisa Hasegawa, Masaki Higashiura, Toshio Fukuda. 1811-1816
• A polyhedral bound on the indeterminate contact forces in 2D fixturing and grasping arrangementsElon Rimon, Joel W. Burdick, Toru Omata. 1817-1823
• Automatic grasp planning using shape primitivesAndrew T. Miller, Steffen Knoop, Henrik I. Christensen, Peter K. Allen. 1824-1829
• Polymer-based new type of micropump for bio-medical applicationShuxiang Guo, Kinji Asaka. 1830-1835
• A high force miniature gripper fabricated via shape deposition manufacturingCesare Stefanini, Mark R. Cutkosky, Paolo Dario. 1836-1841
• Microrobotics using composite materials: the micromechanical flying insect thoraxRobert J. Wood, Srinath Avadhanula, M. Menon, Ronald S. Fearing. 1842-1849
• Torque sensing of finger joint using strain-deformation expansion mechanismYong Yu, Takashi Ishitsuka, Showzow Tsujio. 1850-1856
• Digital polymer motor for robotic applicationsHyoukryeol Choi, K. M. Jung, J. W. Kwak, S. W. Lee, H. M. Kim, Jae Wook Jeon, Jea-do Nam. 1857-1862
• Identifiability of geometric parameters of 6-DPF PKM systems using a minimum set of pose error dataTian Huang, Jinsong Wang, Derek G. Chetwynd, David J. Whitehouse. 1863-1868
• Optimal design of parallel manipulators via LMI approachYunjiang Lou, Guanfeng Liu, Z. X. Li. 1869-1874
• 14: a new parallel mechanism for Scara motionsSébastien Krut, Olivier Company, Michel Benoit, Hiromichi Ota, François Pierrot. 1875-1880
• Singular loci analysis of 3/6-Stewart manipulator by singularity-equivalent mechanismYanwen Li, Zhen Huang, Longhui Chen. 1881-1886
• Mobility analysis of a 3-5R parallel mechanism familyQinchuan Li, Zhen Huang. 1887-1892
• An iterative framework for projection-based image sequence registrationJoaquín Salas. 1893-1898
• An atlas framework for scalable mappingMichael Bosse, Paul M. Newman, John J. Leonard, Martin Soika, Wendelin Feiten, Seth J. Teller. 1899-1906
• Probabilistic cooperative localization and mapping in practiceIoannis M. Rekleitis, Gregory Dudek, Evangelos E. Milios. 1907-1912
• Local exploration: online algorithms and a probabilistic frameworkVolkan Isler, Sampath Kannan, Kostas Daniilidis. 1913-1920
• Pure range-only sub-sea SLAMPaul M. Newman, John J. Leonard. 1921-1926
• Dimensionality reduction and reproduction with hierarchical NLPCA neural networks-extracting common space of multiple humanoid motion patternsKoji Tatani, Yoshihiko Nakamura. 1927-1932
• Switching control of position/torque control for human-robot cooperative task -human-robot cooperative carrying and peg-in-hole taskToru Tsumugiwa, Atsushi Sakamoto, Ryuichi Yokogawa, Kei Hara. 1933-1939
• Behavior developing environment for the large-DOF muscle-driven humanoid equipped with numerous sensorsIkuo Mizuuchi, Tomoaki Yoshikai, Daisuke Sato, Shigenori Yoshida, Masayuki Inaba, Hirochika Inoue. 1940-1945
• Wearable-based evaluation of human-robot interactions in robot path-planningRitsu Shikata, Takayuki Goto, Hiroshi Noborio, Hiroshi Ishiguro. 1946-1953
• Spatial motion constraints: theory and demonstrations for robot guidance using virtual fixturesPanadda Marayong, Ming Li, Allison M. Okamura, Gregory D. Hager. 1954-1959
• Marco polo localizationEric Beowulf Martinson, Frank Dellaert. 1960-1965
• Constrained initialisation for bearing-only SLAMTim Bailey. 1966-1971
• Sound localization based on mask diffractionShuzhi Sam Ge, Ai Pon Loh, Feng Guan. 1972-1977
• Outdoor navigation of a mobile robot between buildings based on DGPS and odometry data fusionKazunori Ohno, Takashi Tsubouchi, Bunji Shigematsu, Shoichi Maeyama, Shin ichi Yuta. 1978-1984
• Simultaneous localization and mapping with unknown data association using fastSLAMMichael Montemerlo, Sebastian Thrun. 1985-1991
• A navigation framework for multiple mobile robots and its application at the Expo.02 exhibitionKai Oliver Arras, Roland Philippsen, Nicola Tomatis, Marc De Battista, Martin Schilt, Roland Siegwart. 1992-1999
• Adapting navigation strategies using motions patterns of peopleMaren Bennewitz, Wolfram Burgard, Sebastian Thrun. 2000-2005
• Navigation of cleaning robots using triangular-cell map for complete coverageJoon Seop Oh, Yoon Ho Choi, Jin Bae Park, Yuan F. Zheng. 2006-2011
• Integrating terrain maps into a reactive navigation strategyAyanna M. Howard, Barry Wagner, Homayoun Seraji. 2012-2017
• /spl mu/NAV: a minimalist approach to navigationAlessandro Scalzo, Antonio Sgorbissa, Renato Zaccaria. 2018-2023
• A biologically inspired four legged walking robotS. Peng, C. P. Lam, G. R. Cole. 2024-2030
• Firm standing of legged mobile manipulatorTakashi Tagawa, Yasumichi Aiyama, Hisashi Osumi. 2031-2036
• Adaptive dynamic walking of a quadruped robot Tekken on irregular terrain using a neural system modelYasuhiro Fukuoka, Hiroshi Kimura, Yoshiro Hada, Kunikatsu Takase. 2037-2042
• Adaptive running of a quadruped robot on irregular terrain based on biological conceptsZu Guang Zhang, Yasuhiro Fukuoka, Hiroshi Kimura. 2043-2048
• Adaptive gait for a quadruped robot on 3D path planningHiroshi Igarashi, Masayoshi Kakikura. 2049-2054
• Control of locomotion and head configuration of 3D snake robot (SMA)Masaki Yamakita, Minoru Hashimoto, Takeshi Yamada. 2055-2060
• Control of redundant 3D snake robot based on kinematic modelFumitoshi Matsuno, Kentaro Suenaga. 2061-2066
• Control of a 3-dimensional snake-like robotShugen Ma, Yoshihiro Ohmameuda, Kousuke Inoue, Bin Li. 2067-2072
• Analysis of creeping locomotion of a snake robot on a slopeShugen Ma, Naoki Tadokoro, Bin Li, Kousuke Inoue. 2073-2078
