Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Volume 18

Volume 18, Number 1, January 1997

• Shih-Tin Lin:
  Force Sensing Using Kalman Filtering Techniques for Robot Compliant Motion Control. 1-16
  
• Chia-Ju Wu:
  Collision-Free Trajectory Planning for Two Cooperative Redundant Manipulators Using the Minimum-Time Criterion. 17-45
  
• Lih-Chang Lin, Tzong-En Lee:
  Integrated PID-type Learning and Fuzzy Control for Flexible-joint Manipulators. 47-66
  
• S. P. Chan, H. C. Liaw:
  Robust Motion Control for Robotic Assembly Tasks using Variable Structure Control Scheme. 67-86
  
• Shih-Tin Lin, Hui-Chen Tsai:
  Impedance Control with On-Line Neural Network Compensator for Dual-Arm Robots. 87-104
  

Volume 18, Number 2, February 1997

• Elon Rimon, Stephen P. Boyd:
  Obstacle Collision Detection Using Best Ellipsoid Fit. 105-126
  
• Philippe Gorce, Olivier Vanel:
  Behaviour Synthesis of the Erect Stance for a Biped Control. 127-145
  
• Young Soo Park, Hyung Suck Cho:
  Task Oriented Optimum Positioning of a Mobile Manipulator Base in a Cluttered Environment. 147-168
  
• Jae-Kyung Lee, Hyung Suck Cho:
  Mobile Manipulator Motion Planning for Multiple Tasks Using Global Optimization Approach. 169-190
  
• Miomir Vukobratovic, Aleksandar G. Rodic, Yuri Ekalo:
  Impedance Control as a Particular Case of the Unified Approach to the Control of Robots Interacting with a Dynamic Known Environment. 191-204
  

Volume 18, Number 3, March 1997

• Scott C. Brown, Kevin M. Passino:
  Intelligent Control for an Acrobot. 209-248
  
• Feng Lu, Evangelos E. Milios:
  Robot Pose Estimation in Unknown Environments by Matching 2D Range Scans. 249-275
  
• José Luis Pons Rovira, Ramón Ceres Ruíz, A. R. Jiménez, L. Calderón, J. M. Martin:
  Nonlinear Performance Index (npi): A Tool for Manipulator Dynamics Improvement. 277-287
  
• Régis Canart, Pierre Borne:
  Implementation of Adaptive Hyperplanes for the Determination of Robust Control. 289-308
  

Volume 18, Number 4, April 1997

• Uwe Beyer, Frank J. Smieja:
  A Heuristic Approach to the Inverse Differential Kinematics Problem. 309-327
  
• Alain Pruski, Serge Rohmer:
  Robust Path Planning for Non-Holonomic Robots. 329-350
  
• Jharna Majumdar, A. G. Seethalakshmy:
  A CAD Model Based System for Object Recognition. 351-365
  
• Collin Wang, Heng Ma, David J. Cannon:
  Human-Machine Collaboration in Robotics: Integrating Virtual Tools with a Collision Avoidance Concept using Conglomerates of Spheres. 367-397
  
• Michèle Rombaut, Nadine Le Fort-Piat:
  Driving Activity: How to Improve Knowledge of the Environment. 399-408