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ICRA 2002: Washington, DC, USA
- Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2002, May 11-15, 2002, Washington, DC, USA. IEEE 2002, ISBN 0-7803-7273-5

Volume 1
Localization I
- Thierry Venet, Thierry Capitaine, Mohammed Hamzaoui, F. Fazzino:

One Active Beacon for an Indoor Absolute Localization of a Mobile Vehicle. 1-6 - Nikos Vlassis, Bas Terwijn, Ben J. A. Kröse:

Auxiliary Particle Filter Robot Localization from High-Dimensional Sensor Observations. 7-12 - Arnaud Clerentin, Laurent Delahoche, Eric Brassart, Cyril Cauchois:

Mobile Robot Localization Based on Multi Target Tracking. 13-18 - Danfeng Li, Stephen E. Levinson:

A Linear Phase Unwrapping Method for Binaural Sound Source Localization on a Robot. 19-23
Humanoid Robots I
- Fumio Kanehiro, Kiyoshi Fujiwara, Shuuji Kajita, Kazuhito Yokoi, Kenji Kaneko, Hirohisa Hirukawa, Yoshihiko Nakamura, Katsu Yamane:

Open Architecture Humanoid Robotics Platform. 24-30 - Shuuji Kajita, Fumio Kanehiro, Kenji Kaneko, Kiyoshi Fujiwara, Kazuhito Yokoi, Hirohisa Hirukawa:

A Realtime Pattern Generator for Biped Walking. 31-37 - Kenji Kaneko, Shuuji Kajita, Fumio Kanehiro, Kazuhito Yokoi, Kiyoshi Fujiwara, Hirohisa Hirukawa, Toshikazu Kawasaki, Masaru Hirata, Takakatsu Isozumi:

Design of Advanced Leg Module for Humanoid Robotics Project of METI. 38-45 - Toshio Fukuda, Jun Taguri, Fumihito Arai, Masakazu Nakashima, Daisuke Tachibana, Yasuhisa Hasegawa:

Facial Expression of Robot Face for Human-Robot Mutual Communication. 46-51
Flying Robots
- Srinath Avadhanula, Robert J. Wood, Domenico Campolo

, Ronald S. Fearing
:
Dynamically Tuned Design of the MFI Thorax. 52-59 - Wei Chung Wu, Robert J. Wood, Ronald S. Fearing:

Halteres for the Micromechanical Flying Insect. 60-65 - H. Jin Kim, David Hyunchul Shim, Shankar Sastry:

Flying Robots: Modeling, Control and Decision Making. 66-71 - Erdinç Altug

, James P. Ostrowski, Robert E. Mahony
:
Control of a Quadrotor Helicopter using Visual Feedback. 72-77
Petri Nets I
- Haoxun Chen, Lionel Amodeo, Feng Chu:

Batch Deterministic and Stochastic Petri Nets: A Tool for Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Supply Chain. 78-83 - Claire Valentin

, C. Rimlinger:
Control Verification of a Chemical Automated Process by Mixed Petri Nets. 84-89 - Davide Giglio, Riccardo Minciardi:

Optimal Routing and Scheduling by Maximum Gap Policies in Manufacturing Systems. 90-95 - José Luis González Sánchez, M. Mediavilla Pascual, Juan Carlos Fraile Marinero, Fernando Gayubo Rojo, Javier Pérez Turiel

, F. J. García González:
Analysis of Utilization and Throughput in a Multirobot System. 96-101
Modular Robots I
- Jennifer E. Walter, Elizabeth M. Tsai, Nancy M. Amato:

Choosing Good Paths for Fast Distributed Reconfiguration of Hexagonal Metamorphic Robots. 102-109 - Zack J. Butler, Robert Fitch

, Daniela Rus, Yuhang Wang:
Distributed Goal Recognition Algorithms for Modular Robots. 110-116 - Sergei Vassilvitskii, Mark Yim, John W. Suh:

A Complete, Local and Parallel Reconfiguration Algorithm for Cube Style Modular Robots. 117-122 - Adrian Dumitrescu, Ichiro Suzuki, Masafumi Yamashita:

High Speed Formations of Reconfigurable Modular Robotic Systems. 123-128
Calibration (Kinematic)
- Kourosh Parsa, Jorge Angeles, Arun K. Misra:

