Advanced Robotics, Volume 28

Volume 28, Number 1, 2014

Full Papers

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  Jung-Wook Suh, Jung-Ju Lee, Dong-Soo Kwon:
  Underactuated miniature bending joint composed of serial pulleyless rolling joints. 1-14
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  Mohammad Dehghani, S. Ali A. Moosavian:
  Compact modeling of spatial continuum robotic arms towards real-time control. 15-26
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  Ali Mahmoodi, Amir Sayadi, Mohammad Bagher Menhaj:
  Solution of forward kinematics in Stewart platform using six rotary sensors on joints of three legs. 27-37
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  Tsuyoshi Tasaki, Tetsuya Ogata, Hiroshi G. Okuno:
  The interaction between a robot and multiple people based on spatially mapping of friendliness and motion parameters. 39-51
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  Congyan Chen, Shi Qiu:
  Influence of temperature profiles on thermal tactile sensation. 53-61

Volume 28, Number 2, 2014

Survey Paper

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  H. N. Rahimi, M. Nazemizadeh:
  Dynamic analysis and intelligent control techniques for flexible manipulators: a review. 63-76

Full Papers

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  Jung-Yup Kim, Bong-Huan Jun:
  Design of six-legged walking robot, Little Crabster for underwater walking and operation. 77-89
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  Suwoong Lee, Hidetaka Nozawa, Jae-il Kim, Kenji Inoue:
  Operation of forearm support-type lift assist system (FOLAS) by using pneumatic pressure in air cushions. 91-104
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  Adel Akbarimajd, Naghi Sotoudeh:
  Design and motion analysis of vibration-driven small robot Rizeh. 105-117
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  Daigoro Isobe, Bumpei Nakayama, Kensuke Kondo:
  A torque-canceling system using the inverse dynamics parallel solution scheme. 119-132

Volume 28, Number 3, 2014

Full Papers

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  Masaki Hamamoto, Teruhisa Kotani, Ikuo Nakano, Yoshiji Ohta, Keita Hara, Yoshiteru Murakami, Toshiaki Hisada:
  Investigation on force transmission of direct-drive thorax unit with four ultrasonic motors for a flapping microaerial vehicle. 133-144
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  Yangbo Long, Lu Wang, David J. Cappelleri:
  Modeling and global trajectory tracking control for an over-actuated MAV. 145-155
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  Feng Ding, Jian Huang, Yongji Wang, Takayuki Matsuno, Toshio Fukuda:
  Vibration damping in manipulation of deformable linear objects using sliding mode control. 157-172
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  Laurence Nouaille, Gérard Poisson, X. Zhang, Carl A. Nelson:
  Method of dimensional optimization of spherical robots for medical applications using specialized indices. 173-186
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  Jingli Du, Hong Bao, Chuanzhen Cui:
  Stiffness and dexterous performances optimization of large workspace cable-driven parallel manipulators. 187-196

Short Paper

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  Takeshi Kano, Ryo Kobayashi, Akio Ishiguro:
  Decentralized control scheme for adaptive earthworm locomotion using continuum-model-based analysis. 197-202

Volume 28, Number 4, 2014

Full Papers

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  Arjun Nagendran, William J. Crowther, Martin J. Turner, Alexander Lanzon, Robert C. Richardson:
  Design, control, and performance of the 'weed' 6 wheel robot in the UK MOD grand challenge. 203-218
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  Sajjad Taghvaei, Kazuhiro Kosuge:
  HMM-based state classification of a user with a walking support system using visual PCA features. 219-230
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  Behnam Dadashzadeh, M. J. Mahjoob, Mansour Nikkhah Bahrami, Chris J. B. Macnab:
  Stable active running of a planar biped robot using Poincare map control. 231-244
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  Jin-Kyu Choi, Hayato Kondo, Etsuro Shimizu:
  Thruster fault-tolerant control of a hovering AUV with four horizontal and two vertical thrusters. 245-256
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  Morteza Farrokhsiar, Homayoun Najjaran:
  Unscented model predictive control of chance constrained nonlinear systems. 257-267

