IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Volume 18
Volume 19, Number 1, February 2003
Simon J. Julier, Hugh F. Durrant-Whyte: On the role of process models in autonomous land vehicle navigation systems. 1-14
Youjing Cui, Shuzhi Sam Ge: Autonomous vehicle positioning with GPS in urban canyon environments. 15-25
Tine Lefebvre, Herman Bruyninckx, Joris De Schutter: Polyhedral contact formation modeling and identification for autonomous compliant motion. 26-41
Sonja E. Macfarlane, Elizabeth A. Croft: Jerk-bounded manipulator trajectory planning: design for real-time applications. 42-52
Herbert G. Tanner, Savvas G. Loizou, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos: Nonholonomic navigation and control of cooperating mobile manipulators. 53-64
Seungwoong Gwak, Junggon Kim, Frank Chongwoo Park: Numerical optimization on the Euclidean group with applications to camera calibration. 65-74
Pierre De Lit, Joëlle Danloy, Alain Delchambre, Jean-Michel Henrioud: An assembly-oriented product family representation for integrated design. 75-88
Maher Lahmar, Hakan Ergan, Saif Benjaafar: Resequencing and feature assignment on an automated assembly line. 89-102
Franco Blanchini, Stefano Miani, Raffaele Pesenti, Franca Rinaldi: Stabilization of multi-inventory systems with uncertain demand and setups. 103-116
Nukala Viswanadham, Roshan Shivanand Gaonkar: Partner selection and synchronized planning in dynamic manufacturing networks. 117-130
Houshang Darabi, Mohsen A. Jafari, Anna L. Buczak: A control switching theory for supervisory control of discrete event systems. 131-137
Asma Ghaffari, Nidhal Rezg, Xiaolan Xie: Design of a live and maximally permissive Petri net controller using the theory of regions. 137-141
Vittaldas V. Prabhu: Stable fault adaptation in distributed control of heterarchical manufacturing job shops. 142-149
Fabrice Chauvet, Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Jean-Marie Proth: Optimization of cyclic production systems: a heuristic approach. 150-154
Jia-Wei Li, Hong Liu, Hegao Cai: On computing three-finger force-closure grasps of 2-D and 3-D objects. 155-161
Gianluca Antonelli, Stefano Chiaverini, Giuseppe Fusco: A new on-line algorithm for inverse kinematics of robot manipulators ensuring path tracking capability under joint limits. 162-167
Toshiharu Sugie, Kenji Fujimoto, Yutaka Kito: Obstacle avoidance of manipulators with rate constraints. 168-174
Masahiro Oya, Chun-Yi Su, Ryozo Katoh: Robust adaptive motion/force tracking control of uncertain nonholonomic mechanical systems. 175-181
Volume 19, Number 2, April 2003
Byoung-Ho Kim, Byung-Ju Yi, Sang-Rok Oh, Il Hong Suh: Independent finger and independent joint-based compliance control of multifingered robot hands. 185-199
Sameer A. Joshi, Lung-Wen Tsai: A comparison study of two 3-DOF parallel manipulators: one with three and the other with four supporting legs. 200-209
Osamu Fukuda, Toshio Tsuji, Makoto Kaneko, Akira Otsuka: A human-assisting manipulator teleoperated by EMG signals and arm motions. 210-222
Atsushi Yamashita, Tamio Arai, Jun Ota, Hajime Asama: Motion planning of multiple mobile robots for Cooperative manipulation and transportation. 223-237
Mauro Di Marco, Andrea Garulli, Antonio Giannitrapani, Antonio Vicino: Simultaneous localization and map building for a team of cooperating robots: a set membership approach. 238-249
Jae Seok Park, Myung Jin Chung: Path planning with uncalibrated stereo rig for image-based visual servoing under large pose discrepancy. 250-258
