Table of Contents

• Research Robots for Applications in AI, Teleoperation and EntertainmentStephen C. Jacobsen, M. Olivier, F. M. Smith, D. F. Knutti, R. T. Johnson, G. E. Colvin, W. B. Scroggin. 2-20 [doi]
• Torque-controlled Light Weight Arms and Articulated Hands - Do We Reach Technological Limits Now?Gerd Hirzinger, Norbert Sporer, Markus Schedl, Jörg Butterfaß, Markus Grebenstein. 21-47 [doi]
• Snakes and Strings: New Robotic Components for Rescue OperationsShigeo Hirose, Edwardo F. Fukushima. 48-61 [doi]
• HERMES - an Intelligent Humanoid Robot Designed and Tested for DependabilityRainer Bischoff 0002, Volker Graefe. 64-74 [doi]
• Experimental Study of Biped Locomotion of Humanoid Robot HRP-1SKazuhito Yokoi, Fumio Kanehiro, Kenji Kaneko, Kiyoshi Fujiwara, Shuuji Kajita, Hirohisa Hirukawa. 75-84 [doi]
• Online Humanoid Walking Control and 3D Vision-based LocomotionKoichi Nishiwaki, Satoshi Kagami, James J. Kuffner, Kei Okada, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Masayuki Inaba, Hirochika Inoue. 85-94 [doi]
• Practical Aspects of Biped LocomotionMichael Gienger, Klaus Löffler, Friedrich Pfeiffer. 95-104 [doi]
• Mechanical Characterization of the Immersion Corp. Haptic, Bimanual, Surgical Simulator InterfaceKenneth J. Waldron, Kate Tollon. 106-112 [doi]
• A New Actuation Approach for Human Friendly Robot DesignMichael Zinn, Oussama Khatib, Bernard Roth, J. Kenneth Salisbury. 113-122 [doi]
• Robust Controller Design for Cancelling Biodynamic FeedthroughMohammad Reza Sirouspour, S. E. Salcudean. 123-133 [doi]
• Experimental Verification of Deposition Models for Automotive Painting with Electrostatic Rotating Bell AtomizersDavid C. Conner, Prasad N. Atkar, Alfred A. Rizzi, Howie Choset. 136-145 [doi]
• Localization for Mobile Robot Teams: A Distributed MLE ApproachAndrew Howard, Maja J. Mataric, Gaurav S. Sukhatme. 146-155 [doi]
• 3D Rover Localization in Airborne Ladar DataNicolas Vandapel, Martial Hebert. 156-167 [doi]
• Online Sensor-based Behaviour Decision and Navigation of a Mobile Robot in Unknown Indoor EnvironmentTakashi Tsubouchi, Takashi Yamaguchi, Shin ichi Yuta. 168-177 [doi]
• Robox, a Remarkable Mobile Robot for the Real WorldKai Oliver Arras, Nicola Tomatis, Roland Siegwart. 178-187 [doi]
• Cooperative Data Fusion Amongst Multiple Uninhabited Air VehiclesSalah Sukkarieh, Ali Göktogan, Jong-Hyuk Kim, Eric Nettleton, Jeremy Randle, Matthew Ridley, Stuart Wishart, Hugh F. Durrant-Whyte. 190-199 [doi]
• Robust Simultaneous Localization and Mapping for Very Large Outdoor EnvironmentsEduardo Mario Nebot, Favio R. Masson, José E. Guivant, Hugh F. Durrant-Whyte. 200-209 [doi]
• Recent Results in Extensions to Simultaneous Localization and MappingSanjiv Singh, George Kantor, Dennis Strelow. 210-221 [doi]
• Learning Occupancy Grids of Non-Stationary Objects with Mobile RobotsBenson Limketkai, Rahul Biswas, Sebastian Thrun. 222-231 [doi]
• Tracking People from a Mobile PlatformDavid Beymer, Kurt Konolige. 234-244 [doi]
• Visual Servoing/Tracking Using Central Catadioptric ImagesJoão P. Barreto, Frédérick Martin, Radu Horaud. 245-254 [doi]
• A Visually Servoed MEMS ManipulatorYu Sun, Michael A. Greminger, David P. Potasek, Bradley J. Nelson. 255-264 [doi]
• Visual-servoed Parking with Limited View AnglePierpaolo Murrieri, Daniele Fontanelli, Antonio Bicchi. 265-274 [doi]
• Sensor Computations in Modular Self Reconfigurable RobotsYing Zhang, Kimon Roufas, Craig Eldershaw, Mark Yim, David Duff. 276-286 [doi]
• Cooperative Transport of Planar Objects by Multiple Mobile Robots Using Object ClosureGuilherme A. S. Pereira, Vijay Kumar, John R. Spletzer, Camillo J. Taylor, Mario Fernando Montenegro Campos. 287-296 [doi]
• Modeling Swarm Robotic SystemsAlcherio Martinoli, Kjerstin Easton. 297-306 [doi]
• Experiments in Distributed Control for Modular RobotsZack J. Butler, Robert Fitch, Daniela Rus. 307-316 [doi]
• An Experimental Robot Load Identification Method for Industrial ApplicationJan Swevers, Birgit Naumer, Stefan Pieters, Erika Biber, Walter Verdonck, Joris De Schutter. 318-327 [doi]
• Friction Model Validation in Sliding and Presliding Regimes with High Resolution EncodersGianni Ferretti, GianAntonio Magnani, Gianpaolo Martucci, Paolo Rocco, Vincenzo Stampacchia. 328-337 [doi]