Volume 28, Number 5, 2014

Special Issue: Biologically Inspired Robotics (1)

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  Huosheng Hu, Shugen Ma, Hong Zhang:
  Special issue on biologically inspired robotics. 269-270

Survey Paper

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  John Oluwagbemiga Oyekan, Huosheng Hu:
  Biologically-inspired behaviour based robotics for making invisible pollution visible: a survey. 271-288

Full Papers

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  Elmar Mair, Marcus Augustine, Bastian Jäger, Annett Stelzer, Christoph Brand, Darius Burschka, Michael Suppa:
  A biologically inspired navigation concept based on the Landmark-Tree map for efficient long-distance robot navigation. 289-302
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  Xin Kang, Hongliang Ren, Jing Li, Wai-Pan Yau:
  Computer-assisted bone tumour ablation using sparse radiographs. 303-315
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  Indra Bagus Wicaksono, Fengwei An, Hans Jürgen Mattausch:
  Memory-based hardware-accelerated system for high-speed human detection. 317-327
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  Daniel Sanz-Merodio, Manuel Cestari, Juan Carlos Arevalo, Xavier Carrillo, Elena Garcia:
  Generation and control of adaptive gaits in lower-limb exoskeletons for motion assistance. 329-338
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  Baofeng Liao, Zheng Li, Ruxu Du:
  Robot fish with a novel biomimetic wire-driven flapping propulsor. 339-349

Volume 28, Number 6, 2014

Special Issue: Biologically Inspired Robotics (2)

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  Andre Rosendo, Shogo Nakatsu, Kenichi Narioka, Koh Hosoda:
  Producing alternating gait on uncoupled feline hindlimbs: muscular unloading rule on a biomimetic robot. 351-365
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  Qian Zhao, Hidenobu Sumioka, Kohei Nakajima, Xiaoxiang Yu, Rolf Pfeifer:
  Spine as an engine: effect of spine morphology on spine-driven quadruped locomotion. 367-378
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  Zhangguo Yu, Gan Ma, Qiang Huang:
  Modeling and design of a humanoid robotic face based on an active drive points model. 379-388
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  Guoyuan Li, Houxiang Zhang, Jianwei Zhang, Robin T. Bye:
  Development of adaptive locomotion of a caterpillar-like robot based on a sensory feedback CPG model. 389-401
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  Tianxiang Bai, Youfu Li, Xiaolong Zhou:
  Monocular human motion tracking with discriminative sparse representation. 403-414
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  Motoyasu Tanaka, Fumitoshi Matsuno:
  Control of snake robots with switching constraints: trajectory tracking with moving obstacle. 415-429

Volume 28, Number 7, 2014

Special Issue: Cutting Edge of Robotics in Japan 2014

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  Fumihito Arai:
  Special Issue on Cutting Edge of Robotics in Japan 2014. 431

