Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Volume 60
Volume 60, Number 1, January 2012
Luis Gracia, Antonio Sala, Fabricio Garelli: A supervisory loop approach to fulfill workspace constraints in redundant robots. 1-15
Faisal Mufti, Robert E. Mahony, Jochen Heinzmann: Robust estimation of planar surfaces using spatio-temporal RANSAC for applications in autonomous vehicle navigation. 16-28
Pål Liljebäck, Kristin Ytterstad Pettersen, Øyvind Stavdahl, Jan Tommy Gravdahl: A review on modelling, implementation, and control of snake robots. 29-40
Ricardo Vázquez Martín, Pedro Núñez, Antonio Bandera: LESS-mapping: Online environment segmentation based on spectral mapping. 41-54
Eric L. Sauser, Brenna Argall, Giorgio Metta, Aude Billard: Iterative learning of grasp adaptation through human corrections. 55-71
Shibendu Shekhar Roy, Dilip Kumar Pratihar: Effects of turning gait parameters on energy consumption and stability of a six-legged walking robot. 72-82
Zuolei Sun, Joop van de Ven, Fabio Ramos, Xuchu Mao, Hugh F. Durrant-Whyte: Inferring laser-scan matching uncertainty with conditional random fields. 83-94
Tao He, Shigeo Hirose: A global localization approach based on Line-segment Relation Matching technique. 95-112
Lelai Zhou, Shaoping Bai, Michael Rygaard Hansen: Integrated dimensional and drive-train design optimization of a light-weight anthropomorphic arm. 113-122
K. S. Senthilkumar, K. K. Bharadwaj: Multi-robot exploration and terrain coverage in an unknown environment. 123-132
Volume 60, Number 2, February 2012
M. Karkoub, Ming-Guo Her, C.-C. Huang, C.-C. Lin, C.-H. Lin: Design of a wireless remote monitoring and object tracking robot. 133-142
Cecilia E. Garcia Cena, Pedro F. Cárdenas, Lisandro Puglisi, Roque J. Saltarén: Design and modeling of the multi-agent robotic system: SMART. 143-153
Tesheng Hsiao, Mao-Chiao Weng: A hierarchical multiple-model approach for detection and isolation of robotic actuator faults. 154-166
G. C. H. E. de Croon, C. De Wagter, B. D. W. Remes, R. Ruijsink: Sub-sampling: Real-time vision for micro air vehicles. 167-181
Mostafa Ajallooeian, Majid Nili Ahmadabadi, Babak Nadjar Araabi, Hadi Moradi: Design, implementation and analysis of an alternation-based Central Pattern Generator for multidimensional trajectory generation. 182-198
Savas Konur, Clare Dixon, Michael Fisher: Analysing robot swarm behaviour via probabilistic model checking. 199-213
Yiannis Karayiannidis, Zoe Doulgeri: Model-free robot joint position regulation and tracking with prescribed performance guarantees. 214-226
Arndt von Twickel, Manfred Hild, Torsten Siedel, Vishal Patel, Frank Pasemann: Neural control of a modular multi-legged walking machine: Simulation and hardware. 227-241
Hamid Abdi, Saeid Nahavandi: Well-conditioned configurations of fault-tolerant manipulators. 242-251
Jorge Villagra, Vicente Milanés, Joshué Pérez, Jorge Godoy: Smooth path and speed planning for an automated public transport vehicle. 252-265
Kyle Luthy, Edward Grant, Nikhil Deshpande, Thomas C. Henderson: Perimeter detection in wireless sensor networks. 266-277
Francisco Rovira-Más: Global-referenced navigation grids for off-road vehicles and environments. 278-287
Sung Hoon Kim, Ji Yeong Lee, Shuichiro Hashi, Kazushi Ishiyama: Oscillatory motion-based miniature magnetic walking robot actuated by a rotating magnetic field. 288-295
Asim Kar: Linear-time robot localization and pose tracking using matching signatures. 296-308
Praneel Chand, Dale Anthony Carnegie: A two-tiered global path planning strategy for limited memory mobile robots. 309-321
Volume 60, Number 3, March 2012
Jorge Dias, Anis Sahbani, Lakmal D. Seneviratne, Saïd Zeghloul, Jianwei Zhang: Special issue "Autonomous Grasping". 323-325
Anis Sahbani, Sahar El-Khoury, Philippe Bidaud: An overview of 3D object grasp synthesis algorithms. 326-336
Domenico Prattichizzo, Monica Malvezzi, Marco Gabiccini, Antonio Bicchi: On the manipulability ellipsoids of underactuated robotic hands with compliance. 337-346
