International Journal of Robotic Research, Volume 15, 1996
Volume 15, Number 1, February 1996
Randy C. Brost, Alan D. Christiansen: Probabilistic Analysis of Manipulation Tasks: A Conceptual Framework. 1-23
Olav Egeland, M. Dalsmo, Ole Jakob Sørdalen: Feedback Control of a Nonholonomic Underwater Vehicle With a Constant Desired Configuration. 24-35
Philippe Moutarlier, Brian Mirtich, John F. Canny: Shortest Paths for a Car-like Robot to Manifolds in Configuration Space. 36-60
Manja V. Kircanski: Kinematic Isotropy and Optimal Kinematic Design of Planar Manipulators and a 3-DOF Spatial Manipulator. 61-77
Gabriel D. Warshaw, Howard M. Schwartz: Sampled-Data Robot Adaptive Control With Stabilizing Compensation. 78-90
Kees van den Doel, Dinesh K. Pai: Performance Measures for Robot Manipulators: A Unified Approach. 91-112
Volume 15, Number 2, April 1996
Fred Delcomyn, Mark E. Nelson, Jan H. Cocatre-Zilgien: Sense Organs of Insect Legs and the Selection of Sensors for Agile Walking Robots. 113-127
Y. F. Li: A Sensor-Based Robot Transition Control Strategy. 128-136
Fuhua Jen, Moshe Shoham, Richard W. Longman: Liapunov Stability of Force-Controlled Grasps with a Multi-fingered hand. 137-154
Eric Krotkov, Reid G. Simmons: Perception, Planning, and Control for Autmonomous Walking With the Ambler Planetary Rover. 155-180
Jiming Liu: Spatial Reasoning About Robot Compliant Movements and Optimal Paths in Qualitatively Modeled Environments. 181-210
Volume 15, Number 3, June 1996
Leo Joskowicz, Russell H. Taylor: Interference-Free Insertion of a Solid Body Into a Cavity: An Algorithm and a Medical Application. 211-229
Karun B. Shimoga: Robot Grasp Synthesis Algorithms: A Survey. 230-266
Alberto Rovetta, Remo Sala, Francesca Cosmi, Xia Wen, Santo Milanesi, Dario Sabbadini, Arianna Togno, Licinio Angelini, Antal K. Bejczy: A New Telerobotic Application: Remote Laparoscopic Surgery Using Satellites and Optical Fiber Networks for Data Exchange. 267-279
Shiaw-Pyng Yang, Peng-Yung Woo, Rongdong Wang: Discrete-Time Model Reference Adaptive Controller Designs for Robotic Manipulators. 280-289
Tsuneo Yoshikawa, Koh Hosoda: Modeling of Flexible Manipulators Using Virtual Rigid Links and Passive Joints. 290-299
Volume 15, Number 4, August 1996
Alistair McLean, Stephen Cameron: The Virtual Springs Method: Path Planning and Collision Avoidance for Redundant Manipulators. 300-319
Karun B. Shimoga, Andrew A. Goldenberg: Soft Robotic Fingertips. Part I: A Comparison of Construction Materials, Part II: Modeling and Impedance Regulation. 320-350
Michele Aicardi, Giuseppe Casalino, Giorgio Cannata: Contact Force Canonical Decomposition and the Role of Internal Forces in Robust Grasp Planning Problems. 351-364

Volume 15, Number 5, October 1996
Hugh F. Durrant-Whyte: An Autonomous Guided Vehicle for Cargo Handling Applications. 407-440
Martin David Adams, Penny J. Probert: The Interpretation of Phase and Intensity Data from AMCW Light Detection Sensors for Reliable Ranging. 441-458
Blake Hannaford, Pierre-Henry Marbot, Pietro Buttolo, Manuel Moreyra, Steven C. Venema: Scaling of Direct Drive Robot Arms. 459-472
Guangjun Liu, Andrew A. Goldenberg: Comparative Study of Robust Saturation-Based Control of Robot Manipulators: Analysis and Experiments. 473-491
Alexander M. Formal'sky, E. K. Lavrovsky: Stabilization of Flexible One-Link Arm Position: Stability Domains in the Space of Feedback Gains. 492-504
Robert H. Sturges Jr., Korntham Sathirakul, Schitt Laowattana: Directly Visualizing Spatial Freedom from Geometric Models. 505-521
Volume 15, Number 6, December 1996


John M. Hollerbach, Charles W. Wampler: The Calibration Index and Taxonomy for Robot Kinematic Calibration Methods. 573-591
M. Kemal Ciliz, K. S. Narendra: Adaptive Control of Robotic Manipulators Using Multiple Models and Switching. 592-610
Christiaan J. J. Paredis, Pradeep K. Khosla: Designing Fault-Tolerant Manipulators: How Many Degrees-of-Freedom? 611-628
Venkataraman Sundareswaran, Patrick Bouthemy, François Chaumette: Exploiting Image Motion for Active Vision in a Visual Servoing Framework. 629-645