Short Papers

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  Fumio Kanehiro, Eiichi Yoshida, Kazuhito Yokoi:
  Efficient reaching motion planning method for low-level autonomy of teleoperated humanoid robots. 433-439
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  Masahiro Shiomi, Kaoru Kurumizawa, Takayuki Kanda, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Norihiro Hagita:
  Finding a person with a Wi-Fi device in a crowd of pedestrians. 441-448
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  Ryosuke Takahashi, Satoshi Ichikawa, Agus Subagyo, Kazuhisa Sueoka, Takaharu Okajima:
  Atomic force microscopy measurements of mechanical properties of single cells patterned by microcontact printing. 449-455
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  Takashi Mikanohara, Shingo Maeda, Yusuke Hara, Shuji Hashimoto:
  Peristaltic motion of tubular gel driven by acid-autocatalytic reaction. 457-465
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  Kazuya Hirata, Toshiyuki Murakami:
  Stability analysis of disturbance observer based controllers for two-wheel wheelchair systems. 467-477
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  Yinlai Jiang, Shuoyu Wang, Kenji Ishida, Yo Kobayashi, Masakatsu G. Fujie:
  Directional control of an omnidirectional walking support walker: adaptation to individual differences with fuzzy learning. 479-485
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  Satoshi Nishikawa, Kazutoshi Tanaka, Kazuya Shida, Toshihiko Fukushima, Ryuma Niiyama, Yasuo Kuniyoshi:
  A musculoskeletal bipedal robot designed with angle-dependent moment arm for dynamic motion from multiple states. 487-496
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  Atsushi Takashima, Akitsugu Misaki, Shin-ichiro Takasugi, Motoji Yamamoto:
  Characteristic analysis of an air cell for active air mattress of prevention for pressure ulcer. 497-504
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  Qi An, Yuki Ishikawa, Junki Nakagawa, Hiroyuki Oka, Hiroshi Yamakawa, Atsushi Yamashita, Hajime Asama:
  Measurement of just noticeable difference of hip joint for implementation of self-efficacy: in active and passive sensation and in different speed. 505-511
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  Kentaro Takagi, Naoki Tomita, Kinji Asaka:
  A simple method for obtaining large deformation of IPMC actuators utilizing copper tape. 513-521
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  Takeshi Kano, Yuki Watanabe, Fuyuhiko Satake, Akio Ishiguro:
  Decentralized-controlled multi-terrain robot inspired by flatworm locomotion. 523-531

Volume 28, Number 8, 2014

Full Papers

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  Jungtae Kim, Daijin Kim:
  Manipulator motion planning with unconstrained end-effector under obstacle environment. 533-544
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  Tihomir Zilic, Josip Kasac, Zeljko Situm, Mario Essert:
  Application of SSTT control algorithm for underactuated: surface vessel, PPR manipulator and pneumatically actuated slider-inverted pendulum. 545-556
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  Jinwoo Jung, Ryan S. Penning, Michael R. Zinn:
  A modeling approach for robotic catheters: effects of nonlinear internal device friction. 557-572

Volume 28, Number 9, 2014

Full Papers

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  Dylan F. Glas, Florent Ferreri, Takahiro Miyashita, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Norihiro Hagita:
  Automatic calibration of laser range finder positions for pedestrian tracking based on social group detections. 573-588
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  Botond Attila Bócsi, Lehel Csató, Jan Peters:
  Indirect robot model learning for tracking control. 589-599
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  Halil Akçakaya, Leyla Gören Sümer:
  Robust control of variable speed autonomous underwater vehicle. 601-611
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  Shouren Huang, Yuji Yamakawa, Taku Senoo, Masatoshi Ishikawa:
  Dynamic compensation by fusing a high-speed actuator and high-speed visual feedback with its application to fast peg-and-hole alignment. 613-624
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  Metin Toz, Serdar Kucuk:
  Dimensional optimization of 6-DOF 3-CCC type asymmetric parallel manipulator. 625-637

Short Paper

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  Ryo Fujiwara, Takeshi Kano, Akio Ishiguro:
  Self-swarming robots that exploit hydrodynamical interaction. 639-645

Volume 28, Number 10, 2014

Full Papers

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  Yuya Okadome, Yutaka Nakamura, Hiroshi Ishiguro:
  Predictive control method for a redundant robot using a non-parametric predictor. 647-657
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  Sean Hodgson, Mahdi Tavakoli, Arnaud Lelevé, Minh Tu Pham:
  High-fidelity sliding mode control of a pneumatic haptic teleoperation system. 659-671
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  Shusheng Bi, Chuanmeng Niu, Yueri Cai, Lige Zhang, Houxiang Zhang:
  A waypoint-tracking controller for a bionic autonomous underwater vehicle with two pectoral fins. 673-681
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  Erika Ottaviano, Pierluigi Rea, Gianni Castelli:
  THROO: a Tracked Hybrid Rover to Overpass Obstacles. 683-694
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  Ahmad Mashayekhi, Ramin B. Boozarjomehry, Ali Nahvi, Ali Meghdari, Pouya Asgari:
  Improved passivity criterion in haptic rendering: influence of Coulomb and viscous friction. 695-706