Jean-Philippe Saut, Daniel Sidobre: Efficient models for grasp planning with a multi-fingered hand. 347-357
Jacopo Aleotti, Stefano Caselli: A 3D shape segmentation approach for robot grasping by parts. 358-366
Kai Huebner: BADGr - A toolbox for box-based approximation, decomposition and GRasping. 367-376
N. Daoud, Jean-Pierre Gazeau, Saïd Zeghloul, Marc Arsicault: A real-time strategy for dexterous manipulation: Fingertips motion planning, force sensing and grasp stability. 377-386
Zhixing Xue, Steffen W. Ruehl, Andreas Hermann, Thilo Kerscher, Rüdiger Dillmann: Autonomous grasp and manipulation planning using a ToF camera. 387-395
Diego R. Faria, Ricardo Martins, Jorge Lobo, Jorge Dias: Extracting data from human manipulation of objects towards improving autonomous robotic grasping. 396-410
Daniel Kappler, Lillian Y. Chang, Nancy S. Pollard, Tamim Asfour, Rüdiger Dillmann: Templates for pre-grasp sliding interactions. 411-423
Ashwini Shukla, Aude Billard: Coupled dynamical system based arm-hand grasping model for learning fast adaptation strategies. 424-440
Brian Moore, Erhan Oztop: Robotic grasping and manipulation through human visuomotor learning. 441-451
Luis Montesano, Manuel Lopes: Active learning of visual descriptors for grasping using non-parametric smoothed beta distributions. 452-462
Markus Hüser, Jianwei Zhang: Visual programming by demonstration of grasping skills in the context of a mobile service robot using 1D-topology based self-organizing-maps. 463-472
F. Touvet, N. Daoud, Jean-Pierre Gazeau, Saïd Zeghloul, Marc A. Maier, Selim Eskiizmirliler: A biomimetic reach and grasp approach for mechanical hands. 473-486
Volume 60, Number 4, April 2012
Fabio Ramos, Ben Upcroft, Suresh Kumar, Hugh F. Durrant-Whyte: A Bayesian approach for place recognition. 487-497
Duong Nguyen Van, Lars Kuhnert, Klaus-Dieter Kuhnert: Structure overview of vegetation detection. A novel approach for efficient vegetation detection using an active lighting system. 498-508
Seong-Young Ko, Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena: Trajectory following for a flexible probe with state/input constraints: An approach based on model predictive control. 509-521
José Baca, Manuel Ferre, Rafael Aracil: A heterogeneous modular robotic design for fast response to a diversity of tasks. 522-531
R. Morales, Vicente B. Feliu, Victor H. Jaramillo: Position control of very lightweight single-link flexible arms with large payload variations by using disturbance observers. 532-547
Maria M. Martins, Cristina P. Santos, Anselmo Frizera-Neto, Ramón Ceres: Assistive mobility devices focusing on Smart Walkers: Classification and review. 548-562
A. Müller, T. Hufnagel: Model-based control of redundantly actuated parallel manipulators in redundant coordinates. 563-571
Jianan Wang, Ming Xin: Distributed optimal cooperative tracking control of multiple autonomous robots. 572-583
Ravi Kaushik, Jizhong Xiao: Accelerated patch-based planar clustering of noisy range images in indoor environments for robot mapping. 584-598
Isabelle Vincent, Qiao Sun: A combined reactive and reinforcement learning controller for an autonomous tracked vehicle. 599-608
Narcis Ghita, Marius Kloetzer: Trajectory planning for a car-like robot by environment abstraction. 609-619
N. Scuor, P. Gallina: Design and testing of a 5-degrees-of-freedom, large working range micropositioning stage. 620-627
Lorenzo Riano, T. Martin McGinnity: Automatically composing and parameterizing skills by evolving Finite State Automata. 639-650
Christos K. Volos, Ioannis M. Kyprianidis, Ioannis N. Stouboulos: A chaotic path planning generator for autonomous mobile robots. 651-656
Matevz Bosnak, Drago Matko, Saso Blazic: Quadrocopter control using an on-board video system with off-board processing. 657-667
Volume 60, Number 5, May 2012
Kei Senda, Takuya Obara, Masahiko Kitamura, Tomomi Nishikata, Norio Hirai, Makoto Iima, Naoto Yokoyama: Modeling and emergence of flapping flight of butterfly based on experimental measurements. 670-678
