Robotica, Volume 26

Volume 26, Number 1, January 2008

• Xiuli Zhang, Haojun Zheng:
  Autonomously clearing obstacles using the biological flexor reflex in a quadrupedal robot. 1-7
  
• Prahlad Vadakkepat, Dip Goswami, Chia Meng-Hwee:
  Disturbance rejection by online ZMP compensation. 9-17
  
• Manuel F. Silva, José António Tenreiro Machado:
  Kinematic and dynamic performance analysis of artificial legged systems. 19-39
  
• Pankaj Sharma, Anupam Saxena, Ashish Dutta:
  Optimal arrest and guidance of a moving prismatic object using multiagents. 41-53
  
• Hyeung-Sik Choi, Gyu-Deuk Hwang, Sam-Sang You:
  Development of a new buffing robot manipulator for shoes. 55-62
  
• Yauheni Veryha, Henrik Gordon Petersen:
  Application of joint error maximum mutual compensation for hexapod robots. 63-73
  
• Guangjun Liu, Sajan Abdul, Andrew A. Goldenberg:
  Distributed control of modular and reconfigurable robot with torque sensing. 75-84
  
• Juan C. Martínez-Rosas, Marco A. Arteaga:
  Force and velocity observers for the control of cooperative robots. 85-92
  
• Jun Wu, Jinsong Wang, Tiemin Li, Liping Wang, Liwen Guan:
  Dynamic dexterity of a planar 2-DOF parallel manipulator in a hybrid machine tool. 93-98
  
• Mario Mata, Jose M. Armingol, Javier Fernández, Arturo de la Escalera:
  Object learning and detection using evolutionary deformable models for mobile robot navigation. 99-107
  
• Zeyang Xia, Li Liu, Jing Xiong, Yi Qiang, Ken Chen:
  Design aspects and development of humanoid robot THBIP-2. 109-116
  
• Jing Ren, Kenneth A. McIsaac, Rajni V. Patel:
  Modified Newton's method applied to potential field-based navigation for nonholonomic robots in dynamic environments. 117-127
  

Volume 26, Number 2, March 2008

• F. Donoso-Aguirre, J.-P. Bustos-Salas, Miguel Torres-Torriti, Andres Guesalaga:
  Mobile robot localization using the Hausdorff distance. 129-141
  
• Farbod Fahimi:
  Full formation control for autonomous helicopter groups. 143-156
  
• Aleksandar G. Rodic, Miomir Vukobratovic, Khalid Addi, Georges Dalleau:
  Contribution to the modeling of nonsmooth multipoint contact dynamics of biped locomotion - Theory and experiments. 157-175
  
• D. Chaigneau, Marc Arsicault, Jean-Pierre Gazeau, Saod Zeghloul:
  LMS robotic hand grasp and manipulation planning (an isomorphic exoskeleton approach). 177-188
  
• David Rawlinson, Ray A. Jarvis:
  Topologically-directed navigation. 189-203
  
• Nosan Kwak, Gon Woo Kim, Beom Hee Lee:
  A new compensation technique based on analysis of resampling process in FastSLAM. 205-217
  
• J. Lin, J. H. Zhan, Julian Chang:
  Stabilization and equilibrium control of a new pneumatic cart-seesaw system. 219-227
  
• Giuseppe Carbone, Marco Ceccarelli, P. J. Oliveira, Sezimaria F. P. Saramago, J. C. M. Carvalho:
  An optimum path planning for Cassino Parallel Manipulator by using inverse dynamics. 229-239
  
• Hung-Hsing Lin, Ching-Chih Tsai:
  Improved global localization of an indoor mobile robot via fuzzy extended information filtering. 241-254
  

Volume 26, Number 3, May 2008

• Suguru Arimoto, Morio Yoshida, Ji-Hun Bae:
  Stability of Two-Dimensional Blind Grasping under the Gravity Effect and Rolling Constraints. 255-266
  
• Gholamreza Vossoughi, Hodjat Pendar, Zoya Heidari, Saman Mohammadi:
  Assisted passive snake-like robots: conception and dynamic modeling using Gibbs-Appell method. 267-276
  
• Soo-Yeong Yi:
  Global ultrasonic system with selective activation for autonomous navigation of an indoor mobile robot. 277-283
  
• Jing Ren, Kenneth A. McIsaac, Rajni V. Patel:
  Modified Newton's method applied to potential field based navigation for nonholonomic robots in dynamic environments. 285-294
  
• Andrej Olensek, Zlatko Matjacic:
  Human-like control strategy of a bipedal walking model. 295-306
  
• Gon Woo Kim, Ji Min Kim, Nosan Kwak, Beom Hee Lee:
  Hierarchical sensor fusion for building a probabilistic local map using active sensor modules. 307-322
  
• Olivier Chocron:
  Evolutionary design of modular robotic arms. 323-330
  
• Shahram Salimi, Gary M. Bone:
  Kinematic enveloping grasp planning method for robotic dexterous hands and three-dimensional objects. 331-344
  
• Celso De La Cruz, Ricardo O. Carelli:
  Dynamic model based formation control and obstacle avoidance of multi-robot systems. 345-356
  
• Gerasimos G. Rigatos:
  Distributed gradient and particle swarm optimization for multi-robot motion planning. 357-370
  
• Chun-Ta Chen, Hua-Wei Chi:
  Singularity-free trajectory planning of platform-type parallel manipulators for minimum actuating effort and reactions. 371-384
  
• José P. Puga, Luciano E. Chiang:
  Optimal trajectory planning for a redundant mobile manipulator with non-holonomic constraints performing push-pull tasks. 385-394
  
• Erik Macho, Oscar Altuzarra, Charles Pinto, Alfonso Hernández:
  Workspaces associated to assembly modes of the 5R planar parallel manipulator. 395-403
  