• Dynamic control for a tentacle manipulator with SMA actuatorsMircea Ivanescu, Nicu Bizdoaca, Deniela Pana. 2079-2084
• Locating nearby vehicles on highway at daytime based on the front vision of a moving carMing-Yang Chern, Bor-Yeu Shyr. 2085-2090
• Traffic monitoring based on real-time image trackingChing-Po Lin, Jen-Chao Tai, Kai-Tai Song. 2091-2096
• Driver assistance: an integration of vehicle monitoring and controlLars Petersson, Nicholas Apostoloff, Alexander Zelinsky. 2097-2103
• Using bayesian programming for multi-sensor multi-target tracking in automotive applicationsChristophe Coué, Thierry Fraichard, Pierre Bessière, Emmanuel Mazer. 2104-2109
• The lane recognition and vehicle detection at night for a camera-assisted car on highwayMing-Yang Chern, Ping-Cheng Hou. 2110-2115
• Viewpoint selection for object reconstruction using only local geometric featuresK. Jonnalagadda, Ronald Lumia, Gregory P. Starr, John Wood. 2116-2122
• Robust model-based 3D object recognition by combining feature matching with trackingSungho Kim, In-So Kweon, Incheol Kim. 2123-2128
• Dynamically reconfigurable visual sensing for 3D perceptionS. Y. Chen, You-fu Li. 2129-2134
• Simultaneous shape and motion recovery: geometry, optimal estimation, and coordinate descent algorithmsJoonhyuk Choi, Frank C. Park, Munsang Kim. 2135-2140
• Vision-based 2.5D terrain modeling for humanoid locomotionSatoshi Kagami, Koichi Nishiwaki, James J. Kuffner Jr., Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba, Hirochika Inoue. 2141-2146
• i-Fork: a flexible AGV system using topological and grid mapsHumberto Martínez Barberá, Juan Petro Canovas Quiñonero, Miguel Zamora Izquierdo, Antonio F. Gómez-Skarmeta. 2147-2152
• Functional model based object-oriented development framework for mechatronic systemsMingjun Zhang, William Fisher, Peter Webb, Tzyh Jong Tarn. 2153-2158
• Avoiding unsafe states in manufacturing systems based on polynomial digraph algorithmsYin Wang, ZhiMing Wu. 2159-2164
• The application and verification of banker s algorithm for deadlock avoidance in flexible manufacturing system with spinGang Xu, ZhiMing Wu. 2165-2170
• New finishing system for metallic molds using a hybrid motion/force controlFusaomi Nagata, Keigo Watanabe, Yukihiro Kusumoto, Kunihiro Tsuda, Kiminori Yasuda, Kazuhiko Yokoyama, Naoki Mori. 2171-2175
• Zero power control of 0.5KWh class flywheel system using magnetic bearing with gyroscopic effectYa-Chong Zhang, Guo-Ji Sun, Ya Jun Zhang. 2176-2181
• Control design for the rotation of crane loads for boom cranesOliver Sawodny, A. Hildebrandt, K. Schneider. 2182-2187
• Application of artificial pneumatic rubber muscles to a human friendly robotToshiro Noritsugu, Daisuke Sasaki, Masahiro Takaiwa. 2188-2193
• Autonomous control of a horizontally configured undulatory flap propelled vehicleStephen Hsu, Chris Mailey, Ethan Eade, Jason A. Janét. 2194-2199
• Motion planning of aerial robot using rapidly-exploring random trees with dynamic constraintsJongwoo Kim, James P. Ostrowski. 2200-2205
• Exoskeleton for human upper-limb motion supportKazuo Kiguchi, Takakazu Tanaka, Keigo Watanabe, Toshio Fukuda. 2206-2211
• Functional assessment of hand orthopedic disorders using a sensorised glove: preliminary resultsSilvestro Micera, Ettore Cavallaro, Rossella Belli, Franco Zaccone, Eugenio Guglielmelli, Paolo Dario, Diego Collarini, Bruno Martinelli, Chiara Santin, Renzo Marcovich. 2212-2217
• Modelling of the human paralysed lower limb under FESDavid Guiraud, Philippe Poignet, Pierre-Brice Wieber, Hassan El Maksoud, François Pierrot, Bernard Brogliato, Philippe Fraisse, Etienne Dombre, Jean-Louis Divoux, Pierre Rabischong. 2218-2223
• Maneuvering a bed sheet for repositioning a bedridden patientBinayak Roy, Arin Basmajian, H. Harry Asada. 2224-2229
• Experimental analysis of an innovative prosthetic hand with proprioceptive sensorsMaria Chiara Carrozza, Fabrizio Vecchi, F. Sebastiani, G. Cappiello, Stefano Roccella, Massimiliano Zecca, Roberto Lazzarini, Paolo Dario. 2230-2235
• Force passivity in fixturing and graspingMichael Yu Wang, Yun-Hui Liu. 2236-2241
• Capturing a convex object with three discsJeff Erickson, Shripad Thite, Fred Rothganger, Jean Ponce. 2242-2247
• Application of generalized attractive region in orienting 3D polyhedral partHong Qiao. 2248-2254
• Complementarity formulation for multi-fingered hand manipulation with rolling and sliding contactsMasahito Yashima, Hideya Yamaguchi. 2255-2261
• Implementation of multi-rigid-body dynamics within a robotic grasping simulatorAndrew T. Miller, Henrik I. Christensen. 2262-2268
• Cooperative exploration of mobile robots using reaction-diffusion equation on a graphTrevai Chomchana, Yusuke Fukazawa, Jun Ota, Hideo Yuasa, Tamio Arai, Hajime Asama. 2269-2274
• A strategy and a fast testing algorithm for object caging by multiple cooperative robotsZhi Dong Wang, Vijay Kumar, Yasuhisa Hirata, Kazuhiro Kosuge. 2275-2280
• Multi-robot team response to a multi-robot opponent teamJames Bruce, Michael H. Bowling, Brett Browning, Manuela M. Veloso. 2281-2286
• A behaviour-based manipulator for multi-robot transport tasksAntonios K. Bouloubasis, Gerard T. McKee, Paul S. Schneider. 2287-2292
• Multi-robot task-allocation through vacancy chainsTorbjørn S. Dahl, Maja J. Mataric, Gaurav S. Sukhatme. 2293-2298
• Inverse dynamics of gel robots made of electro-active polymer gelMihoko Otake, Yoshiharu Kagami, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Masayuki Inaba, Hirochika Inoue. 2299-2304
