Advanced Robotics, Volume 23

Volume 23, Numbers 1-2, 2009

• Jun Ota:
  Rearrangement Planning of Multiple Movable Objects by a Mobile Robot. 1-18
  
• Wei Zhao, Yonghui Hu, Long Wang:
  Construction and Central Pattern Generator-Based Control of a Flipper-Actuated Turtle-Like Underwater Robot. 19-43
  
• Jin-Kyu Choi, Choong Sik Park, Takahiro Kitagawa, Kotaro Nakatani, Haruo Sugii:
  Passive Step-Climbing Mechanism for a Mobility Aid. 45-64
  
• M. Salehi, G. R. Vossoughi:
  High-Precision Impedance Control Method for Flexible Base Moving Manipulators. 65-87
  
• Junhong Ji, Lining Sun, Yuhong Zhu:
  A Novel High-Speed and High-Accuracy Manipulator of Planar Five-Link Structure: Modeling and Calibration. 89-112
  
• Wenfu Xu, Cheng Li, Xueqian Wang, Yu Liu, Bin Liang, Yangsheng Xu:
  Study on Non-holonomic Cartesian Path Planning of a Free-Floating Space Robotic System. 113-143
  
• Yoko Sasaki, Satoshi Kagami, Hiroshi Mizoguchi:
  Online Short-Term Multiple Sound Source Mapping for a Mobile Robot by Robust Motion Triangulation. 145-164
  
• Hanlei Wang, Yongchun Xie:
  Adaptive Jacobian Force/Position Tracking Control of Robotic Manipulators in Compliant Contact with an Uncertain Surface. 165-183
  
• Yucheol Lee, Jong Hwan Lim, Dong-Woo Cho, Wan Kyun Chung:
  Sonar Map Construction for Autonomous Mobile Robots Using a Data Association Filter. 185-201
  
• Ahmad Athif Mohd Faudzi, Koichi Suzumori, Shuichi Wakimoto:
  Development of an Intelligent Pneumatic Cylinder for Distributed Physical Human-Machine Interaction. 203-225
  
• Sangcheol Lee:
  Shear Control of Elastomer Shear Pads for Variable Remote Center Compliance. 227-237
  
• Ali Nourollah, Mohammadreza Razzazi:
  Near-Optimum Folding for a Reconfigurable Snake-Like Robot. 239-256
  
• Aleksander Nawrat, Kamil Kozak:
  Development of a System for Simulation and Control of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. 257-268
  

Volume 23, Number 3, 2009

• Ahmet Yazici, Aydin Sipahioglu, Osman Parlaktuna:
  Heuristic-Based Dynamic Route Planning Method for a Homogeneous Multi-robot Team. 269-287
  
• Iwaki Toshima, Shigeaki Aoki:
  Sound Localization During Head Movement Using an Acoustical Telepresence Robot: TeleHead. 289-304
  
• Javier Ruiz-del-Solar, Patricio Loncomilla:
  Robot Head Pose Detection and Gaze Direction Determination Using Local Invariant Features. 305-328
  
• Miguel Díaz-Rodríguez, Xabier Iriarte, Vicente Mata, Javier Ros:
  On the Experiment Design for Direct Dynamic Parameter Identification of Parallel Robots. 329-348
  
• Rawichote Chalodhorn, Karl F. MacDorman, Minoru Asada:
  Humanoid Robot Motion Recognition and Reproduction. 349-366
  
• Seonghee Jeong, Takayuki Takahashi:
  Impact Force Reduction of Manipulators Using a Dynamic Acceleration Polytope and Flexible Collision Detection Sensor. 367-383
  

Volume 23, Number 4, 2009

• Takashi Yoshimi:
  Preface. 385
  
• Yasuhisa Hirata, Zhi Dong Wang, Kenta Fukaya, Kazuhiro Kosuge:
  Transporting an Object by a Passive Mobile Robot with Servo Brakes in Cooperation with a Human. 387-404
  
