Advanced Robotics, Volume 32

Volume 32, Number 1, 2018

Full Papers

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  Tomoki Sakuma, Kenta Tsuda, Koudai Umeda, Sho Sakaino, Toshiaki Tsuji:
  Modeling and resonance suppression control for electro-hydrostatic actuator as a two-mass resonant system. 1-11
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  Dana D. Damian, Marco Fischer, Alexandro Hernandez Arieta, Rolf Pfeifer:
  The role of quantitative information about slip and grip force in prosthetic grasp stability. 12-24
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  Yong Zhong, Zheng Li, Ruxu Du:
  Robot fish with two-DOF pectoral fins and a wire-driven caudal fin. 25-36
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  Atsushi Kakogawa, Shugen Ma:
  Design of a multilink-articulated wheeled pipeline inspection robot using only passive elastic joints. 37-50

Volume 32, Number 2, 2018

Survey Paper

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  Carlos Manuel Lara-Barrios, Andrés Blanco-Ortega, Cesar Humberto Guzmán Valdivia, Karla D. Bustamante Valles:
  Literature review and current trends on transfemoral powered prosthetics. 51-62

Full Paper

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  Omer Saleem Bhatti, Osama Bin Tariq, Aneeq Manzar, Ozair Ali Khan:
  Adaptive intelligent cascade control of a ball-riding robot for optimal balancing and station-keeping. 63-76
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  Yasuhiro Akiyama, Shogo Okamoto, Hitoshi Toda, Takao Ogura, Yoji Yamada:
  Gait motion for naturally curving variously shaped corners. 77-88
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  Hye-Jong Kim, Akihiro Kawamura, Yasutaka Nishioka, Sadao Kawamura:
  Mechanical design and control of inflatable robotic arms for high positioning accuracy. 89-104

Volume 32, Number 3, 2018

Full Paper

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  Mojtaba Moradi, Mahyar Naraghi, Ali Kamali Eigoli:
  Simultaneous design of parameters and controller of robotic manipulators: closed loop approach to practical implementation. 105-121
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  Chyon Hae Kim, Shohei Hama, Ryo Hirai, Kuniyuki Takahashi, Hiroki Yamada, Tetsuya Ogata, Shigeki Sugano:
  Effective input order of dynamics learning tree. 122-136
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  Zeynep Yücel, Francesco Zanlungo, Masahiro Shiomi:
  Modeling the impact of interaction on pedestrian group motion. 137-147
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  Noriaki Hirose, Ryosuke Tajima, Kazutoshi Sukigara:
  MPC policy learning using DNN for human following control without collision. 148-159

Volume 32, Number 4, 2018

Full Papers

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  Fernando I. Ireta Muñoz, Andrew I. Comport:
  Point-to-hyperplane ICP: fusing different metric measurements for pose estimation. 161-175
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  Kasumi Abe, Masahiro Shiomi, Yachao Pei, Tingyi Zhang, Narumitsu Ikeda, Takayuki Nagai:
  ChiCaRo: tele-presence robot for interacting with babies and toddlers. 176-190
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  Seonghee Jeong, Taisei Hayashi:
  Development of a wheeled inverted pendulum mobile platform with a four-bar parallel mechanism. 191-201
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  Hirofumi Shin, Shuhei Ikemoto, Koh Hosoda:
  Constructive understanding and reproduction of functions of gluteus medius by using a musculoskeletal walking robot. 202-214

Volume 32, Number 5, 2018

Full Papers

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  Ilari Vallivaara, Katja Poikselkä, Anssi Kemppainen, Juha Röning:
  Quadtree-based ancestry tree maps for 2D scattered data SLAM. 215-230
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  Somayeh Norouzi Ghazbi, Alireza Akbarzadeh, Iman Kardan:
  Statistically optimized FOPID for output force control of SEAs. 231-241
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  Hossein Shahi, Aghil Yousefi-Koma, Majid Mohammadi Moghaddam:
  Robust adaptive admittance control of an exoskeleton in the presence of structured and unstructured uncertainties. 242-265
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  Qian Wang, Chenkun Qi, Feng Gao, Xianchao Zhao, Anye Ren, Yan Hu:
  Normal contact stiffness identification-based force compensation for a hardware-in-the-loop docking simulator. 266-282