• Iman Ebrahimi, Juan A. Carretero, Roger Boudreau:
  Kinematic analysis and path planning of a new kinematically redundant planar parallel manipulator. 405-413
  

Volume 26, Number 4, July 2008

• Eduardo Bayro-Corrochano:
  Editorial. 415-416
  
• Wooram Park, Yan Liu, Yu Zhou, Matthew Moses, Gregory S. Chirikjian:
  Kinematic state estimation and motion planning for stochastic nonholonomic systems using the exponential map. 419-434
  
• Sigal Berman, Dario G. Liebermann, Tamar Flash:
  Application of motor algebra to the analysis of human arm movements. 435-451
  
• Reiner Lenz:
  Lie methods for color robot vision. 453-464
  
• Carlos López-Franco, Eduardo Bayro-Corrochano:
  Body sensor calibration and construction of 3D maps for robot navigation using the framework of conformal geometric algebra. 465-481
  
• Hongbo Li, Lina Zhao, Ying Chen:
  A symbolic approach to polyhedral scene analysis by parametric calotte propagation. 483-501
  
• Subramanian Ramamoorthy, Ram Rajagopal, Lothar Wenzel:
  Efficient, incremental coverage of space with a continuous curve. 503-512
  
• Maxim Kolesnikov, Milos Zefran:
  Generalized penetration depth for penalty-based six-degree-of-freedom haptic rendering. 513-524
  
• Elias K. Xidias, Nikos A. Aspragathos:
  Motion planning for multiple non-holonomic robots: a geometric approach. 525-536
  
• Onno C. Goemans, A. Frank van der Stappen:
  On the design of traps for feeding 3D parts on vibratory tracks. 537-550
  
• Yaniv Altshuler, Vladimir Yanovski, Israel A. Wagner, Alfred M. Bruckstein:
  Efficient cooperative search of smart targets using UAV Swarms. 551-557
  

Volume 26, Number 5, September 2008

• Carlos López-Franco, Eduardo Bayro-Corrochano:
  Omnidirectional vision and conformal geometric algebra for visual landmark identification. 559-569
  
• J. L. Peralta-Cabezas, Miguel Torres-Torriti, M. Guarini-Hermann:
  A comparison of Bayesian prediction techniques for mobile robot trajectory tracking. 571-585
  
• Luis Gracia, Josep Tornero:
  Kinematic models and isotropy analysis of wheeled mobile robots. 587-599
  
• Nestor Eduardo Nava Rodriguez, Giuseppe Carbone, Marco Ceccarelli:
  Simulation results for design and operation of CALUMA, a new low-cost humanoid robot. 601-618
  
• K. Y. Tsai, T. K. Lee, Y. S. Jang:
  A new class of isotropic generators for developing 6-DOF isotropic manipulators. 619-625
  
• Vicente Milanés, José Eugenio Naranjo, Carlos González, Javier Alonso Ruiz, Teresa de Pedro:
  Autonomous vehicle based in cooperative GPS and inertial systems. 627-633
  
• Abílio Azenha, Adriano Carvalho:
  Dynamic analysis of AGV control under dead-reckoning algorithm. 635-641
  
• Dragomir N. Nenchev, Akinori Nishio:
  Ankle and hip strategies for balance recovery of a biped subjected to an impact. 643-653
  
• Xuping Zhang, James K. Mills, William L. Cleghorn:
  Vibration control of elastodynamic response of a 3-PRR flexible parallel manipulator using PZT transducers. 655-665
  
• Jaeheung Park, Oussama Khatib:
  Robot multiple contact control. 667-677
  
• Houssem Abdellatif, Bodo Heimann:
  A novel multiple-heuristic approach for singularity-free motion planning of spatial parallel manipulators. 679-689
  
• M. Ani Hsieh, Vijay Kumar, Luiz Chaimowicz:
  Decentralized controllers for shape generation with robotic swarms. 691-701
  

Volume 26, Number 6, November 2008

• Zoe Doulgeri, Yiannis Karayiannidis:
  Force/position control self-tuned to unknown surface slopes using motion variables. 703-710
  
• Ufuk Özbay, H. Türker Sahin, Erkan Zergeroglu:
  Robust tracking control of kinematically redundant robot manipulators subject to multiple self-motion criteria. 711-728
  
• Karla Camarillo, Ricardo Campa, Víctor Santibáñez, Javier Moreno-Valenzuela:
  Stability analysis of the operational space control for industrial robots using their own joint velocity PI controllers. 729-738
  
• Mirjana Filipovic, Miomir Vukobratovic:
  Expansion of source equation of elastic line. 739-751
  
• R. Saravanan, S. Ramabalan, C. Balamurugan:
  Multiobjective trajectory planner for industrial robots with payload constraints. 753-765
  
• Ibrahim Halatci, Christopher A. Brooks, Karl Iagnemma:
  A study of visual and tactile terrain classification and classifier fusion for planetary exploration rovers. 767-779
  
• Heng Wang, K. H. Low, Michael Yu Wang:
  A bilateral teleoperation controller considering the transition between the free space motion and the constrained motion. 781-790
  
• Flavio Firmani, Alp Zibil, Scott B. Nokleby, Ron P. Podhorodeski:
  Wrench capabilities of planar parallel manipulators. Part I: Wrench polytopes and performance indices. 791-802
  
• Flavio Firmani, Alp Zibil, Scott B. Nokleby, Ron P. Podhorodeski:
  Wrench capabilities of planar parallel manipulators. Part II: Redundancy and wrench workspace analysis. 803-815
  
• Renato Samperio, Huosheng Hu, Francisco Martín, Vicente Matellán:
  A hybrid approach to fast and accurate localization for legged robots. 817-830