Y. F. Li, Shengyong Chen: Automatic recalibration of an active structured light vision system. 259-268
Yunchun Yang, Jay A. Farrell: Magnetometer and differential carrier phase GPS-aided INS for advanced vehicle control. 269-282
Jeen-Shing Wang, C. S. George Lee: Self-adaptive recurrent neuro-fuzzy control of an autonomous underwater vehicle. 283-295
Shiyu Zhou, Qiang Huang, Jianjun Shi: State space modeling of dimensional variation propagation in multistage machining process using differential motion vectors. 296-309
Shengbing Jiang, Ratnesh Kumar, Humberto E. Garcia: Diagnosis of repeated/intermittent failures in discrete event systems. 310-323
Pierre De Lit, Alain Delchambre, Jean-Michel Henrioud: An integrated approach for product family and assembly system design. 324-334
Peter B. Luh, Ming Ni, Haoxun Chen, Lakshman S. Thakur: Price-based approach for activity coordination in a supply network. 335-346
Carl A. Moore, Michael A. Peshkin, J. Edward Colgate: Cobot implementation of virtual paths and 3D virtual surfaces. 347-351
Roland Bunschoten, Ben J. A. Kröse, Nikos A. Vlassis: Robust scene reconstruction from an omnidirectional vision system. 351-357
Roman Kuc: Forward model for sonar maps produced with the Polaroid ranging module. 358-362
Christine Chevallereau: Time-scaling control for an underactuated biped robot. 362-368
Volume 19, Number 3, June 2003
Srikanth Saripalli, James F. Montgomery, Gaurav S. Sukhatme: Visually guided landing of an unmanned aerial vehicle. 371-380
Elisha Sacks: Path planning for planar articulated robots using configuration spaces and compliant motion. 381-390
Takanori Emaru, Takeshi Tsuchiya: Research on estimating smoothed value and differential value by using sliding mode system. 391-402
Damien Chablat, Philippe Wenger: Architecture optimization of a 3-DOF translational parallel mechanism for machining applications, the orthoglide. 403-410
Olivier Company, Frédéric Marquet, François Pierrot: A new high-speed 4-DOF parallel robot synthesis and modeling issues. 411-420
Katsu Yamane, Yoshihiko Nakamura: Dynamics Filter - concept and implementation of online motion Generator for human figures. 421-432
Chandrasekhar Kambhampati, S. Rajasekharan: Multiple manipulator control from a human motor-control perspective. 433-442
Dongjun Lee, Perry Y. Li: Passive bilateral feedforward control of linear dynamically similar teleoperated manipulators. 443-456
Masao Sugi, Yusuke Maeda, Yasumichi Aiyama, Tomokazu Harada, Tamio Arai: A holonic architecture for easy reconfiguration of robotic assembly systems. 457-464
Pingtao Yan, MengChu Zhou: A life cycle engineering approach to development of flexible manufacturing systems. 465-473
Jin Young Choi, Spyros A. Reveliotis: A generalized stochastic Petri net model for performance analysis and control of capacitated reentrant lines. 474-480
Janny Leung, Guoqing Zhang: Optimal cyclic scheduling for printed circuit board production lines with multiple hoists and general processing sequence. 480-484
Miguel Almonacid, Roque J. Saltarén, Rafael Aracil, Óscar Reinoso: Motion planning of a climbing parallel robot. 485-489
Yuan Cheng, Gexue Ren, Shiliang Dai: Vibration control of Gough-Stewart platform on flexible suspension. 489-493
Francesco Bullo, Andrew D. Lewis: Kinematic controllability and motion planning for the snakeboard. 494-498
Jadran Lenarcic, Michael Stanisic: A humanoid shoulder complex and the humeral pointing kinematics. 499-506