Jun Nishii, Yoshimitsu Hashizume, Shoko Kaichida, Hiromichi Suenaga, Yoshiko Tanaka: Constraint and exploitation of redundant degrees of freedom during walking. 679-684
Shinya Aoi, Naomichi Ogihara, Tetsuro Funato, Kazuo Tsuchiya: Sensory regulation of stance-to-swing transition in generation of adaptive human walking: A simulation study. 685-691
Ryo Minegishi, Atsushi Takashima, Daisuke Kurabayashi, Ryohei Kanzaki: Construction of a brain-machine hybrid system to evaluate adaptability of an insect. 692-699
Tatsuya Mizuno, Midori Sakura, Masatoshi Ashikaga, Hitoshi Aonuma, Ryosuke Chiba, Jun Ota: Model of a sensory-behavioral relation mechanism for aggressive behavior in crickets. 700-706
Kuniaki Kawabata, Takashi Fujii, Hitoshi Aonuma, Tsuyoshi Suzuki, Masatoshi Ashikaga, Jun Ota, Hajime Asama: A neuromodulation model of behavior selection in the fighting behavior of male crickets. 707-713
Yoshikatsu Hayashi, Mai Yuki, Ken Sugawara, Tomonori Kikuchi, Kazuki Tsuji: Rhythmic behavior of social insects from single to multibody. 714-721
Shiro Yano, Yusuke Ikemoto, Hitoshi Aonuma, Hajime Asama: Forgetting curve of cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus, derived by using serotonin hypothesis. 722-728
Hiroaki Arie, Takafumi Arakaki, Shigeki Sugano, Jun Tani: Imitating others by composition of primitive actions: A neuro-dynamic model. 729-741
Toshihiro Kawase, Keiichi Ohishi, Kazuya Yoneyama, Hiroyuki Kambara, Yasuharu Koike: Recalibration of time to contact. 742-746
Atsushi Fujimoto, Satoshi Nishida, Tadashi Ogawa: Dynamic alternation of primate response properties during trial-and-error knowledge updating. 747-753
Volume 60, Number 6, June 2012
J. Bermudez-Cameo, Luis Puig, José Jesús Guerrero: Hypercatadioptric line images for 3D orientation and image rectification. 755-768
Alexey S. Matveev, Chao Wang, Andrey V. Savkin: Real-time navigation of mobile robots in problems of border patrolling and avoiding collisions with moving and deforming obstacles. 769-788
Sotirios P. Chatzis, Dimitrios Korkinof, Yiannis Demiris: A nonparametric Bayesian approach toward robot learning by demonstration. 789-802
Pablo Iñigo-Blasco, Fernando Díaz del Río, M. C. Romero-Ternero, Daniel Cagigas-Muñiz, Saturnino Vicente Diaz: Robotics software frameworks for multi-agent robotic systems development. 803-821
Vadim Indelman, Pini Gurfil, Ehud Rivlin, Héctor Rotstein: Distributed vision-aided cooperative localization and navigation based on three-view geometry. 822-840
Kiwan Choi, Jiyoung Park, Yeon-Ho Kim, Hyoung-Ki Lee: Monocular SLAM with undelayed initialization for an indoor robot. 841-851
J. R. Serracín, Lisandro Puglisi, Roque J. Saltarén, G. Ejarque, Jose M. Sabater Navarro, Rafael Aracil: Kinematic analysis of a novel 2-d.o.f. orientation device. 852-861
Luis Gracia, Antonio Sala, Fabricio Garelli: A path conditioning method with trap avoidance. 862-873
Dongsheng Guo, Yunong Zhang: Different-level two-norm and infinity-norm minimization to remedy joint-torque instability/divergence for redundant robot manipulators. 874-888
Ignacio González Alonso, Omar Alvarez Fres, Alberto Alonso Fernández, Pablo Gómez del Torno, Jose Maria Maestre, M. P. Almudena García Fuente: Towards a new open communication standard between homes and service robots, the DHCompliant case. 889-900
Carlos Pérez-Vidal, Esther García-Carpintero, Nicolás García Aracil, Jose M. Sabater Navarro, José Maria Azorín, A. Candela, Eva M. Fernández: Steps in the development of a robotic scrub nurse. 901-911
Cristina P. Santos, Vítor Matos: CPG modulation for navigation and omnidirectional quadruped locomotion. 912-927
Enrico Vezzetti, Federica Marcolin: Geometrical descriptors for human face morphological analysis and recognition. 928-939
Volume 60, Number 7, July 2012
Kang-Hee Lee, Younggeun Choi, Daniel Stonier: Evolutionary algorithm for a genetic robot's personality based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. 941-961