Short Paper

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  Jifeng Zhang, Qiaohong Chen, Chuanyu Wu, Qinchuan Li:
  Kinematic calibration of a 2-DOF translational parallel manipulator. 707-714

Volume 28, Number 11, 2014

Special Issue: Biologically Inspired Robotics (3)

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  Huosheng Hu, Shugen Ma, Hong Zhang:
  Special issue on biologically inspired robotics (3). 715

Full Papers

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  Ehsan Asadi, Carlo L. Bottasso:
  Tightly-coupled stereo vision-aided inertial navigation using feature-based motion sensors. 717-729
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  Abdelhak Chatty, Philippe Gaussier, Syed Khursheed Hasnain, Ilhem Kallel, Adel M. Alimi:
  The effect of learning by imitation on a multi-robot system based on the coupling of low-level imitation strategy and online learning for cognitive map building. 731-743
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  Hang T. T. Pham, Yohei Ariga, Kenta Tominaga, Takanori Oku, Kanna Nakayama, Mitsunori Uemura, Hiroaki Hirai, Fumio Miyazaki:
  Extraction and implementation of muscle synergies in neuro-mechanical control of upper limb movement. 745-757
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  Makoto Ito, Keiji Saneyoshi:
  Development of large-scale stacked-type electrostatic actuators for use as artificial muscles. 759-767
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  Huayan Pu, Yi Sun, Shugen Ma, Zhenbang Gong, Jun Luo:
  Experimental study on the oscillating paddling gait of an ePaddle mechanism with flexible configuration. 769-780
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  Sarah Cosentino, Klaus Petersen, Zhuohua Lin, Luca Bartolomeo, Salvatore Sessa, Massimiliano Zecca, Atsuo Takanishi:
  Natural human-robot musical interaction: understanding the music conductor gestures by using the WB-4 inertial measurement system. 781-792
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  Kosta Jovanovic, Veljko Potkonjak, Owen Holland:
  Dynamic modeling of an anthropomimetic robot in contact tasks. 793-806

Volume 28, Number 12, 2014

Full Papers

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  Dewei Yang, Zuren Feng, Xiaodong Ren, Na Lu:
  A novel power line inspection robot with dual-parallelogram architecture and its vibration suppression control. 807-819
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  Hiroko Kamide, Koji Kawabe, Satoshi Shigemi, Tatsuo Arai:
  Relationship between familiarity and humanness of robots - quantification of psychological impressions toward humanoid robots. 821-832
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  Zbigniew Kulesza:
  Isotonic characteristics of a pneumatic muscle actuator. 833-840
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  Liang-Chia Chen, Nguyen Van Thai, Hung-Fa Shyu, Hsien-I Lin:
  In situ clouds-powered 3-D radiation detection and localization using novel color-depth-radiation (CDR) mapping. 841-857

Volume 28, Number 13, 2014

Full Papers

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  Soo-Chul Lim, Hyungkew Lee, Eunhyup Doh, Kwang-Seok Yun, Joonah Park:
  Tactile display with tangential and normal skin displacement for robot-assisted surgery. 859-868
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  William Gallagher, Dalong Gao, Jun Ueda:
  Improved stability of haptic human-robot interfaces using measurement of human arm stiffness. 869-882
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  Kenya Matsui, Shogo Okamoto, Yoji Yamada:
  Amplifying shear deformation of finger pad increases tracing distances. 883-893
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  Bo Yin, Zhenning Liang, Wen Hu, Wei Xu, Shigang Wang:
  A lattice-type reconfigurable robotic system for achieving gaits of chain-type robots. 895-905
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  Chao Tang, Changle Zhou, Huosheng Hu, Wei Pan, Lidong Xie:
  A semi-supervised learning system for service robots to recognise human actions. 907-918