Howie Choset, Keiji Nagatani, Nicole A. Lazar: The arc-transversal median algorithm: a geometric approach to increasing ultrasonic sensor azimuth accuracy. 513-521
Shuzhi Sam Ge, Tong Heng Lee, Christopher J. Harris: Adaptive neural network control for robotic manipulators [Book Review]. 523-524
Volume 19, Number 4, August 2003
Michael Masin, Nazrul I. Shaikh, Richard A. Wysk: A parameter variation modeling approach for enterprise optimization. 529-542
Yu Ding, Pansoo Kim, Dariusz Ceglarek, Jionghua Jin: Optimal sensor distribution for variation diagnosis in multistation assembly processes. 543-556
Antonio Ramírez-Treviño, Israel Rivera-Rangel, Ernesto López-Mellado: Observability of discrete event systems modeled by interpreted Petri nets. 557-565
Ting-Kai Hwang, Shi-Chung Chang: Design of a Lagrangian relaxation-based hierarchical production scheduling environment for semiconductor wafer fabrication. 566-578
Guanfeng Liu, Yunjiang Lou, Zexiang Li: Singularities of parallel manipulators: a geometric treatment. 579-594
Byung-Ju Yi, Goo Bong Chung, Heung Yeol Na, Whee Kuk Kim, Il Hong Suh: Design and experiment of a 3-DOF parallel micromechanism utilizing flexure hinges. 604-612
Taejung Kim, Sanjay E. Sarma: Optimal sweeping paths on a 2-manifold: a new class of optimization problems defined by path structures. 613-636
Franck Plestan, Jessy W. Grizzle, Eric R. Westervelt, Gabriel Abba: Stable walking of a 7-DOF biped robot. 653-668
Xiangyang Zhu, Jun Wang: Synthesis of force-closure grasps on 3-D objects based on the Q distance. 669-679
Yixin Chen, John E. McInroy, Yong Yi: Optimal, fault-tolerant mappings to achieve secondary goals without compromising primary performance. 680-691
Chien-Chern Cheah, Masanori Hirano, Sadao Kawamura, Suguru Arimoto: Approximate Jacobian control for robots with uncertain kinematics and dynamics. 692-702
Gregory S. Hornby, Hod Lipson, Jordan B. Pollack: Generative representations for the automated design of modular physical robots. 703-719
John T. Wen, John F. O'Brien: Singularities in three-legged platform-type parallel mechanisms. 720-726
Peter B. Goldsmith: Design and kinematics of a three-legged parallel manipulator. 726-731
Sung-Gaun Kim, Jeha Ryu: New dimensionally homogeneous Jacobian matrix formulation by three end-effector points for optimal design of parallel manipulators. 731-736
Shuguang Huang, Joseph M. Schimmels: Sufficient conditions used in admittance selection for force-guided assembly of polygonal parts. 737-742
Sigal Berman, Yael Edan, Mo Jamshidi: Navigation of decentralized autonomous automatic guided vehicles in material handling. 743-749
José E. Guivant, Eduardo Mario Nebot: Solving computational and memory requirements of feature-based simultaneous localization and mapping algorithms. 749-755
Volume 19, Number 5, October 2003
Alessandro De Luca: Editorial. 761-762

Paolo Dario, Blake Hannaford, Arianna Menciassi: Smart surgical tools and augmenting devices. 782-792
Cameron N. Riviere, Wei Tech Ang, Pradeep K. Khosla: Toward active tremor canceling in handheld microsurgical instruments. 793-800
Kostas Vlachos, Evangelos Papadopoulos, Dionissios N. Mitropoulos: Design and implementation of a haptic device for training in urological operations. 801-809
Kota Ohashi, Nobuhiko Hata, Tomoko Matsumura, Toru Ogata, Naoki Yahagi, Ichiro Sakuma, Takeyoshi Dohi: Stem cell harvesting device with passive flexible drilling unit for bone marrow transplantation. 810-817