Volume 32, Number 6, 2018

Full Paper

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  Masahiro Fujita, Suguru Ikeda, Toshiaki Fujimoto, Toshihiko Shimizu, Shuhei Ikemoto, Takeshi Miyamoto:
  Development of universal vacuum gripper for wall-climbing robot. 283-296
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  Alexandros Paraschos, Elmar Rueckert, Jan Peters, Gerhard Neumann:
  Probabilistic movement primitives under unknown system dynamics. 297-310
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  Yasuhiro Ishiguro, Wataru Takano, Yoshihiko Nakamura:
  Bilateral remote teaching and autonomous task execution with task progress feedback. 311-324
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  Pengzhan Liu, Jianzhong Wang, Xin Wang, Peng Zhao:
  Optimal design of a stair-climbing mobile robot with flip mechanism. 325-336

Volume 32, Number 7, 2018

Morphological Computation in Soft Robotics
Preface

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  Van Anh Ho, Hongbin Liu, Liyu Wang, Fumiya Iida, Shinichi Hirai:
  Special issue on 'Morphological computation in soft robotics'. 339

Survey Paper

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  Julius E. Bernth, Van Anh Ho, Hongbin Liu:
  Morphological computation in haptic sensation and interaction: from nature to robotics. 340-362

Full Paper

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  Masahiro Watanabe, Hideyuki Tsukagoshi:
  Suitable configurations for pneumatic soft sheet actuator to generate traveling waves. 363-374
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  M. Eder, Florian Hisch, Helmut Hauser:
  Morphological computation-based control of a modular, pneumatically driven, soft robotic arm. 375-385
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  Masashi Kamata, Shota Yamazaki, Yuki Tanise, Yasuyuki Yamada, Taro Nakamura:
  Morphological change in peristaltic crawling motion of a narrow pipe inspection robot inspired by earthworm's locomotion. 386-397

Volume 32, Number 8, 2018

Full Paper

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  Takamasa Horibe, B. Zhou, Shinji Hara, Daisuke Tsubakino:
  Quantitative measure for nonlinear unstable systems based on the region of attraction and its application to designing parameter optimization - inverted pendulum example. 399-410
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  Yuki Matsutani, Kenji Tahara, Hitoshi Kino, Hiroaki Ochi:
  Complementary compound set-point control by combining muscular internal force feedforward control and sensory feedback control including a time delay. 411-425
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  Ángel Juan Sánchez-García, Homero V. Ríos-Figueroa, Hugues Garnier, Gustavo Quintana-Carapia, Ericka-Janet Rechy-Ramírez, Antonio Marín-Hernández:
  Predicting collisions: time-to-contact forecasting based on probabilistic segmentation and system identification. 426-442
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  Peisen Zhang, Jing Li, Yang Hao, Federico Bianchi, Gastone Ciuti, Tatsuo Arai, Qiang Huang, Paolo Dario:
  The role of computed tomography data in the design of a robotic magnetically-guided endoscopic platform. 443-456

Volume 32, Number 9, 2018

New Hydraulic Components for Tough Robots
Preface

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  Koichi Suzumori, Sang-Ho Hyon, Claudio Semini, Jouni Mattila, Takefumi Kanda:
  Special Issue on 'New Hydraulic Components for Tough Robots'. 457

Survey Paper

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  Koichi Suzumori, Ahmad Athif Mohd Faudzi:
  Trends in hydraulic actuators and components in legged and tough robots: a review. 458-476

Full Papers

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  Ioannis Davliakos, Ioannis Roditis, Klajd Lika, Ch.-M. Breki, Evangelos Papadopoulos:
  Design, development, and control of a tough electrohydraulic hexapod robot for subsea operations. 477-499
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  Hayato Osaki, Takefumi Kanda, Shoki Ofuji, Norihisa Seno, Koichi Suzumori, Takahiro Ukida, Hiroyuki Nabae:
  A small three-way valve using particle excitation with piezoelectric transducers for hydraulic actuators. 500-510
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  Ryusuke Morita, Hiroyuki Nabae, Gen Endo, Koichi Suzumori:
  A proposal of a new rotational-compliant joint with oil-hydraulic McKibben artificial muscles. 511-523
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  Hiroyuki Nabae, Morizo Hemmi, Yoshiharu Hirota, Tohru Ide, Koichi Suzumori, Gen Endo:
  Super-low friction and lightweight hydraulic cylinder using multi-directional forging magnesium alloy and its application to robotic leg. 524-534