• Simple self-transfer aid robotic systemYoshihiko Takahashi, Go Manabe, Katsumi Takahashi, Takuro Hatakeyama. 2305-2310
• Highly compliant and self-tightening docking modules for precise and fast connection of self-reconfigurable robotsBehrokh Khoshnevis, Peter M. Will, Wei-Min Shen. 2311-2316
• Adaptability of reconfigurable robotic systemsZ. M. Bi, William A. Gruver, W. J. Zhang. 2317-2322
• Design of a new exoskeletal mechanism for a shoulder joint of wearable robots: the wearable HEXA mechanismTetsuya Morizono, Yoji Yamada, Yoji Umetani, Takahisa Yamamoto, Tetsuji Yoshida, Shigeru Aoki. 2323-2329
• GA-based robust H/sub 2/ controller design approach for active suspension systemsChein-Chung Sun, Huan-Yuan Chung, Wen-Jer Chang. 2330-2335
• Stability on a manifold: simultaneous realization of grasp and orientation control of an object by a pair of robot fingersSuguru Arimoto, Ji-Hun Bae, Kenji Tahara. 2336-2343
• Inkrinsic localization and mapping with 2 applications: diffusion mapping and marco polo localizationFrank Dellaert, Fernando Alegre, Eric Beowulf Martinson. 2344-2349
• Slack variable method for state variable constraintTakeuchi Hiroki. 2350-2355
• Vector quantization for state-action map compressionRyuichi Ueda, Takeshi Fukase, Yuichi Kobayashi, Tamio Arai. 2356-2361
• Interaction among human, machine and patient with work state transitionTakeshi Koyama, Takayuki Tanaka, Kazuo Tanaka, Maria Q. Feng. 2362-2367
• Enabling real-time full-body imitation: a natural way of m-ansferring human movement to humanoidsMarcia Riley, Ales Ude, Keegan Wade, Christopher G. Atkeson. 2368-2374
• Visual transformations in gesture imitation: what you see is what you doManuel Cabido-Lopes, José Santos-Victor. 2375-2381
• Affect-sensitive human-robot cooperation-theory and experimentsPramila Rani, Nilanjan Sarkar, Craig A. Smith. 2382-2387
• Multi-robot human-interation and visitor flow managementBjörn Jensen, Gilles Froidevaux, Xavier Greppin, Antoine Lorotte, Laetitia Mayor, Mathieu Meisser, Guy Ramel, Roland Siegwart. 2388-2393
• A multiagent multisensor based real-time sensory control system for intelligent security robotRen C. Luo, Kuo Lan Su. 2394-2399
• Robotic catching using a direct mapping from visual information to motor commandAkio Namiki, Masatoshi Ishikawa. 2400-2405
• Computing C-space entropy for view planning with a generic range sensor modelPengpeng Wang, Kamal K. Gupta. 2406-2411
• Towards a haptic black box for free-hand softness and shape explorationEnzo Pasquale Scilingo, Nicola Sgambelluri, Danilo De Rossi, Antonio Bicchi. 2412-2417
• Development of a smart robotic gripper for shape and vibration control of flexible payloads: theory and experimentsEdward J. Park, Gary Li, James K. Mills. 2418-2423
• Extracting optimal paths from roadmaps for motion planningJinsuck Kim, Roger A. Pearce, Nancy M. Amato. 2424-2429
• Towards motion autonomy of a bi-steerable car: experimental issues from map-building to trajectory executionJorge Hermosillo, C. Praddalier, Sepanta Sekhavat, Christian Laugier, G. Baille. 2430-2435
• Simplified navigation and traverse planning for a long-range planetary roverDavid P. Miller, Li Tan, Scott Swindell. 2436-2441
• An adaptive motion prediction model for trajectory planner systemsAshraf Elnagar, Abdulla M. Hussein. 2442-2447
• Region exploration path planning for a mobile robot expressing working environment by grid pointsYusuke Fukazawa, Trevai Chomchana, Jun Ota, Hideo Yuasa, Tamio Arai, Hajime Asama. 2448-2454
• Trajectory planning for smooth transition of a biped robotZhe Tang, Changjiu Zhou, Zengqi Sun. 2455-2460
• Motion control of biped robots using a single-chip driveSung-Nam Oh, Kab Il Kim, Seungchul Lim. 2461-2465
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• Analysis of dynamics of passive walking from storage energy and supply rateAkihito Sano, Yoshito Ikemata, Hideo Fujimoto. 2478-2483
• Vehicle motion planning using stream functionsStephen Waydo, Richard M. Murray. 2484-2491
• Obstacle avoidance in formationPetter Ögren, Naomi Ehrich Leonard. 2492-2497
• Abstraction and control for groups of fully-actuated planar robotsCalin Belta, Vijay Kumar. 2498-2503
• Cooperative task planning of multi-robot systems with temporal constraintsFeng-Li Lian, Richard M. Murray. 2504-2509
• Control of small formations using shape i coordinatesFumin Zhang, Michael Goldgeier, P. S. Krishnaprasad. 2510-2515
• Self-assembly in space via self-reconfigurable robotsWei-Min Shen, Peter M. Will, Berok Khoshnevis. 2516-2521
• Trajectory control of a flexible space manipulator utilizing a macro-micro architectureT. W. Yang, Z. Q. Sun, Shiu Kit Tso, Wei Liang Xu. 2522-2528
• Automated object capturing with a two-arm flexible manipulatorTomohiro Miyabe, Atsushi Konno, Masaru Uchiyama. 2529-2534
• Instrument deployment for Mars RoversLiam Pedersen, Maria Bualat, Clayton Kunz, Susan Y. Lee, Randy Sargent, Richard Washington, Anne Wright. 2535-2542
• Evolution of the NASA/DARPA robonaut control systemMyron A. Diftler, Robert Platt Jr., C. J. Culbert, Robert O. Ambrose, William Bluethmann. 2543-2548
• Real-time vision-based contour following with laser pointerWen-Chung Chang, Mong-Lu Chai. 2549-2554
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• Real-time estimation of facial expression intensityKa Keung Lee, Yangsheng Xu. 2567-2572
• Evaluation of shadow range finder: SRF for planetary surface explorationYasuharu Kunii, Taeko Gotoh. 2573-2578