Ting Wang, Christine Chevallereau, Carlos Rengifo: Walking and steering control for a 3D biped robot considering ground contact and stability. 962-977
Gerasimos G. Rigatos: Nonlinear Kalman Filters and Particle Filters for integrated navigation of unmanned aerial vehicles. 978-995
Hung Manh La, Weihua Sheng: Dynamic target tracking and observing in a mobile sensor network. 996-1009
Volume 60, Number 8, August 2012
F. M. Campos, L. Correia, J. M. F. Calado: Global localization with non-quantized local image features. 1011-1020
Víctor Alvarez-Santos, Xosé M. Pardo, Roberto Iglesias, A. Canedo-Rodriguez, Carlos V. Regueiro: Feature analysis for human recognition and discrimination: Application to a person-following behaviour in a mobile robot. 1021-1036
Lisandro Puglisi, Roque J. Saltarén, Héctor A. Moreno, Pedro F. Cárdenas, Cecilia E. Garcia Cena, Rafael Aracil: Dimensional synthesis of a spherical parallel manipulator based on the evaluation of global performance indexes. 1037-1045
Dagmar Voigt, Andreas Karguth, Stanislav N. Gorb: Shoe soles for the gripping robot: Searching for polymer-based materials maximising friction. 1046-1055
Guillaume Caron, El Mustapha Mouaddib, Éric Marchand: 3D model based tracking for omnidirectional vision: A new spherical approach. 1056-1068
Eduardo Iáñez, Andrés Ubeda, José Maria Azorín, Carlos Pérez-Vidal: Assistive robot application based on an RFID control architecture and a wireless EOG interface. 1069-1077
Mohamad Ali Movafaghpour, Ellips Masehian: Poly line map extraction in sensor-based mobile robot navigation using a consecutive clustering algorithm. 1078-1092
Volume 60, Number 9, September 2012
Kristoffer Sjöö, Alper Aydemir, Patric Jensfelt: Topological spatial relations for active visual search. 1093-1107
Volkan Sezer, Metin Gokasan: A novel obstacle avoidance algorithm: "Follow the Gap Method". 1123-1134
Braden Stenning, Timothy D. Barfoot: Path planning with variable-fidelity terrain assessment. 1135-1148
Qin Li, Zhong-Ping Jiang: Pattern preserving path following of unicycle teams with communication delays. 1149-1164
Hala Rifai, Nicolas Marchand, Guylaine Poulin-Vittrant: Bounded control of an underactuated biomimetic aerial vehicle - Validation with robustness tests. 1165-1178
Gian Luca Mariottini, Stefano Scheggi, Fabio Morbidi, Domenico Prattichizzo: An accurate and robust visual-compass algorithm for robot-mounted omnidirectional cameras. 1179-1190
Ali Marjovi, Sarvenaz Choobdar, Lino Marques: Robotic clusters: Multi-robot systems as computer clusters: A topological map merging demonstration. 1191-1204
Maciej Karaszewski, Robert Sitnik, Eryk Bunsch: On-line, collision-free positioning of a scanner during fully automated three-dimensional measurement of cultural heritage objects. 1205-1219
Volume 60, Number 10, October 2012
Abdulmuttalib. T. Rashid, Abduladhem A. Ali, Mattia Frasca, Luigi Fortuna: Multi-robot collision-free navigation based on reciprocal orientation. 1221-1230
Praneel Chand, Dale Anthony Carnegie: Development of a reduced human user input task allocation method for multiple robots. 1231-1244
K. S. Nagla, Moin Uddin, Dilbag Singh: Improved occupancy grid mapping in specular environment. 1245-1252
Michael Hoy, Alexey S. Matveev, Andrey V. Savkin: Collision free cooperative navigation of multiple wheeled robots in unknown cluttered environments. 1253-1266
Daniele Benedettelli, Andrea Garulli, Antonio Giannitrapani: Cooperative SLAM using M-Space representation of linear features. 1267-1278
Xiaochun Wang, Xia Li Wang, D. Mitchell Wilkes: An automated vision based on-line novel percept detection method for a mobile robot. 1279-1294
Giuk Lee, Geeyun Wu, JongWon Kim, Taewon Seo: High-payload climbing and transitioning by compliant locomotion with magnetic adhesion. 1308-1316
Guoqiang Fu, Arianna Menciassi, Paolo Dario: Development of a low-cost active 3D triangulation laser scanner for indoor navigation of miniature mobile robots. 1317-1326