Atsushi Nishikawa, Toshinori Hosoi, Kengo Koara, Daiji Negoro, Ayae Hikita, Shuichi Asano, Haruhiko Kakutani, Fumio Miyazaki, Mitsugu Sekimoto, Masayoshi Yasui, Yasuhiro Miyake, Shuji Takiguchi, Morito Monden: FAce MOUSe: A novel human-machine interface for controlling the position of a laparoscope. 825-841
Alexandre Krupa, Jacques Gangloff, Christophe Doignon, Michel de Mathelin, Guillaume Morel, Joël Leroy, Luc Soler, Jacques Marescaux: Autonomous 3-D positioning of surgical instruments in robotized laparoscopic surgery using visual servoing. 842-853

Etienne Dombre, Gilles Duchemin, Philippe Poignet, François Pierrot: Dermarob: A safe robot for reconstructive surgery. 876-884
Jong-Ha Chung, Seong-Young Ko, Dong-Soo Kwon, Jung-Ju Lee, Yong-San Yoon, Choong-Hee Won: Robot-assisted femoral stem implantation using an intramedulla gauge. 885-892
Moshe Shoham, Michael Burman, Eli Zehavi, Leo Joskowicz, Eduard Batkilin, Yigal Kunicher: Bone-mounted miniature robot for surgical procedures: Concept and clinical applications. 893-901
Matjaz Jakopec, Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena, Simon J. Harris, Paula Gomes, Justin Cobb, Brian L. Davies: The hands-on orthopaedic robot "acrobot": Early clinical trials of total knee replacement surgery. 902-911
Jeremy W. Cannon, Jeffrey A. Stoll, Shaun Selha, Pierre E. Dupont, Robert D. Howe, David F. Torchiana: Port placement planning in robot-assisted coronary artery bypass. 912-917
Peter J. Berkelman, Louis L. Whitcomb, Russell H. Taylor, Patrick S. Jensen: A miniature microsurgical instrument tip force sensor for enhanced force feedback during robot-assisted manipulation. 917-921
Adriana Vilchis Gonzales, Jocelyne Troccaz, Philippe Cinquin, Kohji Masuda, Franck Pellissier: A new robot architecture for tele-echography. 922-926
Dan Stoianovici, Kevin Cleary, Alexandru Patriciu, Dumitru Mazilu, Alexandru Stanimir, Nicolae Craciunoiu, Vance Watson, Louis R. Kavoussi: AcuBot: a robot for radiological interventions. 927-930
Volume 19, Number 6, December 2003
Jonathan R. Lawton, Randal W. Beard, Brett J. Young: A decentralized approach to formation maneuvers. 933-941
Xiangyang Zhu, Han Ding, Jun Wang: Grasp analysis and synthesis based on a new quantitative measure. 942-953
Bruno Monsarrat, Clément M. Gosselin: Workspace analysis and optimal design of a 3-leg 6-DOF parallel platform mechanism. 954-966
Vicente Parra-Vega, Suguru Arimoto, Yun-Hui Liu, Gerd Hirzinger, Prasad Akella: Dynamic sliding PID control for tracking of robot manipulators: theory and experiments. 967-976
Fabrice Dusonchet, Max-Olivier Hongler: Continuous-time restless bandit and dynamic scheduling for make-to-stock production. 977-990
Byung-In Kim, Sunderesh S. Heragu, Robert J. Graves, Art St. Onge: A hybrid scheduling and control system architecture for warehouse management. 991-1001
Shang-Teh Wu, Yi-Chih Chuang: Output regulation of robot manipulators with a constantly revolving arm. 1002-1006
Vicente Feliú Batlle, José Andres S. Somolinos, Andrés García: Inverse dynamics based control system for a three-degree-of-freedom flexible arm. 1007-1014
Francis Ching, David Wang: Exact solution and infinite-dimensional stability analysis of a single flexible link in collision. 1015-1020
Peter Leven, Seth Hutchinson: Using manipulability to bias sampling during the construction of probabilistic roadmaps. 1020-1026
Chung-Hsien Kuo, Han-Pang Huang: Distributed performance evaluation of a controlled IC fab. 1027-1033