• Dylan F. Glas, Takahiro Miyashita, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Norihiro Hagita:
  Laser-Based Tracking of Human Position and Orientation Using Parametric Shape Modeling. 405-428
  
• Masamichi Shimosaka, Taketoshi Mori, Akinori Fujii, Tomomasa Sato:
  Discriminative Data Visualization for Daily Behavior Modeling. 429-441
  
• Takanori Shibata, Kazuyoshi Wada, Yousuke Ikeda, Selma Sabanovic:
  Cross-Cultural Studies on Subjective Evaluation of a Seal Robot. 443-458
  
• Kei Okada, Mitsuharu Kojima, Satoru Tokutsu, Yuto Mori, Toshiaki Maki, Masayuki Inaba:
  Integrating Recognition and Action Through Task-Relevant Knowledge for Daily Assistive Humanoids. 459-480
  

Volume 23, Number 5, 2009

• Koh Hosoda, Hitoshi Aonuma:
  Preface. 481-482
  
• Kazuhiro Nakatani, Yasuhiro Sugimoto, Koichi Osuka:
  Demonstration and Analysis of Quadrupedal Passive Dynamic Walking. 483-501
  
• Katsuyoshi Tsujita, Toshiya Kobayashi, Tatsuya Masuda:
  Feasibility Study on Stability of Gait Patterns with Changeable Body Stiffness Using Pneumatic Actuators in a Quadruped Robot. 503-520
  
• Yasuhiro Sugimoto, Shinya Aoi, Naomichi Ogihara, Kazuo Tsuchiya:
  Stabilizing Function of the Musculoskeletal System for Periodic Motion. 521-534
  
• Yuji Otoda, Hiroshi Kimura, Kunikatsu Takase:
  Construction of a Gait Adaptation Model in Human Split-Belt Treadmill Walking Using a Two-Dimensional Biped Robot. 535-561
  
• Masatoshi Ashikaga, Midori Sakura, Mika Kikuchi, Tetsutaro Hiraguchi, Ryosuke Chiba, Hitoshi Aonuma, Jun Ota:
  Establishment of Social Status without Individual Discrimination in the Cricket. 563-578
  
• Fabien Dionnet, Éric Marchand:
  Stereo Tracking and Servoing for Space Applications. 579-599
  
• Kangsoo Kim, Tamaki Ura:
  Optimal Guidance for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Navigation within Undersea Areas of Current Disturbances. 601-628
  

Volume 23, Number 6, 2009

• Hyun-Don Kim, Kazunori Komatani, Tetsuya Ogata, Hiroshi G. Okuno:
  Human Tracking System Integrating Sound and Face Localization Using an Expectation-Maximization Algorithm in Real Environments. 629-653
  
• Reza Fotouhi, Hamid Salmasi, S. Dezfulian, R. Burton:
  Design and Control of a Hydraulic Simulator for a Flexible-Joint Robot. 655-679
  
• Pablo González de Santos, Elena Garcia, Roberto Ponticelli, Manuel A. Armada:
  Minimizing Energy Consumption in Hexapod Robots. 681-704
  
• Makoto Nikaido, Toyokazu Kobayashi, Tomio Ito, Toshimitsu Higashi, Hirofumi Tamura, Jun Ota:
  Conceptual Warehouse Design Algorithm Using a Network Flow Model. 705-724
  
• Carlos Pérez-Vidal, Luis Gracia, Nicolás García Aracil, Enric Cervera:
  Visual Control of Robots with Delayed Images. 725-745
  
• Takashi Yoshioka, Julia Zhou:
  Factors Involved in Tactile Texture Perception Through Probes. 747-766
  
• Eun Ho Kim, Sonya S. Kwak, Kyung Hak Hyun, Soo-Hyun Kim, Yoon Keun Kwak:
  Design and Development of an Emotional Interaction Robot, Mung. 767-784
  