Volume 28, Number 14, 2014

Full Papers

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  Toru Tsumugiwa, Yasuhiro Fukui, Ryuichi Yokogawa:
  Compliance measurement for the Mitsubishi PA-10 robot. 919-928
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  Karima Rebai, Nouara Achour, Ouahiba Azouaoui:
  Road intersection detection and classification using hierarchical SVM classifier. 929-941
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  Shanhai Jin, Ryo Kikuuwe, Motoji Yamamoto:
  Improving velocity feedback for position control by using a discrete-time sliding mode filtering with adaptive windowing. 943-953
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  Chunguang Li, Juan Li, Yoshio Inoue, Tao Liu:
  Verification of additional merits of a bimanual-coordinated rehabilitation robot using near-infrared spectroscopic technology. 955-965
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  Halûk Bayram, H. Isil Bozma:
  Decentralized network topologies in multirobot systems. 967-982
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  Mohamadreza Homayounzade, Mehdi Keshmiri:
  Noncertainty equivalent adaptive control of robot manipulators without velocity measurements. 983-996

Volume 28, Number 15, 2014

Full Papers

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  Iwaki Toshima, Shigeaki Aoki:
  Perception of delay time of head movement in using an acoustical telepresence robot: TeleHead. 997-1004
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  Hiroki Dobashi, Junichi Hiraoka, Takanori Fukao, Yasuyoshi Yokokohji, Akio Noda, Hikaru Nagano, Tatsuya Nagatani, Haruhisa Okuda, Ken-ichi Tanaka:
  Robust grasping strategy for assembling parts in various shapes. 1005-1019
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  Ataollah Ramezan Shirazi, Mir Masoud Seyyed Fakhrabadi, Ahmad Ghanbari:
  Analysis and optimization of the 5-RPUR parallel manipulator. 1021-1031
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  Hai Wang, Yingfeng Cai, Guoyu Lin, Weigong Zhang:
  A novel method for camera external parameters online calibration using dotted road line. 1033-1042
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  Genci Capi, Mitsuki Kitani, K. Ueki:
  Guide robot intelligent navigation in urban environments. 1043-1053

Volume 28, Number 16, 2014

Full Papers

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  Takashi Takuma, Ken Takamine, Tatsuya Masuda:
  Sensing mechanism for estimation of the physical properties of an object avoiding failure of the sensors. 1055-1066
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  Rémy Guyonneau, Sebastien Lagrange, Laurent Hardouin, Philippe Lucidarme:
  Guaranteed interval analysis localization for mobile robots. 1067-1077
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  Shuhei Asano, Shogo Okamoto, Yoichiro Matsuura, Yoji Yamada:
  Toward quality texture display: vibrotactile stimuli to modify material roughness sensations. 1079-1089
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  Ryan S. Penning, Michael R. Zinn:
  A combined modal-joint space control approach for continuum manipulators. 1091-1108
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  Yonghyun Kim, Santhakumar Mohan, Jinwhan Kim:
  Task space-based control of an underwater robotic system for position keeping in ocean currents. 1109-1119
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  Yi Lu, Xuepeng Li:
  Dynamics analysis for a novel 6-DoF parallel manipulator I with three planar limbs. 1121-1132

Volume 28, Number 17, 2014

Full Papers

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  Luis Valentin, Rafael Murrieta-Cid, Lourdes Muñoz-Gómez, Rigoberto Lopez-Padilla, Moises Alencastre-Miranda:
  Motion strategies for exploration and map building under uncertainty with multiple heterogeneous robots. 1133-1149
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  Hana Boudjedir, Omar Bouhali, Nassim Rizoug:
  Adaptive neural network control based on neural observer for quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle. 1151-1164
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  Tao Ren, Yonghua Chen, Qingyou Liu:
  A helical drive in-pipe robot based on compound planetary gearing. 1165-1175
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  Satoko Abiko, Yoshikazu Satake, Xin Jiang, Teppei Tsujita, Masaru Uchiyama:
  Delay time compensation based on coefficient of restitution for collision hybrid motion simulator. 1177-1188
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  Shingo Murata, Hiroaki Arie, Tetsuya Ogata, Shigeki Sugano, Jun Tani:
  Learning to generate proactive and reactive behavior using a dynamic neural network model with time-varying variance prediction mechanism. 1189-1203