• Experiments in fixturing mechanicsJoel W. Burdick, Yongqiang Liang, Elon Rimon. 2579-2585
• An easily reconfigurable robotic assembly systemYusuke Maeda, Haruka Kikuchi, Hidemitsu Izawa, Hiroki Ogawa, Masao Sugi, Tamio Arai. 2586-2591
• Efficient contact state graph generation for assembly applicationsFeng Pan, Joseph M. Schimmels. 2592-2598
• Active sensing for the identification of geometrical parameters during autonomous compliant motionTine Lefebvre, Herman Bruyninckx, Joris De Schutter. 2599-2604
• Haptic modeling of contact formations and compliant motionJing Xiao, Qi Luo, Song You. 2605-2610
• Sliding control for linear uncertain systemsChin-Wang Tao, Mei-Lang Chan, W. Y. Wang. 2611-2615
• State variance constrained fuzzy controller design for nonlinear TORA systems with minimizing control input energyWen-Jer Chang, Sheng-Ming Wu. 2616-2621
• Robust spatially sampled controller design for banding reduction in electrophotographic processCheng-Lun Chen, George T.-C. Chiu, Jan P. Allebach. 2622-2627
• Design of a static anti-windup compensator that optimizes L/sub 2/ performance: an LMI based approachNobutaka Wada, Masami Saeki. 2628-2633
• Smart neuro-fuzzy based control of a rotary hammer drillChristian W. Frey, A. Jacubasch, Helge-Björn Kuntze, R. Plietsch. 2634-2639
• Micro hydrodynamic actuated multiple segments catheter for safety minimally invasive therapyKoji Ikuta, Hironobu Ichikawa, Katsuya Suzuki, Takahiro Yamamoto. 2640-2645
• A laparoscopic robot with intuitive interface for gynecological laser laparoscopyHsiao-Wei Tang, Hendrik Van Brussel, Dominiek Reynaerts, Jos Vander Sloten, Philippe R. Koninckx. 2646-2650
• Design of an advanced tool guiding system for robotic surgeryJan Peirs, Dominiek Reynaerts, Hendrik Van Brussel, Gudrun De Gersem, Hsiao-Wei Tang. 2651-2656
• A new active microendoscope for exploring the sub-arachnoid space in the spinal cordLuca Ascari, Cesare Stefanini, Arianna Menciassi, Sambit Sahoo, Pierre Rabischong, Paolo Dario. 2657-2662
• Development of a remote minimally-invasive surgical system with operational environment transmission capabilityMamoru Mitsuishi, Jumpei Arata, Katsuya Tanaka, Manabu Miyamoto, Takumi Yoshidome, Satoru Iwata, Shin ichi Warisawa, Makoto Hashizume. 2663-2670
• Regrasp planning for a 4-fingered hand manipulating a polygonAttawith Sudsang, Thanathorn Phoka. 2671-2676
• Extending fingertip grasping to whole body graspingRobert Platt Jr., Andrew H. Fagg, Roderic A. Grupen. 2677-2682
• Convergence analysis and experimental study of geometric algorithms for real-time grasping force optimizationGuanfeng Liu, J. J. Xu, Zexiang Li. 2683-2688
• Randomized manipulation planning for a multi-fingered hand by switching contact modesMasahito Yashima, Yoshikazu Shiina, Hideya Yamaguchi. 2689-2694
• A comparative study of geometric algorithms for real-time grasping force optimizationGuanfeng Liu, J. J. Xu, Zexiang Li. 2695-2700
• Rules and control strategies of multi-robot team moving in hierarchical formationTien-Sung Chio, Tzyh Jong Tarn. 2701-2706
• Multi-vehicle pursuit-evasion: an agent-based frameworkKingsley Fregene, Diane Kennedy, David W. L. Wang. 2707-2713
• Efficient exploration without localizationMaxim A. Batalin, Gaurav S. Sukhatme. 2714-2719
• Real time multi-UAV simulatorAli Göktogan, Eric Nettleton, Matthew Ridley, Salah Sukkarieh. 2720-2726
• Learning to role-switch in multi-robot systemsEric Martinson, Ronald C. Arkin. 2727-2734
• A miniature inspection robot negotiating pipes of widely varying diameterKoichi Suzumori, Shuichi Wakimoto, Masanori Takata. 2735-2740
• Measurement method for compliance of vertical-multi-articulated robot -application to 7-DOF robot PA-10-Toru Tsumugiwa, Ryuichi Yokogawa, Kei Hara. 2741-2746
• Obstacle avoidance of redundant manipulators using a dual neural networkYunong Zhang, Jun Wang. 2747-2752
• A new method for motion planning of redundant manipulators using singular configurationsJosé Alfonso Pámanes García, José Luis Zapata D.. 2753-2759
• Motion analysis of a kinematically redundant seven-DOF manipulator under the singularity-consistent methodDragomir N. Nenchev, Yuichi Tsumaki. 2760-2765
• The real-time motion control core of the Orocos projectHerman Bruyninckx, Peter Soetens, Bob Koninckx. 2766-2771
• An object-oriented controller architecture for flexible parts feeding systemsGreg C. Causey. 2772-2779
• A hierarchical behavior-based approach to manipulation tasksZbigniew Wasik, Alessandro Saffiotti. 2780-2785
• Embedded FPGA-based control of a multifingered robotic handGiuseppe Casalino, Fabio Giorgi, Alessio Turetta, Andrea Caffaz. 2786-2791
• Tripodal schematic design of the control architecture for the service robot PSRGunhee Kim, Woojin Chung, Munsang Kim, Chong-Won Lee. 2792-2797
• Virtual fixture architectures for telemanipulationJake J. Abbott, Allison M. Okamura. 2798-2805
• Robonaut task learning through teleoperationRichard Alan Peters II, Christina L. Campbell, William Bluethmann, Eric Huber. 2806-2811
• Predictive display models for tele-manipulation from uncalibrated camera-capture of scene geometry and appearanceKeith Yerex, Dana Cobzas, Martin Jägersand. 2812-2817
• Kalman filter analysis for quantitative comparison of sensory schemes in bilateral teleoperation systemsMurat Cenk Cavusoglu, Frank Tendick. 2818-2823
• Workspace deformation based teleoperation forthe increase of movementprecisionAlicia Casals, L. Muñoz, Josep Amat. 2824-2829