Volume 23, Numbers 7-8, 2009

• Shugen Ma, Kin Huat Low, Zhidong Wang:
  Preface. 785-786
  
• Naomi Kato, Toshihide Shigetomi:
  Underwater Navigation for Long-Range Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Using Geomagnetic and Bathymetric Information. 787-803
  
• Kin Huat Low, Chunlin Zhou, Yu Zhong:
  Gait Planning for Steady Swimming Control of Biomimetic Fish Robots. 805-829
  
• Koji Shibuya, Kota Kawai:
  Development of a New Buoyancy Control Device for Underwater Vehicles Inspired by the Sperm Whale Hypothesis. 831-846
  
• Wenchuan Jia, Xuedong Chen, Qingjiu Huang, Yi Sun, Xin Luo, Jiaqiang Xu:
  Reptile-Inspired Biomimetic Modeling Control Actuated by Behaviors. 847-864
  
• Changlong Ye, Shugen Ma, Bin Li, Yuechao Wang:
  Modular Universal Unit for a Snake-Like Robot and Reconfigurable Robots. 865-887
  
• Houxiang Zhang, Wei Wang, Juan González-Gómez, Jianwei Zhang:
  Design and Realization of a Novel Modular Climbing Caterpillar Using Low-Frequency Vibrating Passive Suckers. 889-906
  
• Kouki Watanabe, Masami Iwase, Shoshiro Hatakeyama, Takehiko Maruyama:
  Control Strategy for a Snake-Like Robot Based on Constraint Force and Verification by Experiment. 907-937
  
• Antonella Benvenuto, Fabrizio Sergi, Giovanni Di Pino, Tobias Seidl, Domenico Campolo, Dino Accoto, Eugenio Guglielmelli:
  Beyond Biomimetics: Towards Insect/Machine Hybrid Controllers for Space Applications. 939-953
  
• Domenico Campolo, Luca Schenato, Lijuan Pi, Xinyan Deng, Eugenio Guglielmelli:
  Attitude Estimation of a Biologically Inspired Robotic Housefly via Multimodal Sensor Fusion. 955-977
  
• Arun Agrawal, Sunil Kumar Agrawal:
  Design of Bio-inspired Flexible Wings for Flapping-Wing Micro-sized Air Vehicle Applications. 979-1002
  
• Christopher DiLeo, Xinyan Deng:
  Design of and Experiments on a Dragonfly-Inspired Robot. 1003-1021
  

Volume 23, Number 9, 2009

• Satoshi Tadokoro, Fumitoshi Matsuno, Daniele Nardi, Adam Jacoff:
  Preface. 1023-1024
  
• Hagen Schempf:
  Self-Rappelling Robot System for Inspection and Reconnaissance in Search and Rescue Applications. 1025-1056
  
• B. Li, S. Ma, J. Liu, M. Wang, T. Liu, Y. Wang:
  AMOEBA-I: A Shape-Shifting Modular Robot for Urban Search and Rescue. 1057-1083
  
• Xueshan Gao, Kejie Li, Junyao Gao:
  A Mobile Robot Platform with Double Angle-Changeable Tracks. 1085-1102
  
• Hidetaka Senga, Naomi Kato, Asuka Ito, Hiroki Niou, Muneo Yoshie, Isamu Fujita, Kazuyuki Igarashi, Etsuro Okuyama:
  Spilled Oil Tracking Autonomous Buoy System. 1103-1129
  
• Matthew Tesch, Kevin Lipkin, Isaac Brown, Ross L. Hatton, Aaron Peck, Justine Rembisz, Howie Choset:
  Parameterized and Scripted Gaits for Modular Snake Robots. 1131-1158
  
• Johannes Pellenz, David Gossow, Dietrich Paulus:
  Robbie: A Fully Autonomous Robot for RoboCupRescue. 1159-1177
  