Volume 28, Number 18, 2014

Full Papers

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  Victor Mendez, Mahdi Tavakoli, Jian Li:
  A method for passivity analysis of multilateral haptic systems. 1205-1219
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  Ozan Korkmaz, Sitki Kemal Ider:
  Hybrid force and motion control of flexible joint parallel manipulators using inverse dynamics approach. 1221-1230
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  Miguel Cazorla, Pablo Gil, Santiago T. Puente, Jose Muñoz, Daniel Pastor:
  An improvement of a SLAM RGB-D method with movement prediction derived from a study of visual features. 1231-1242
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  Shigeru Bando, Takashi Tsubouchi, Shin'ichi Yuta:
  Scan matching method using projection in dominant direction of indoor environment. 1243-1251
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  Yasuyuki Yamada, Gen Endo, Edwardo F. Fukushima:
  Pneumatic walking assistive device for use over long period. 1253-1264

Volume 28, Number 19, 2014

Full Papers

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  Hiroki Kato, Jun Ota:
  Real-time spacecraft actuator fault diagnosis with state-segmented particle filtering. 1265-1276
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  Mojtaba Sharifi, Saeed Behzadipour, G. R. Vossoughi:
  Model reference adaptive impedance control in Cartesian coordinates for physical human-robot interaction. 1277-1290
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  Matteo Palpacelli, Giacomo Palmieri, Luca Carbonari, Massimo Callegari:
  Experimental identification of the static model of the HPKM Tricept industrial robot. 1291-1304
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  Hyuk Wang, Buwon Kang, Doo Yong Lee:
  Design of a slave arm of a surgical robot system to estimate the contact force at the tip of the employed instruments. 1305-1320

Short Paper

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  Hirokatsu Kodama, Chaoyang Shi, Masahiro Kojima, Seiichi Ikeda, Fumihito Arai, Ikuo Takahashi, Makoto Negoro, Toshio Fukuda:
  Catheter manipulation training system based on quantitative measurement of catheter insertion and rotation. 1321-1328

Volume 28, Number 20, 2014

Full Papers

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  Kenji Inoue, Kentaro Ujiie, Suwoong Lee:
  Development of haptic devices using flexible sheets for virtual training of abdominal palpation. 1331-1341
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  Eduardo Castello, Tomoyuki Yamamoto, Yutaka Nakamura, Hiroshi Ishiguro:
  Foraging optimization in swarm robotic systems based on an adaptive response threshold model. 1343-1356
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  Mitsuhiro Kamezaki, Hiroyasu Iwata, Shigeki Sugano:
  Time-series primitive static states for detailing work state and flow of human-operated work machine. 1357-1374
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  Weihai Chen, Haosong Yue, Xingming Wu, Jianhua Wang:
  Real-time obstacle detection for legged robots using the Kinect sensor. 1375-1387
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  M. H. Korayem, M. Nazemizadeh, H. N. Rahimi:
  Dynamic optimal payload path planning of mobile manipulators among moving obstacles. 1389-1402

Volume 28, Number 21, 2014

Full Papers

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  Haifei Zhu, Yisheng Guan, Wenqiang Wu, Xin Chen, Xuefeng Zhou, Hong Zhang:
  A binary approximating method for graspable region determination of biped climbing robots. 1405-1418
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  Alexandr Klimchik, Yier Wu, Stéphane Caro, Benoît Furet, Anatol Pashkevich:
  Geometric and elastostatic calibration of robotic manipulator using partial pose measurements. 1419-1429
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  Pietro Falco, Ciro Natale:
  Low-level flexible planning for mobile manipulators: a distributed perception approach. 1431-1444
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  Yong Xue, Junhong Yang, Jianzhong Shang, Zhuo Wang:
  Energy efficient fluid power in autonomous legged robotics based on bionic multi-stage energy supply. 1445-1457
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  Kai Xu, Huan Liu, Yuheng Du, Xiangyang Zhu:
  Design of an underactuated anthropomorphic hand with mechanically implemented postural synergies. 1459-1474