Volume 32, Number 10, 2018

Full Paper

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  Abbas Karami, Hamid Sadeghian, Mehdi Keshmiri:
  Novel approaches to control multiple tasks in redundant manipulators: stability analysis and performance evaluation. 535-546
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  Thibault Barbié, Ryo Kabutan, Ryodo Tanaka, Takeshi Nishida:
  Gaussian mixture spline trajectory: learning from a dataset, generating trajectories without one. 547-558
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  Mizuki Nakajima, Motoyasu Tanaka, Kazuo Tanaka, Fumitoshi Matsuno:
  Motion control of a snake robot moving between two non-parallel planes. 559-573

Volume 32, Number 11, 2018

Full Papers

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  Onur Sencan, Hakan Temeltas:
  A quantized approach for occupancy grids for autonomous vehicles: Q-Trees. 575-589
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  Masahiro Fujita, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Hirone Komatsu, Eri Takane, Akito Nomura, Tomoya Ichimura, Masashi Konyo, Satoshi Tadokoro:
  Jamming layered membrane gripper mechanism for grasping differently shaped-objects without excessive pushing force for search and rescue missions. 590-604
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  Lina Hao, Chaoqun Xiang, Maria Elena Giannaccini, Hongtai Cheng, Ying Zhang, Samia Nefti-Meziani, Steve Davis:
  Design and control of a novel variable stiffness soft arm. 605-622
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  Takateru Urakubo, Eri Kitagawa, Xianglong Wan, Tomoaki Mashimo:
  Dragging motion of a two-link mobile manipulator with large pull force through singular configuration: theoretical analysis and experimental verification. 623-634

Volume 32, Number 12, 2018

Full Papers

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  Takahiro Ito, Ko Ayusawa, Eiichi Yoshida, Hiroshi Kobayashi:
  Evaluation of active wearable assistive devices with human posture reproduction using a humanoid robot. 635-645
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  Yasuyuki Yamada, Kyota Ashigaki, Shun Yoshihama, Kai Negishi, Koichi Kato, Taro Nakamura:
  Triangular cross-section peristaltic conveyor for transporting powders at high speed in printers. 646-658
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  Limin Ren, Jiaqi Yang, Yisong Tan, Jiale Hu, Di Liu, Jianhua Zhu:
  An intelligent dental robot. 659-669
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  Philipp Beckerle, Matteo Bianchi, Claudio Castellini, Gionata Salvietti:
  Mechatronic designs for a robotic hand to explore human body experience and sensory-motor skills: a Delphi study. 670-680

Volume 32, Number 13, 2018

New Horizons in Telerobotics for Real-Life Applications
Preface

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  Seiichiro Katsura, Jordi Artigas, Mahdi Tavakoli, Shahin Sirouspour, Keehoon Kim, Dongjun Lee:
  Section focused on new horizons in telerobotics for real-life applications. 681-682

Full Paper

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  Hyunsoo Yang, Zhiyuan Zuo, Dongjun Lee:
  Haptic tele-driving of wheeled mobile robot over the internet via PSPM approach: theory and experiment. 683-696
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  Serge Mghabghab, Imad H. Elhajj, Daniel C. Asmar:
  Personalized teleoperation via intention recognition. 697-716

Volume 32, Number 14, 2018

Full Papers

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  Tien-Hoang Ngo, Hong-Van Tran, Thang-An Nguyen, Thanh-Phong Dao, Dung-An Wang:
  Design and kinetostatic modeling of a compliant gripper for grasp and autonomous release of objects. 717-735
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  Hyungeun Song, Yoichi Hori:
  Force control of twisted and coiled polymer actuators via active control of electrical heating and forced convective liquid cooling. 736-749
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  Kazuto Nakashima, Hojung Jung, Yuki Oto, Yumi Iwashita, Ryo Kurazume, Óscar Martínez Mozos:
  Learning geometric and photometric features from panoramic LiDAR scans for outdoor place categorization. 750-765
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  Hitoshi Kino, Tsubasa Yoshitake, R. Wada, Kenji Tahara, Kenta Tsuda:
  3-DOF planar parallel-wire driven robot with an active balancer and its model-based adaptive control. 766-777
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  Masahiro Hosokawa, Dragomir N. Nenchev, Takahide Hamano:
  The DCM generalized inverse: efficient body-wrench distribution in multi-contact balance control. 778-792

Volume 32, Number 15, 2018

Special Issue on Adaptive Motion in Animals and Machines (1)
Preface

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  Akio Ishiguro, Auke Jan Ijspeert, Koh Hosoda:
  Preface: special issue on adaptive motion of animals and machines (1). 793