• Reliable position estimation method of the service robot by map matchingDongheui Lee, Woojin Chung, Munsang Kim. 2830-2835
• Adaptive real-time particle filters for robot localizationCody C. T. Kwok, Dieter Fox, Marina Meila. 2836-2841
• Efficient entropy-based action selection for appearance-based robot localizationJosep M. Porta, Bas Terwijn, Ben J. A. Kröse. 2842-2847
• Mobile robot localization with an incomplete map in non-stationary environmentsKanji Tanaka, Tsutomu Hasegawa, Hongbin Zha, Eiji Kondo, Nobuhiro Okada. 2848-2853
• Feature-based localization using scannable visibility sectorsJinsuck Kim, Roger A. Pearce, Nancy M. Amato. 2854-2859
• The development of the advanced carrier system by IDC (intelligent data career)M. Sameshima, N. Kawauchi, T. Oomichi. 2860-2864
• An autonomous production system that coexists harmoniously with human -development of autonomous mobile robot systemHitoshi Hibi. 2865-2870
• A fast collision-free path planning method for a general robot manipulatorShingo Ando. 2871-2877
• The latest robot systems which reinforce manufacturing sectorShinsuke Sakakibara. 2878-2883
• On the trajectory formation of the human arm constrained by the external environmentKen Ohta, Mikhail M. Svinin, Zhi Wei Luo, Shigeyuki Hosoe. 2884-2891
• Micromachined fluid ejector arrays for biotechnological and biomedical applicationsGökhan Perçin, Göksin G. Yaralioglu, Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub. 2892-2894
• DNA microarray manufacturing factory automationMingjun Zhang, Karen Griswold, William Fisher, Tzyh Jong Tarn. 2895-2900
• An auto-teach/re-teach implementation of industrial robots for bio-product manufacturing automationWeiMin Tao, Bert Larson, Clay Kim. 2901-2905
• Path planning using learned constraints and preferencesGregory Dudek, Saul Simhon. 2907-2913
• A method for handling multiple roadmaps and its use for complex manipulation planningFabien Gravot, Rachid Alami. 2914-2919
• Incremental low-discrepancy lattice methods for motion planningStephen R. Lindemann, Steven M. LaValle. 2920-2927
• Online motion planning using incremental construction of medial axisEllips Masehian, M. R. Amin-Naseri, Siamak Esmaeilzadeh Khadem. 2928-2933
• On addressing the run-cost variance in randomized motion plannersPekka Isto, Martti Mäntylä, Juha O. Tuominen. 2934-2939
• A ciliary based 8-legged walking micro robot using cast IPMC actuatorsByungkyu Kim, Jaewook Ryu, Younkoo Jeong, Younghun Tak, Byungmok Kim, Jong-Oh Park. 2940-2945
• Motion planning for a three-limbed climbing robot in vertical natural terrainTimothy Bretl, Stephen M. Rock, Jean-Claude Latombe. 2946-2953
• Moritz a pipe crawler for tube junctionsAndreas Zagler, Friedrich Pfeiffer. 2954-2959
• Microfabricated thermally actuated microrobotAgnès Bonvilain, Nicolas Chaillet. 2960-2965
• PCG: a foothold selection algorithm for spider robot locomotion in 2D tunnelsAmir Shapiro, Elon Rimon. 2966-2972
• A plant maintenance humanoid robot system -navigation system of autonomous and tele-operation fusion controlNaoto Kawauchi, Shigetoshi Shiotani, Hiroyuki Kanazawa, Taku Sasaki, Hiroshi Tsuji. 2973-2978
• Development of user interface for humanoid service robot systemTakashi Nishiyama, Hiroshi Hoshino, Kazuya Sawada, Yoshihiko Tokunaga, Hirotatsu Shinomiya, Mitsunori Yoneda, Ikuo Takeuchi, Yukiko Ichige, Shizuko Hattori, Atsuo Takanishi. 2979-2984
• Cooperative works by a human and a humanoid robotKazuhiko Yokoyama, Hiroyuki Handa, Takakatsu Isozumi, Yutaro Fukase, Kenji Kaneko, Fumio Kanehiro, Yoshihiro Kawai, Fumiaki Tomita, Hirohisa Hirukawa. 2985-2991
• Application of humanoid robots to building and home management servicesNaoyuki Sawasaki, Toshiya Nakajima, Atsushi Shiraishi, Shinya Nakamura, Kiyoshi Wakabayashi, Yusuke Sugawara. 2992-2997
• A tele-operated humanoid robot drives a backhoeHitoshi Hasunuma, Katsumi Nakashima, Masami Kobayashi, Fumisato Mifune, Yoshitaka Yanagihara, Takao Ueno, Kazuhisa Ohya, Kazuhito Yokoi. 2998-3004
• A synchronization approach to the mutual error control of a mobile manipulatorDong Sun, Garry Feng. 3005-3010
• Mode shape compensator for improving robustness of manipulator mounted on flexible baseJun Ueda, Tsuneo Yoshikawa. 3011-3016
• Landing control of acrobat robot (SMB) satisfying various constraintsTeruyoshi Sadahiro, Masaki Yamakita. 3017-3022
• Cable-suspended planar parallel robots with redundant cables: controllers with positive cable tensionsSo-Ryeok Oh, Sunil Kumar Agrawal. 3023-3028
• Optimal motion planning for free-flying robotsRoberto Lampariello, Sunil Kumar Agrawal, Gerd Hirzinger. 3029-3035
• Positioning control of the arm of the humanoid robot by linear visual servoingKyota Namba, Noriaki Maru. 3036-3041
• Sliding PID uncalibrated visual servoing for finite-time tracking of planar robotsVicente Parra-Vega, J. D. Fierro-Rojas. 3042-3047
• Adaptive sliding mode uncalibrated visual servoing for finite-time tracking of 2D robotVicente Parra-Vega, J. D. Fierro-Rojas, Arturo Espinosa-Romero. 3048-3054
• Visual servoing based on dynamic visionAli Alhaj, Christophe Collewet, François Chaumette. 3055-3060
• An experimental study of hybrid switched system approaches to visual servoingNicholas R. Gans, Seth Hutchinson. 3061-3068
• Error-tolerant execution of complex robot tasks based on skill primitivesUlrike Thomas, Bernd Finkemeyer, Torsten Kröger, Friedrich M. Wahl. 3069-3075
• Strategies of human-robot interaction for automatic microassemblyAntoine Ferreira. 3076-3081
• Admittance selection for planar force-guided assembly for single-point contact with frictionShuguang Huang, Joseph M. Schimmels. 3082-3088
