Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Volume 53

Volume 53, Number 1, September 2008

Kimon P. Valavanis:
From the Editor-in-Chief. 1
Yawei Yang, John F. O'Brien:
Finding Unmanipulable Singularities in Parallel Mechanisms Using Jacobian Decomposition. 3-19
Hodjat Pendar, Hajir Roozbehani, Hoda Sadeghian, Hassan Zohoor:
Singularity Analysis of a 3DOF Parallel Manipulator Using Infinite Constraint Plane Method. 21-34
Ranjit Kumar Barai, Kenzo Nonami:
Locomotion Control of a Hydraulically Actuated Hexapod Robot by Robust Adaptive Fuzzy Control with Self-Tuned Adaptation Gain and Dead Zone Fuzzy Pre-compensation. 35-56
Zhibin Liu, Zongying Shi, Mingguo Zhao, Wenli Xu:
Adaptive Dynamic Clustered Particle Filtering for Mobile Robots Global Localization. 57-85
Hui Yu, Yongji Wang:
Coordinated Collective Motion of Groups of Autonomous Mobile Robots with Directed Interconnected Topology. 87-98

Kimon P. Valavanis:
From the Editor-in-Chief. 99
Ali Meghdari, Saeed Sohrabpour, Davood Naderi, S. H. Tamaddoni, F. Jafari, H. Salarieh:
A Novel Method of Gait Synthesis for Bipedal Fast Locomotion. 101-118
Hung-Hsing Lin, Ching-Chih Tsai:
Laser Pose Estimation and Tracking Using Fuzzy Extended Information Filtering for an Autonomous Mobile Robot. 119-143
Luis Gracia, Josep Tornero:
Optimal Trajectory Planning for Wheeled Mobile Robots Based on Kinematics Singularity. 145-168
Y. J. Huang, S. H. Chang, T. C. Kuo:
Robust Fuzzy Output Sliding Control without the Requirement of State Measurement. 169-182
Xinzheng Zhang, Ahmad B. Rad, Yiu-Kwong Wong:
A Robust Regression Model for Simultaneous Localization and Mapping in Autonomous Mobile Robot. 183-202

Kimon P. Valavanis:
From the Editor in Chief. 203
Krzysztof Kozlowski, Przemyslaw Herman:
Control of Robot Manipulators in Terms of Quasi-Velocities. 205-221
Jan Rosell, Carlos Vázquez, Alexander Pérez, Pedro Iñiguez:
Motion Planning for Haptic Guidance. 223-245
J. B. Huang, Z. W. Xie, H. Liu, K. Sun, Y. C. Liu, Z. N. Jiang:
DSP/FPGA-based Controller Architecture for Flexible Joint Robot with Enhanced Impedance Performance. 247-261
Francisco Bonin-Font, Alberto Ortiz, Gabriel Oliver:
Visual Navigation for Mobile Robots: A Survey. 263-296

Kimon P. Valavanis:
From the Editor-in-Chief. 297
Chyi-Yeu Lin, Chang-Kuo Tseng, Po-Chia Jo:
A Multi-functional Entertaining and Educational Robot. 299-330
Qinghong Guo, C. J. B. Macnab, Jeff K. Pieper:
Hopping on Even Ground and Up Stairs with a Single Articulated Leg. 331-358
Zhen Qi, John E. McInroy:
Improved Image Based Visual Servoing with Parallel Robot. 359-379
Monica Anderson, Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos:
Implicit Cooperation Strategies for Multi-robot Search of Unknown Areas. 381-397
S. Ioannou, K. Dalamagkidis, Kimon P. Valavanis, E. K. Stefanakos:
Improving Endurance and Range of a UGV with Gimballed Landing Platform for Launching Small Unmanned Helicopters. 399-416