Full Papers

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  Akira Fukuhara, Dai Owaki, Takeshi Kano, Ryo Kobayashi, Akio Ishiguro:
  Spontaneous gait transition to high-speed galloping by reconciliation between body support and propulsion. 794-808
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  Mehmet Mutlu, Simon Hauser, Alexandre Bernardino, Auke Jan Ijspeert:
  Effects of passive and active joint compliance in quadrupedal locomotion. 809-824
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  Simon Hauser, Mehmet Mutlu, P. Banzet, Auke Jan Ijspeert:
  Compliant universal grippers as adaptive feet in legged robots. 825-836
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  Yuta Tsuzuki, Naomichi Ogihara:
  A recurrent neural network model for generation of humanlike reaching movements. 837-849
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  Artem Melnyk, Alexandre Pitti:
  Synergistic control of a multi-segments vertebral column robot based on tensegrity for postural balance. 850-864
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  Arne Hitzmann, Hiroaki Masuda, Shuhei Ikemoto, Koh Hosoda:
  Anthropomorphic musculoskeletal 10 degrees-of-freedom robot arm driven by pneumatic artificial muscles. 865-878

Volume 32, Number 16, 2018

Full Papers

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  Yosuke Ogiri, Yusuke Yamanoi, Wataru Nishino, Ryu Kato, Takehiko Takagi, Hiroshi Yokoi:
  Development of an upper-limb neuroprosthesis to voluntarily control elbow and hand. 879-886
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  Shuai Fan, Shouwen Fan:
  An improved approach to the inverse dynamic analysis of parallel manipulators by a given virtual screw. 887-902

Volume 32, Number 17, 2018

Full Papers

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  Kamarulzaman Kamarudin, Ali Yeon Md Shakaff, Victor Manuel Hernandez Bennetts, Syed Muhammad Mamduh, Ammar Zakaria, Retnam Visvanathan, Ahmad Shakaff Ali Yeon, Latifah Munirah Kamarudin:
  Integrating SLAM and gas distribution mapping (SLAM-GDM) for real-time gas source localization. 903-917
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  Chun-Feng Huang, Yen-Chun Tung, Hao-Tien Lu, T.-J. Yeh:
  Balancing control of a bicycle-riding humanoid robot with center of gravity estimation. 918-929
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  Naoki Akai, Luis Yoichi Morales Saiki, Hiroshi Murase:
  Simultaneous pose and reliability estimation using convolutional neural network and Rao-Blackwellized particle filter. 930-944

Short Paper

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  Shigaki Shunsuke, Muhamad Rausyan Fikri, C. Hernandez Reyes, Takeshi Sakurai, Noriyasu Ando, Daisuke Kurabayashi, Ryohei Kanzaki, Hideki Sezutsu:
  Animal-in-the-loop system to investigate adaptive behavior. 945-953

Volume 32, Number 18, 2018

Full Papers

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  Takayuki Osa, Jan Peters, Gerhard Neumann:
  Hierarchical reinforcement learning of multiple grasping strategies with human instructions. 955-968
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  Okkee Sim, Taejin Jung, Kang Kyu Lee, Jaesung Oh, Jun-Ho Oh:
  Position/torque hybrid control of a rigid, high-gear ratio quadruped robot. 969-983
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  Guolei Wang, Xiaotong Hua, Jing Xu, Libin Song, Ken Chen:
  Analysis, modeling and experimental validation of temperature-changing effect on mechanical properties of pneumatic artificial muscle. 984-998
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  Takumi Kano, Takuya Kawamura, Hidetsugu Asano, Takeshi Nagayasu, Kazunori Umeda:
  Hand waving in command spaces: a framework for operating home appliances. 999-1006

Volume 32, Number 19, 2018

Special Issue on Innovative Drone Technology
Prefaces

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  Kenichi Ohara, Masafumi Miwa, Yasushi Morikawa:
  Preface: Special issue on innovative drone technology. 1007

Survey Paper

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  Satoshi Suzuki:
  Recent researches on innovative drone technologies in robotics field. 1008-1022