• Dynamic modeling of the body inversion for automated transfer of live birdsKok-Meng Lee, Chris Shumway. 3089-3094
• Sufficient conditions for admittance to ensure planar force-assembly in multi-point frictionless contactShuguang Huang, Joseph M. Schimmels. 3095-3100
• Decoupling based Cartesian impedance control of flexible joint robotsChristian Ott, Alin Albu-Schäffer, Andreas Kugi, Gerd Hirzinger. 3101-3107
• Design and simulation of robust composite controllers for flexible joint robotsH. D. Taghirad, M. A. Khosravi. 3108-3113
• Design and experimental evaluation of a single robust position/force controller for a single flexible link (SFL) manipulator in collisionKamyar Ziaei, David W. L. Wang. 3114-3119
• Estimation of the flexural states of a macro-micro manipulator using acceleration dataKourosh Parsa, Jorge Angeles, Arun K. Misra. 3120-3125
• A new impedance control concept for elastic joint robots -a case of a 1 DOF robot with programmable linear passive impedanceR. Ozawa, H. Kobayashi. 3126-3131
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• Micromanipulation contact transition control by selective focusing and microforce controlGe Yang, Bradley J. Nelson. 3200-3206
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• Micropeg manipulation with a compliant microgripperWoo Ho Lee, Byoung Hun Kang, Young Seok Oh, Harry E. Stephanou, Arthur C. Sanderson, George Skidmore, Matthew Ellis. 3213-3218
• Levitated micro-nano force sensor using diamagnetic materialsMehdi Boukallel, Joël Abadie, Emmanuel Piat. 3219-3224
• Design and modeling of classes of spatial reactionless manipulatorsAbbas Fattah, Sunil Kumar Agrawal. 3225-3230
• A comparison of the oxford and manus intelligent hand prosthesesP. J. Kyberd, J. L. Pons. 3231-3236
• Mechatronics design and kinematic modelling of a singularityless omni-directional wheeled mobile robotW. K. Loh, Kin Huat Low, Y. P. Leow. 3237-3242
• Design of a 6 DOF haptic master for telcoperation of a mobile manipulatorDongseok Ryu, Changhyun Cho, Munsang Kim, Jae-Bok Song. 3243-3248
• A passive robot system for measuring spacesuit joint damping parametersH. Wang, X. H. Gao, M. H. Jin, L. B. Du, J. D. Zhao, H. Y. Hu, H. G. Cai, T. Q. Li, Hong Liu. 3249-3253
• Parameters identification and vibration control for modular manipulatorsYangmin Li, Yugang Liu, Xiaoping Liu, Zhaoyang Peng. 3254-3259
• Experimental identification and evaluation of performance of a 2DOF haptic displayAntonio Frisoli, Massimo Bergamasco. 3260-3265
• A robust friction control scheme of robot manipulatorsJeng-Shi Chen, Jyh-Ching Juang. 3266-3271
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• Experimental dynamic identification of a fully parallel robotAndrès Vivas, Philippe Poignet, Frédéric Marquet, François Pierrot, Maxime Gautier. 3278-3283
• Pattern-based architecture for building mobile robotics remote laboratoriesAlaa M. Khamis, D. M. Rivero, Francisco J. Rodríguez, Miguel Angel Salichs. 3284-3289
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• Passivity analysis of sampled-data interactive systemsRavi Hebbar, Wyatt S. Newman. 3309-3314
• Uncalibrated visual servoing technique using large residualG. W. Kim, B. H. Lee, M. S. Kim. 3315-3320
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• Motion planning for humanoid walking in a layered environmentTsai-Yen Li, Pei-Feng Chen, Pei-Zhi Huang. 3421-3427
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• Robodaemon -a device independent, network-oriented, modular mobile robot controllerGregory Dudek, Robert Sim. 3434-3440
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• Multi-agent cooperative manipulation with uncertainty: a neural net-based game theoretic approachQingguo Li, Shahram Payandeh. 3607-3612
• Cartop manipulationWesley H. Huang, Kartik Babu, Jonathan A. Bandlow. 3613-3618
• Smooth feedback control algorithms for distributed manipulatorsTodd D. Murphey, Joel W. Burdick. 3619-3623
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• Nano/micro technologies for single molecule manipulation and detectionTza-Huei Wang, Chih-Ming Ho. 3630-3635
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• Auto-calibration for a parallel manipulator with sensor redundancyY. K. Yiu, J. Meng, Z. X. Li. 3660-3665
• Optimum force balancing with mass distribution and a single elastic element for a five-bar parallel manipulatorGürsel Alici, Bijan Shirinzadeh. 3666-3671
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• Stiffness control of a three-link redundant planar manipulator using the conservative congruence transformation (CCT)Yanmei Li, Imin Kao. 3698-3703
• Cartesian impedance control of redundant robots: recent results with the DLR-light-weight-armsAlin Albu-Schäffer, Christian Ott, Udo Frese, Gerd Hirzinger. 3704-3709
• The passivity of natural admittance control implementationsMark E. Dohring, Wyatt S. Newman. 3710-3715
• Interactive rendering of deformable objects based on a filling sphere modeling approachFrançois Conti, Oussama Khatib, Charles Baur. 3716-3721
• Passivity-based high-fidelity haptic rendering of contactMohsen Mahvash, Vincent Hayward. 3722-3728
• On the calibration of deformation model of rheology object by a modified randomized algorithmHiroshi Noborio, Ryo Enoki, Shohei Nishimoto, Takumi Tanemura. 3729-3736
• Constructing rheologically deformable virtual objectsMasafumi Kimura, Yuuta Sugiyama, Seiji Tomokuni, Shinichi Hirai. 3737-3743