• Zhe Zhang, Goldie Nejat:
  Intelligent Sensing Systems for Rescue Robots: Landmark Identification and Three-Dimensional Mapping of Unknown Cluttered Urban Search and Rescue Environments. 1179-1198
  
• Daniele Calisi, Luca Iocchi, Daniele Nardi, Gabriele Randelli, Vittorio A. Ziparo:
  Improving Search and Rescue Using Contextual Information. 1199-1216
  
• Curtis M. Humphrey, Julie A. Adams:
  Robotic Tasks for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive Incident Response. 1217-1232
  
• Shigeru Yotsukura, Tomoichi Takahashi:
  Framework of an Emergency Management System Using Different Rescue Simulators. 1233-1246
  

Volume 23, Number 10, 2009

• Caihua Xiong, Honghai Liu, Youlun Xiong:
  Preface. 1247-1248
  
• Yongan Huang, Zhouping Yin, Xiangtao Hu, Youlun Xiong:
  A Novel Force Control Method for Quasi-Static Underactuated Multibody Systems. 1249-1260
  
• Genliang Chen, Hao Wang, Kai Zhao, Zhongqin Lin:
  Modular Calculation of the Jacobian Matrix and Its Application to the Performance Analyses of a Forging Robot. 1261-1279
  
• Mitsuhiro Kamezaki, Hiroyasu Iwata, Shigeki Sugano:
  Operator Support System Based on Primitive Static States in Intelligent Operated Work Machines. 1281-1297
  
• Junzhi Yu, Y. F. Li, Yonghui Hu, Long Wang:
  Dynamic Analysis and Control Synthesis of a Link-Based Dolphin-Like Robot Capable of Three-Dimensional Movements. 1299-1313
  
• Gerald Steinbauer, Franz Wotawa:
  Robust Plan Execution Using Model-Based Reasoning. 1315-1326
  
• Dzmitry Tsetserukou, Naoki Kawakami, Susumu Tachi:
  iSoRA: Humanoid Robot Arm for Intelligent Haptic Interaction with the Environment. 1327-1358
  
• Zhaojie Ju, Honghai Liu, Xiangyang Zhu, Youlun Xiong:
  Dynamic Grasp Recognition Using Time Clustering, Gaussian Mixture Models and Hidden Markov Models. 1359-1371
  
• Feng Duan, Jeffrey Too Chuan Tan, Ryu Kato, Tamio Arai:
  Operator Monitoring System for Cell Production. 1373-1391
  
• Wenbin Chen, Caihua Xiong, Xiaolin Huang, Ronglei Sun, Youlun Xiong:
  Manipulator Workspace Boundary Extraction and Its Application in Workspace Analysis of the Human's Upper Extremity. 1393-1410
  
• Tianmiao Wang, Can Tang, Da Liu:
  A Hybrid Robot System Guided by Computer Tomography for Percutaneous Lung Cancer Cryosurgery. 1411-1422
  

Volume 23, Number 11, 2009

• Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Tetsunari Inamura:
  Preface. 1423-1424
  
• Masayoshi Watanabe:
  Expectations of Research Roadmaps Mainly Made by the Academic Community - Construction of a National Innovation System through Communication between Industry, Academia and Government. 1425-1428
  
• Tomomasa Sato, Riichiro Mizoguchi, Yutaka Tomita, Takashi Uchiyama:
  Overview of the Academic Roadmap of Robotics Technology. 1429-1439
  
• Yutaka Tomita, Koichi Hori, Yoshifumi Nishida:
  An Academic Roadmap of Human-Centered Integrated System Research. 1441-1449
  
• Hiroshi Yokoi:
  Cyborg (Brain-Machine/Computer Interface). 1451-1454
  
• Shigeru Yamauchi:
  Advanced Interdisciplinary Human Research in Assistive Technology for Elderly Persons and Persons with Disabilities. 1455-1458
  