Volume 28, Number 22, 2014

Full Papers

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  Jorge Ocampo-Jiménez, Angélica Muñoz-Meléndez, Gustavo Rodríguez Gómez:
  Extending a spherical robot for dealing with irregular surfaces: a sea urchin-like robot. 1475-1485
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  Wan Ding, Yan-An Yao:
  Construction and locomotion analysis of modular robots with pneumatic-actuated and binary-controlled expandable cubes. 1487-1505
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  Sina Nia Kosari, Fredrik Ryden, Thomas S. Lendvay, Blake Hannaford, Howard Jay Chizeck:
  Forbidden region virtual fixtures from streaming point clouds. 1507-1518
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  Mika T. Rantanen, Martti Juhola:
  How to construct small probabilistic roadmaps with a good coverage? 1519-1531
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  Dapeng Yang, Yikun Gu, Rongqiang Liu, Hong Liu:
  Dexterous motion recognition for myoelectric control of multifunctional transradial prostheses. 1533-1543

Volume 28, Number 23, 2014

Special Issue: Disaster Response Robotics (1)
Preface

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  Kazunori Ohno, Satoshi Tadokoro, Nathan Michael, Geert-Jan M. Kruijff:
  Special issue on disaster response robotics. 1545

Full Papers

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  Geert-Jan M. Kruijff, Ivana Kruijff-Korbayová, Shanker Keshavdas, Benoit Larochelle, Miroslav Janícek, Francis Colas, Ming Liu, François Pomerleau, Roland Siegwart, Mark A. Neerincx, Rosemarijn Looije, Nanja J. J. M. Smets, Tina Mioch, Jurriaan van Diggelen, Fiora Pirri, Mario Gianni, Federico Ferri, Matteo Menna, Rainer Worst, Thorsten Linder, Viatcheslav Tretyakov, Hartmut Surmann, Tomás Svoboda, Michal Reinstein, Karel Zimmermann, Tomás Petrícek, Václav Hlavác:
  Designing, developing, and deploying systems to support human-robot teams in disaster response. 1547-1570
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  Huatao Zhang, Aiguo Song:
  System centroid position based tipover stability enhancement method for a tracked search and rescue robot. 1571-1585
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  Jongwon Park, Kyung-Soo Kim, Soohyun Kim:
  Design of a cat-inspired robotic leg for fast running. 1587-1598
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  Mitsuhiro Kamezaki, Hiroyasu Iwata, Shigeki Sugano:
  A practical operator support scheme and its application to safety-ensured object break using dual-arm machinery. 1599-1615

Volume 28, Number 24, 2014

Full Papers

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  Kenjiro Tadakuma, Riichiro Tadakuma, Shotaro Onishi, Yuichi Tsumaki:
  Worm wheel mechanism with passive rollers. 1617-1635
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  Shuji Oishi, Ryo Kurazume:
  Manual/automatic colorization for three-dimensional geometric models utilizing laser reflectivity. 1637-1651
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  Songmin Jia, Shuang Wang, Lijia Wang, Xiuzhi Li:
  Human tracking system based on adaptive multi-feature mean-shift for robot under the double-layer locating mechanism. 1653-1664
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  Bo Liu, Shiwu Zhang, Fenghua Qin, Jie Yang:
  Fluid-structure interaction study on the performance of flexible articulated caudal fin. 1665-1676
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  Hamid Dolatshahi Pirooz, Ata A. Eftekharian, Alireza Mohammad Shahri, Mohammad Eftekhari Yazdi:
  Design and implementation of a novel two stage mechanical-magnetic variable stiffness actuator (M²-VSA). 1677-1689