Denis Forte, Andrej Gams, Jun Morimoto, Ales Ude: On-line motion synthesis and adaptation using a trajectory database. 1327-1339
Christian Smith, Yiannis Karayiannidis, Lazaros Nalpantidis, Xavi Gratal, Peng Qi, Dimos V. Dimarogonas, Danica Kragic: Dual arm manipulation - A survey. 1340-1353
Volume 60, Number 11, November 2012
Jacques Penders, Lyuba Alboul, Tony J. Prescott, Roderich Groß, Chris Melhuish, Mark Witkowski: TAROS2011. 1355
Charles W. Fox, Mathew H. Evans, Martin J. Pearson, Tony J. Prescott: Towards hierarchical blackboard mapping on a whiskered robot. 1356-1366
Ioannis Kostavelis, Lazaros Nalpantidis, Antonios Gasteratos: Collision risk assessment for autonomous robots by offline traversability learning. 1367-1376
Giulio Reina, Annalisa Milella, James Patrick Underwood: Self-learning classification of radar features for scene understanding. 1377-1388
Fernando Valdés, Roberto Iglesias, Felipe Espinosa, Miguel A. Rodríguez, Pablo Quintía, Carlos Santos: Implementation of robot routing approaches for convoy merging manoeuvres. 1389-1399
Arne Brutschy, Nam-Luc Tran, Nadir Baiboun, Marco Frison, Giovanni Pini, Andrea Roli, Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari: Costs and benefits of behavioral specialization. 1408-1420
Frank E. Schneider, Dennis Wildermuth: Influences of the robot group size on cooperative multi-robot localisation - Analysis and experimental validation. 1421-1428
Clare Dixon, Alan F. T. Winfield, Michael Fisher, Chengxiu Zeng: Towards temporal verification of swarm robotic systems. 1429-1441
Calum Roke, Chris Melhuish, Tony Pipe, David Drury, Craig Chorley: Lump localisation through a deformation-based tactile feedback system using a biologically inspired finger sensor. 1442-1448
Volume 60, Number 12, December 2012
Atul Thakur, Petr Svec, Satyandra K. Gupta: GPU based generation of state transition models using simulations for unmanned surface vehicle trajectory planning. 1457-1471
Shuxiang Guo, Liwei Shi, Nan Xiao, Kinji Asaka: A biomimetic underwater microrobot with multifunctional locomotion. 1472-1483
Bibhya Sharma, Jito Vanualailai, Shonal Singh: Lyapunov-based nonlinear controllers for obstacle avoidance with a planar n-link doubly nonholonomic manipulator. 1484-1497
Duong Nguyen Van, Lars Kuhnert, Klaus-Dieter Kuhnert: Spreading algorithm for efficient vegetation detection in cluttered outdoor environments. 1498-1507
Bryan Gardiner, Sonya A. Coleman, T. Martin McGinnity, H. He: Robot control code generation by task demonstration in a dynamic environment. 1508-1519
Clément Pêtrès, Miguel-Angel Romero-Ramirez, Frédéric Plumet: A potential field approach for reactive navigation of autonomous sailboats. 1520-1527
Shrihari Vasudevan: Data fusion with Gaussian processes. 1528-1544
Sebastian Scherer, Lyle Chamberlain, Sanjiv Singh: Autonomous landing at unprepared sites by a full-scale helicopter. 1545-1562
Tesnim Abdellatif, Saddek Bensalem, Jacques Combaz, Lavindra de Silva, Félix Ingrand: Rigorous design of robot software: A formal component-based approach. 1563-1578
Igi Ardiyanto, Jun Miura: Real-time navigation using randomized kinodynamic planning with arrival time field. 1579-1591
Hyoungki Lee, Jongdae Jung, Kiwan Choi, Jiyoung Park, Hyun Myung: Fuzzy-logic-assisted interacting multiple model (FLAIMM) for mobile robot localization. 1592-1606
Alberto Brunete, Miguel Hernando, Ernesto Gambao, Jose Emilio Torres: A behaviour-based control architecture for heterogeneous modular, multi-configurable, chained micro-robots. 1607-1624
Micael S. Couceiro, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, Rui P. Rocha, Nuno M. F. Ferreira: A fuzzified systematic adjustment of the robotic Darwinian PSO. 1625-1639
Mohamed Boukattaya, Mohamed Jallouli, Tarak Damak: On trajectory tracking control for nonholonomic mobile manipulators with dynamic uncertainties and external torque disturbances. 1640-1647