• Experiments on Rest-to-rest Motion of a Flexible ArmAlessandro De Luca, Valerio Caiano, Dionisio Del Vescovo. 338-349 [doi]
• Experimental Bilateral Control Telemanipulation Using a Virtual ExoskeletonJosep Amat, Alicia Casals, Manel Frigola, Enric Martín. 350-359 [doi]
• The Capturing Robot with Super High AccelerationMakoto Kaneko, Reika Takenaka, Masatoshi Ishikawa. 362-371 [doi]
• Acquiring Motion Elements for Bidirectional Computation of Motion Recognition and GenerationTetsunari Inamura, Iwaki Toshima, Yoshihiko Nakamura. 372-381 [doi]
• Manipulation of Micro-objects Using Adhesion Forces and Dynamical EffectsD. Sinan Haliyo, Stephane Régnier, Philippe Bidaud. 382-391 [doi]
• Toward Self-replicating RobotsGregory S. Chirikjian, Jackrit Suthakorn. 392-401 [doi]
• Robotized Skin HarvestingGilles Duchemin, Etienne Dombre, François Pierrot, Philippe Poignet. 404-413 [doi]
• Faithful Haptic Feedback in Medical SimulatorsCésar Mendoza, Kenneth Sundaraj, Christian Laugier. 414-423 [doi]
• Optimal Planning of Robotically Assisted Heart Surgery: Transfer Precision in the Operating RoomÈve Coste-Manière, Louaï Adhami, Fabien Mourgues, Olivier Bantiche, David Le, David Daunt, Nick Swarup, Kenneth Salisbury, Gary Guthart. 424-434 [doi]
• Towards Semi-autonomy in Laparoscopic Surgery: First Live ExperimentsAlexandre Krupa, Christophe Doignon, Jacques Gangloff, Michel de Mathelin, Guillaume Morel, Luc Soler, Joël Leroy, Moji Ghodoussi. 435-444 [doi]
• Modelling and Experimental Validation of the Locomotion of Endoscopic Robots in the ColonPaolo Dario, Pasquale Ciarletta, Arianna Menciassi, Byungkyu Kim. 445-453 [doi]
• Aggressive Maneuvering Flight Tests of a Miniature Robotic HelicopterVladislav Gavrilets, Ioannis Martinos, Bernard Mettler, Eric Feron. 456-465 [doi]
• An Experimental Study of the Autonomous Helicopter Landing ProblemSrikanth Saripalli, Gaurav S. Sukhatme, James F. Montgomery. 466-475 [doi]
• Sensing and Control for a Small-Size HelicopterGregg D. Buskey, Jonathan M. Roberts, Peter I. Corke, Peter R. Ridley, Gordon Wyeth. 476-486 [doi]
• The Autonomous Blimp Project of LAAS/CNRS - Current StatusSimon Lacroix, Il-Kyun Jung, Philippe Souères, Emmanuel Hygounenc, Jean-Paul Berry. 487-496 [doi]
• SMC Rover: Planetary Rover with Transformable WheelsAtsushi Kawakami, Akinori Torii, Kazuhiro Motomura, Shigeo Hirose. 498-506 [doi]
• Sensing Local Geometry for Dexterous ManipulationWilliam R. Provancher, Mark R. Cutkosky. 507-516 [doi]
• Contact State Estimation using Multiple Model Estimation and Hidden Markov ModelsThomas Debus, Pierre E. Dupont, Robert D. Howe. 517-526 [doi]
• Manipulability Enhancement by an Impedance Parameter Tuning for a Remote Ultrasound Diagnostic SystemNorihiro Koizumi, Takahiro Kato, Shin ichi Warisawa, Hiroyuki Hashizume, Mamoru Mitsuishi. 527-537 [doi]
• Toward Observation of Human Assembly Skill Using Virtual Task SpaceTsuneo Yoshikawa, Masayuki Kawai, Kouki Yoshimoto. 540-549 [doi]
• Testing Time Domain Passivity Control of Haptic Enabled SystemsBlake Hannaford, Jee-Hwan Ryu, Dong-Soo Kwon, Yoon Sang Kim, Jae-Bok Song. 550-559 [doi]
• Interactive Exploration of Remote Objects Using a Haptic-VR InterfaceJohn E. Lloyd, Dinesh K. Pai. 560-569 [doi]
• Change of Height: An Approach to the Haptic Display of Shape and Texture Without Surface NormalVincent Hayward, Dingrong Yi. 570-579 [doi]
• Experimental BIPedal WalkingChristine Azevedo, Nicolas Andreff, Soraya Arias, Bernard Espiau. 582-591 [doi]
• Practical Experience with Vision-guided Biped WalkingRobert Cupec, Joachim Denk, Günther Schmidt. 592-601 [doi]
• Foot Design for a Large Walking Delta RobotG. Reg Dunlop. 602-611 [doi]
• Preliminary Bounding Experiments in a Dynamic HexapodD. Campbell, Martin Buehler. 612-621 [doi]
• A Go Where You Look Tele-autonomous Rough Terrain Mobile RobotRay Jarvis. 624-633 [doi]
• Vision In and Out of Vehicles: Integrated Driver and Road Scene MonitoringNicholas Apostoloff, Alexander Zelinsky. 634-643 [doi]
• Slip-based Traction Control of a Planetary RoverKazuya Yoshida, Hiroshi Hamano, Toshinobu Watanabe. 644-653 [doi]
• Experimental Study of High-speed Rough-terrain Mobile Robot Models for Reactive BehaviorsKarl Iagnemma, Dariusz Golda, Matthew Spenko, Steven Dubowsky. 654-663 [doi]