• Post-stabilization for rigid body simulation with contact and constraintsMichael B. Cline, Dinesh K. Pai. 3744-3751
• Point-to-point paths generation for wheeled mobile robotsDiogo P. F. Pedrosa, Adelardo A. D. Medeiros, Pablo J. Alsina. 3752-3757
• Optimization-based formation reconfiguration planning for autonomous vehiclesShannon Zelinski, Tak-John Koo, Shankar Sastry. 3758-3763
• On the use of low-discrepancy sequences in non-holonomic motion planningAbraham Sánchez López, René Zapata, Claudio Lanzoni. 3764-3769
• Smooth path planning by using visibility graph-like methodTomomi Kito, Jun Ota, Rie Katsuki, Takahisa Mizuta, Tamio Arai, Tsuyoshi Ueyama, Tsuyoshi Nishiyama. 3770-3775
• Implementation of autonomous fuzzy garage-parking control by an FPGA-based car-like mobile robot using infrared sensorsTzuu-Hseng S. Li, Shih-Jie Chang, Yi-Xiang Chen. 3776-3781
• On energy-minimizing paths on terrains for a mobile robotZheng Sun, John H. Reif. 3782-3788
• Optimal strategies to track and capture a predictable targetAlon Efrat, Héctor H. González-Baños, Stephen G. Kobourov, Lingeshwaran Palaniappan. 3789-3796
• Planning multi-goal tours for robot armsMitul Saha, Gildardo Sánchez-Ante, Jean-Claude Latombe. 3797-3803
• Trajectory generation for vehicles moving with constraints on a complex terrainKen-Jui Tsao, Li-Sheng Wang, Po-Ting Kuo, Fan-Ren Chang. 3804-3808
• Robot motion planning using adaptive random walksStefano Carpin, Gianluigi Pillonetto. 3809-3814
• FSW (feasible solution of wrench) for multi-legged robotsTakao Saida, Yasuyoshi Yokokohji, Tsuneo Yoshikawa. 3815-3820
• Intelligent control of an experimental articulated leg for a galloping machineLuther R. Palmer, David E. Orin, Duane W. Marhefka, James P. Schmiedeler, Kenneth J. Waldron. 3821-3827
• Implementing configuration dependent gaits in a self-reconfigurable robotKasper Støy, Wei-Min Shen, Peter M. Will. 3828-3833
• Controlling a marionette with human motion capture dataKatsu Yamane, Jessica K. Hodgins, H. Benjamin Brown. 3834-3841
• Achieving periodic leg trajectories to evolve a quadruped gallopDarren P. Krasny, David E. Orin. 3842-3848
• Development of omni-directional vehicle with step-climbingabilityDaisuke Chugo, Kuniaki Kawabata, Hayato Kaetsu, Hajime Asama, Taketoshi Mishima. 3849-3854
• A distributed route planning method for multiple mobile robots using lagrangian decomposition techniqueTatsushi Nishi, Masakazu Ando, Masami Konishi, Jun Imai. 3855-3861
• Multi-robot task allocation: analyzing the complexity and optimality of key architecturesBrian P. Gerkey, Maja J. Mataric. 3862-3868
• Explicit communication in designing efficient cooperative mobile robotic systemY. K. Lam, E. K. Wong, C. K. Loo. 3869-3874
• A hybrid-systems approach to potential field navigation for a multi-robot teamJing Ren, Kenneth A. McIsaac. 3875-3880
• Calculating possible local displacement of curve objects using improved screw theoryJun Takamatsu, Koichi Ogawara, Hiroshi Kimura, Katsushi Ikeuchi. 3881-3886
• Knot planning from observationTakuma Morita, Jun Takamatsu, Koichi Ogawara, Hiroshi Kimura, Katsushi Ikeuchi. 3887-3892
• Estimation of essential interactions from multiple demonstrationsKoichi Ogawara, Jun Takamatsu, Hiroshi Kimura, Katsushi Ikeuchi. 3893-3898
• Synthesize stylistic human motion from examplesAtsushi Nakazawa, Shinichiro Nakaoka, Katsushi Ikeuchi. 3899-3904
• Generating whole body motions for a biped humanoid robot from captured human dancesShinichiro Nakaoka, Atsushi Nakazawa, Kazuhito Yokoi, Hirohisa Hirukawa, Katsushi Ikeuchi. 3905-3910
• Improving camera displacement estimation in eye-in-hand visual servoing: a simple strategyGraziano Chesi, Koichi Hashimoto. 3911-3916
• Optimal landmark configuration for vision-based control of mobile robotsDarius Burschka, Jeremy Geiman, Gregory D. Hager. 3917-3922
• Visual navigation of an autonomous robot using white line recognitionHuaming Li, Changhai Xu, Sionglin Xiao, Xinhe Xu. 3923-3928
• A switching control law for keeping features in the field of view in eye-in-hand visual servoingGraziano Chesi, Koichi Hashimoto, Domenico Prattichizzo, Antonio Vicino. 3929-3934
• Visual registration and navigation using planar featuresGabriel A. D. Lopes, Daniel E. Koditschek. 3935-3940
• A computer-aided probing strategy for workpiece localizationZehnhua Xiong, Michael Yu Wang, Zexiang Li. 3941-3946
• Structured product coding system (SPCS) for product cost evaluation in a CAE/CAD/CAM product (C3P) environmentChi-haur Wu, Swee M. Mok, Yujun Xie. 3947-3952
• Unilateral fixturing of sheet metal parts using modular jaws with plane-cone contactsK. Gopalakrishnan 0002, Matthew Zaluzec, Rama Koganti, Patricia Deneszczuk, Kenneth Y. Goldberg. 3953-3958
• Realization of fault tolerant manufacturing system and its scheduling based on hierarchical petri net modelingYojungWoo Kim, Akio Inaba, Tatsuya Suzuki, Shigeru Okuma. 3959-3964
• A new concept of modular parallel mechanism for machining applicationsDamien Chablat, Philippe Wenger. 3965-3970
• An error restraining method for accurate freeform surface cuttingA. Jaganathan, Y. J. Lin. 3971-3976
• Robotic metal spinning -shear spinning using force feedback controlHirohiko Arai. 3977-3983
• Robot trajectory integration for painting automotive parts with multiple patchesHeping Chen, Ning Xi, Zhouhua Wei, Yifan Chen, Jeffrey Dahl. 3984-3989
• A novel 2-DOF parallel mechanism based design of a new 5-axis hybrid machine toolXin-Jun Liu, Xiaoqiang Tang, Jinsong Wang. 3990-3995