Full Papers

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  Seita Sukisaki, Ryo Shimomura, Hajime Nobuhara:
  Three-dimensional position estimation method via AM pulse light modulation and an application to control multiple UAVs. 1023-1036
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  Loïc Dubois, Satoshi Suzuki:
  Formation control of multiple quadcopters using model predictive control. 1037-1046
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  T. Tuan Do, Heejune Ahn:
  Visual-GPS combined 'follow-me' tracking for selfie drones. 1047-1060
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  Takahiro Ikeda, Shogo Yasui, Satoshi Minamiyama, Kenichi Ohara, Satoshi Ashizawa, Akihiko Ichikawa, Akihisa Okino, Takeo Oomichi, Toshio Fukuda:
  Stable impact and contact force control by UAV for inspection of floor slab of bridge. 1061-1076

Volume 32, Number 20, 2018

Full Papers

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  Berk Çalli, Wouter Caarls, Martijn Wisse, Pieter P. Jonker:
  Viewpoint optimization for aiding grasp synthesis algorithms using reinforcement learning. 1077-1089
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  Delowar Hossain, Genci Capi:
  Multiobjective evolution of deep learning parameters for robot manipulator object recognition and grasping. 1090-1101
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  Kenta Miyoshi, Tomoaki Mashimo:
  Miniature direct-drive two-link using a micro-flat ultrasonic motor. 1102-1110

Volume 32, Number 21, 2018

Special Issue on Morphological Design for Haptic Interaction and Perception
Prefaces

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  Van Anh Ho, Hongbin Liu, Tommaso Ranzani:
  Preface: special issue on morphological design for haptic interaction and perception. 1111

Full Papers

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  Ling Li, Shuo Jiang, Peter B. Shull, Guoying Gu:
  SkinGest: artificial skin for gesture recognition via filmy stretchable strain sensors. 1112-1121
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  Toshinobu Takei, Mitsuhito Ando, Hiromi Mochiyama:
  Wearable artificial skin layer for the reconstruction of touched geometry by morphological computation. 1122-1134
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  Hiep Xuan Trinh, Van Anh Ho, Koji Shibuya:
  Computational model for tactile sensing system with wrinkle's morphological change. 1135-1150
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  Toshiaki Okano, Kouhei Ohnishi, Toshiyuki Murakami:
  An estimation method of end-point impedance based on bilateral control system. 1151-1167
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  Justin D. L. Ho, Kit-Hang Lee, Wai Lun Tang, Ka-Ming Hui, Kaspar Althoefer, James Lam, Ka-Wai Kwok:
  Localized online learning-based control of a soft redundant manipulator under variable loading. 1168-1183

Volume 32, Number 22, 2018

Full Papers

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  Meng Li, Weizhong Guo, Rongfu Lin, Changzhen Wu:
  An efficient motion generation method for redundant humanoid robot arms based on motion continuity. 1185-1196
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  Takuya Otani, Kenji Hashimoto, Takaya Isomichi, Akira Natsuhara, Masanori Sakaguchi, Yasuo Kawakami, Hun-ok Lim, Atsuo Takanishi:
  Trunk motion control during the flight phase while hopping considering angular momentum of a humanoid. 1197-1206

Short Paper

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  Kazuko Obayashi, Naonori Kodate, Shigeru Masuyama:
  Enhancing older people's activity and participation with socially assistive robots: a multicentre quasi-experimental study using the ICF framework. 1207-1216

Volume 32, Number 23, 2018

Full Papers

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  Yusuke Tsunoda, Yuichiro Sueoka, Yuto Sato, Koichi Osuka:
  Analysis of local-camera-based shepherding navigation. 1217-1228
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  Dianbiao Dong, Bryan Convens, Yuanxi Sun, Wenjie Ge, Pierre Cherelle, Bram Vanderborght:
  The effects of variable mechanical parameters on peak power and energy consumption of ankle-foot prostheses at different speeds. 1229-1240
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  Tianyi Ko, Hiroshi Kaminaga, Yoshihiko Nakamura:
  Key design parameters of a few types of electro-hydrostatic actuators for humanoid robots. 1241-1252

Volume 32, Number 24, 2018

Survey Paper

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  Qing Miao, Mingming Zhang, Jinghui Cao, Sheng Quan Xie:
  Reviewing high-level control techniques on robot-assisted upper-limb rehabilitation. 1253-1268

Full Papers

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  Tianyi Ko, Hiroshi Kaminaga, Yoshihiko Nakamura:
  Current-pressure-position triple-loop feedback control of electro-hydrostatic actuators for humanoid robots. 1269-1284
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  Nutnaree Kleawsirikul, Hironori Mitake, Shoichi Hasegawa:
  Unsupervised embrace pose recognition method for stuffed-toy robot. 1285-1301

Miscellany

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  Editors List. 1302-1303