• Yoshifumi Nishida, Yoichi Motomura:
  Robotization of Everyday Life. 1459-1463
  
• Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Masayuki Numao:
  Academic Roadmap in Integrated Information Field. 1465-1474
  
• Takahira Yamaguchi:
  Future Computer Systems. 1475-1479
  
• Yasuo Kuniyoshi:
  Autonomous Adaptive Emergent Systems. 1481-1485
  
• Katsu Yamane:
  Whole-Human Simulation. 1487-1491
  
• Keiji Nagatani:
  Applications of Robotics in Society. 1493-1497
  
• Takashi Uchiyama, Makoto Kaneko, Yasuharu Kunii:
  Academic Roadmap of Robotics from the Viewpoint of Engineering - What Will Happen in 2050? 1499-1503
  
• Makoto Kaneko:
  Super-High-Speed Dynamic Active Sensing. 1505-1506
  
• Yasuharu Kunii:
  Space Robotics in 2050. 1507-1511
  
• Yoji Yamada:
  Safety Robot Technology in the Future. 1513-1516
  
• Naoyuki Sawasaki:
  Three-Dimensional Vision and Human Motion Analysis. 1517-1521
  
• Toru Omata:
  Manipulation in the Future. 1523-1526
  
• Shuuji Kajita, Tomomichi Sugihara:
  Humanoid Robots in the Future. 1527-1531
  

Volume 23, Numbers 12-13, 2009

• Alejandro Sarmiento, Rafael Murrieta-Cid, Seth Hutchinson:
  An Efficient Motion Strategy to Compute Expected-Time Locally Optimal Continuous Search Paths in Known Environments. 1533-1560
  
• Chenggang Liu, Jianbo Su:
  Basic Behavior Acquisition with Multisensor Integration for a Robot System. 1561-1578
  
• Kundong Wang, Guozheng Yan, Bo Yan:
  Passive Compliance Control of a Weld Inspection Manipulator for Intersecting Pipes. 1579-1599
  
• Se-Jin Lee, Jong Hwan Lim, Dong-Woo Cho:
  General Feature Extraction for Mapping and Localization of a Mobile Robot Using Sparsely Sampled Sonar Data. 1601-1616
  
• Yongjie Zhao, Feng Gao, Xianchao Zhao, Nengsheng Bao:
  Dynamic Formulation and Performance Evaluation of the 6-d.o.f. Parallel Structure Seismic Simulator. 1617-1640
  
• Duygun Erol Barkana, Nilanjan Sarkar:
  Towards a Smooth Human-Robot Interaction for Rehabilitation Robotic Systems. 1641-1662
  
• Niak Wu Koh, Cezary Zielinski, Marcelo H. Ang:
  The Matrix-Based Framework: Its Role as a Job-Agent Supervisory Controller. 1663-1686
  
• Chieh-Chih Wang, Chi-Hao Lin, Jwu-Sheng Hu:
  Probabilistic Structure from Sound. 1687-1702
  
• Hyun Min Do, Janarbek Matai, Young-Ho Suh, Yong-Shik Kim, Bong Keun Kim, Hyoung-Sun Kim, Tamio Tanikawa, Kohtaro Ohba, Jae-Yeong Lee, Wonpil Yu:
  Connection Framework of RT-Middleware and CAMUS for Maintaining Ubiquity between Two Ubiquitous Robot Spaces. 1703-1723
  
• Wei Wei Shang, Shuang Cong, Zexiang Li, Shilong Jiang:
  Augmented Nonlinear PD Controller for a Redundantly Actuated Parallel Manipulator. 1725-1742
  
• Tomoyuki Saito, Tadao Kagiwada, Hiroyuki Harada:
  Development of an Earthworm Robot with a Shape Memory Alloy and Braided Tube. 1743-1760
  