• Psychological and social effects of robot assisted activity to elderly people who stay at a health service facility for the agedKazuyoshi Wada, Takanori Shibata, Tomoko Saito, Kazuo Tanie. 3996-4001
• Therapy of hemiparetic walking by FESMarkus Weber, Friedrich Pfeiffer. 4002-4007
• Assistance of self-transfer of patients using a power-assisting deviceKiyoshi Nagai, Isao Nakanishi, Hideo Hanafusa. 4008-4015
• Development of rehabilitation system for the upper limbs in a NEDO projectKen ichi Koyanagi, Junji Furusho, Ushio Ryu, Akio Inoue. 4016-4022
• Implementation of a path planner to improve the usability of a robot dedicated to severely disabled peopleMounir Mokhtari, Bessam Abdulrazak, R. Rodriguez, B. Grandjean. 4023-4028
• Modeling the kinematics and dynamics of compliant contactVincent Duindam, Stefano Stramigioli. 4029-4034
• Inverse and direct dynamics of constrained multibody systems based on orthogonal decomposition of generalized forceFarhad Aghili. 4035-4041
• The 6x6 stiffness formulation and transfort-nation of serial manipulators via the CCT theoryShih-Feng Chen. 4042-4047
• Dynamic performance analysis for non-redundant robotic manipulators in contactAlan Bowling, ChangHwan Kim. 4048-4053
• Nonholonomic dynamic rolling control of reconfigurable 5R closed kinematic chain robot with passive jointsTasuku Yamawaki, Osamu Mori, Toru Omata. 4054-4059
• Layered multi agent architecture with dynamic reconfigurabilityEiichi Inohira, Atsushi Konno, Masaru Uchiyama. 4060-4065
• Coordinating the motions of multiple robots with kinodynamic constraintsJufeng Peng, Srinivas Akella. 4066-4073
• Scalability and schedulability in large, coordinated, distributed robot systemsJohn Sweeney, Huan Li, Roderic A. Grupen, Krithi Ramamritham. 4074-4079
• Real-time path planning with deadlock avoidance of multiple cleaning robotsChaomin Luo, Simon X. Yang, Deborah A. Stacey. 4080-4085
• Hybrid systems modeling of cooperative robotsLuiz Chaimowicz, Mario Fernando Montenegro Campos, Vijay Kumar. 4086-4091
• Inverse dynamics and simulation of a 3-DOF spatial parallel manipulatorYu-Wen Li, Jinsong Wang, Liping Wang, Xin-Jun Liu. 4092-4097
• Development of force displaying device using pneumatic parallel manipulator and application to palpation motionMasahiro Takaiwa, Toshiro Noritsugu. 4098-4103
• Workspace and dexterity analyses of hexaslide machine toolsA. B. Koteswara Rao, P. V. M. Rao, S. K. Saha. 4104-4109
• Task teaching to a force-controlled high-speed parallel robotDaisuke Sato, Takeshi Shitashimizu, Masaru Uchiyama. 4110-4115
• Dynamic analysis of Clavel s delta parallel robotStefan Staicu, D. C. Carp-Ciocardia. 4116-4121
• Learning implicit models during target pursuitChris Gaskett, Peter Brown, Gordon Cheng, Alexander Zelinsky. 4122-4129
• A new algorithm of adaptive iterative learning control for uncertain robotic systemsChun-Te Hsu, Chiang-Ju Chien, Chia-Yu Yao. 4130-4135
• Learning to optimize mobile robot navigation based on HTN plansThorsten Belker, Martin Hammel, Joachim Hertzberg. 4136-4141
• Design and implementation of a behavior-based control and learning architecture for mobile robotsIl Hong Suh, Sanghoon Lee, Bong Oh Kim, Byung-Ju Yi, Sang-Rok Oh. 4142-4147
• On learning control with limited training dataYongsheng Ou, Yangsheng Xu. 4148-4153
• Ada -intelligent space: an artificial creature for the swiss Expo.02Kynan Eng, Andreas Bäbler, Ulysses Bernardet, Mark Blanchard, Marcio Costa, Tobi Delbrück, Rodney J. Douglas, Klaus Hepp, David Klein, Jônatas Manzolli, Matti Mintz, Fabian Roth, Ueli Rutishauser, Klaus Wassermann, Adrian M. Whatley, Aaron Wittmann, Reto Wyss, Paul F. M. J. Verschure. 4154-4159
• Human behavior interpretation system based on view and motion-based aspect modelsMasayuki Furukawa, Yoshio Kanbara, Takashi Minato, Hiroshi Sumi. 4160-4165
• Collaborative capturing of experiences with ubiquitous sensors and communication robotsNorihiro Hagita, Kiyoshi Kogure, Kenji Mase, Yasuyuki Sumi. 4166-4171
• Self-identification of distributed intelligent networked device in intelligent spaceHideki Hashimoto, Joo-Ho Lee, Noriaki Ando. 4172-4177
• Expression method of human locomotion records for path planning and control of human-symbiotic robot system based on spacial existence probability model of humansRui Fukui, Hiroshi Morishita, Tomomasa Sato. 4178-4184
• Safe path planning in an uncertain-configuration spaceAlain Lambert, Dominique Gruyer. 4185-4190
• On-line safe path planning in unknown environmentsWeidong Chen, Changhong Fan, Yugeng Xi. 4191-4196
• Robot motion decision-making system in unknown environmentsS. Boonphoapichart, S. Komada, T. Hori, William A. Gruver. 4197-4202
• Probability of success and uncertainty analysis in path planningDapena Eladio, Moreno Luis. 4203-4208
• A neural network model that calculates dynamic distance transform for path planning and exploration in a changing environmentDmitry V. Lebedev, Jochen J. Steil, Helge Ritter. 4209-4214
• Motion planning for a crowd of robotsTsai-Yen Li, Hsu-Chi Chou. 4215-4221
• Motion planning for multiple mobile robots using dynamic networksChristopher M. Clark, Stephen M. Rock, Jean-Claude Latombe. 4222-4227
• Reduced order motion planning for nonlinear symmetric distributed robotic systemsM. Brett McMickell, Bill Goodwine. 4228-4233
• Evasion of multiple, intelligent pursuers in a stationary, cluttered environment using a poisson potential fieldAhmad A. Masoud. 4234-4239
• Closed loop navigation for multiple non -holonomic vehicles