• Guanghui Cen, Nobuto Matsuhira, Junko Hirokawa, Hideki Ogawa, Ichiro Hagiwara:
  New Entropy-Based Adaptive Particle Filter for Mobile Robot Localization. 1761-1778
  
• Qiquan Quan, Shugen Ma, Zongquan Deng:
  Impact Analysis of a Dual-Crawler-Driven Robot. 1779-1797
  
• Hadi Homaei, Mehdi Keshmiri:
  Optimal Trajectory Planning for Minimum Vibration of Flexible Redundant Cooperative Manipulators. 1799-1816
  
• Youcef Mezouar:
  Optimal Camera Trajectory under Visibility Constraint in Visual Servoing: A Variational Approach. 1817-1827
  

Volume 23, Number 14, 2009

• Kolja Kühnlenz, Martin Buss:
  Preface. 1829-1830
  
• Minoru Hashimoto, Hiromi Kondo, Yukimasa Tamatsu:
  Gaze Guidance Using a Facial Expression Robot. 1831-1848
  
• Jorge Solis, Koichi Taniguchi, Takeshi Ninomiya, Klaus Petersen, Tetsuro Yamamoto, Atsuo Takanishi:
  Implementation of an Auditory Feedback Control System on an Anthropomorphic Flutist Robot Inspired on the Performance of a Professional Flutist. 1849-1871
  
• Radu Bogdan Rusu, Jan Bandouch, Franziska Meier, Irfan A. Essa, Michael Beetz:
  Human Action Recognition Using Global Point Feature Histograms and Action Shapes. 1873-1908
  
• Marcel Heerink, Ben J. A. Kröse, Vanessa Evers, Bob J. Wielinga:
  Influence of Social Presence on Acceptance of an Assistive Social Robot and Screen Agent by Elderly Users. 1909-1923
  
• Jun Ki Lee, Walter Dan Stiehl, Robert Lopez Toscano, Cynthia Breazeal:
  Semi-Autonomous Robot Avatar as a Medium for Family Communication and Education. 1925-1949
  
• Hatice Kose-Bagci, Ester Ferrari, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Dag Sverre Syrdal, Chrystopher L. Nehaniv:
  Effects of Embodiment and Gestures on Social Interaction in Drumming Games with a Humanoid Robot. 1951-1996
  

Volume 23, Number 15, 2009

• Christian Laugier, Hajime Asama, Shigeki Sugano:
  Preface. 1997-1998
  
• Sebastien Andary, Ahmed Chemori, Sébastien Krut:
  Control of the Underactuated Inertia Wheel Inverted Pendulum for Stable Limit Cycle Generation. 1999-2014
  
• Duy Nguyen-Tuong, Matthias W. Seeger, Jan Peters:
  Model Learning with Local Gaussian Process Regression. 2015-2034
  
• Shun Nishide, Tetsuya Ogata, Jun Tani, Kazunori Komatani, Hiroshi G. Okuno:
  Self-organization of Dynamic Object Features Based on Bidirectional Training. 2035-2057
  
• Sylvain Calinon, Aude Billard:
  Statistical Learning by Imitation of Competing Constraints in Joint Space and Task Space. 2059-2076
  
• Srinivas Neppalli, Matthew A. Csencsits, Bryan A. Jones, Ian D. Walker:
  Closed-Form Inverse Kinematics for Continuum Manipulators. 2077-2091
  
• Hyun-Don Kim, Jinsung Kim, Kazunori Komatani, Tetsuya Ogata, Hiroshi G. Okuno:
  Target Speech Detection and Separation for Communication with Humanoid Robots in Noisy Home Environments. 2093-2111
  
• Domenico Campolo, Giovanni Barbera, Luca Schenato, Lijuan Pi, Xinyan Deng, Eugenio Guglielmelli:
  Attitude Stabilization of a Biologically Inspired Robotic Housefly via Dynamic Multimodal Attitude Estimation. 2113-2138
  

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