Attitude Calibration of an Accelerometer Array. 129-134 - M. A. Pérez Rueda, A. Lara Feria, Juan Carlos Fraile Marinero, J. Delgado Urrecho, José Luis González Sánchez:

Manipulator Kinematic Error Model in a Calibration Process through Quaternion-Vector Pairs. 135-140 - Gianni Campion, Paolo Fiorini, Sandra Martelli:

Robot Calibration using a Mobile Camera. 141-146 - David Daney:

Optimal Measurement Configurations for Gough Platform Calibration. 147-152
Robot Programming
- Xiangtian Dai, Gregory D. Hager, John Peterson:

Specifying Behavior in C++. 153-160 - Soshi Iba, Christiaan J. J. Paredis, Pradeep K. Khosla:

Interactive Multi-Modal Robot Programming. 161-168 - David Kortenkamp, Reid G. Simmons, Tod Milam, Joaquín Lopez Fernández:

A Suite of Tools for Debugging Distributed Autonomous Systems. 169-174 - Jakob Fredslund, Maja J. Mataric:

Huey, Dewey, Louie, and GUI - Commanding Robot Formations. 175-180
Deadlocks in Resource Allocation
- Maria Pia Fanti, Biagio Turchiano:

Deadlock Analysis in Automated Manufacturing Systems with Conjunctive Resource Service. 181-186 - Jonghun Park, Spyros A. Reveliotis:

Liveness Enforcing Supervision for Resource Allocation Systems with Forbidden States and Uncontrollable Events. 187-192 - Naiqi Wu, MengChu Zhou:

Deadlock Avoidance in Semiconductor Track Systems. 193-198 - Widodo Sulistyono, Mark A. Lawley:

Robust Supervisory Control for Manufacturing Systems with Unreliable Resources. 199-204
Uncalibrated Vision
- Bojian Liang, Nick E. Pears:

Visual Navigation using Planar Homographies. 205-210 - Warren E. Dixon

, Erkan Zergeroglu
, Yongchun Fang, Darren M. Dawson:
Object Tracking by a Robot Manipulator: A Robust Cooperative Visual Servoing Approach. 211-216 - Ezio Malis:

Vision-Based Control Invariant to Camera Intrinsic Parameters: Stability Analysis and Path Tracking. 217-222 - Jana Kosecká, Wei Zhang:

Efficient Computation of Vanishing Points. 223-228
Virtual Reality
- Masayuki Kawai, Tsuneo Yoshikawa:

Haptic Display of Movable Virtual Object with Interface Device Capable of Continuous-Time Impedance Display by Analog Circuit. 229-234 - Albert Casals, Josep Fernández, Josep Amat:

Augmented Reality to Assist Teleoperation Working with Reduced Visual Conditions. 235-240 - Peter Amstutz, Andrew H. Fagg:

Real Time Visualization of Robot State with Mobile Virtual Reality. 241-247 - Sadao Kawamura, T. Yamamoto, D. Ishida, Tetsuya Ogata, Y. Nakayama, Osamu Tabata, Susumu Sugiyama:

Development of Passive Elements with Variable Mechanical Impedance for Wearable Robots. 248-253
Motion Planning I
- Libo Yang, Steven M. LaValle:

An Improved Random Neighborhood Graph Approach. 254-259 - Stefano Caselli, Monica Reggiani, Roberto Sbravati:

Parallel Path Planning with Multiple Evasion Strategies. 260-266 - Peng Cheng, Steven M. LaValle:

Resolution Complete Rapidly-Exploring Random Trees. 267-272 - Richard Mason, Joel W. Burdick:

Trajectory Planning using Reachable-State Density Functions. 273-280
Cooperating Robots I
- Guilherme A. S. Pereira, Bruno Santos Pimentel, Luiz Chaimowicz, Mario Fernando Montenegro Campos:

Coordination of Multiple Mobile Robots in an Object Carrying Task using Implicit Communication. 281-286 - Aaron Khoo, Ian Douglas Horswill:

An Efficient Coordination Architecture for Autonomous Robot Teams. 287-292 - Luiz Chaimowicz

, Mario Fernando Montenegro Campos, Vijay Kumar:
Dynamic Role Assignment for Cooperative Robots. 293-298 - John Sweeney, T. J. Brunette, Yunlei Yang, Roderic A. Grupen:

Coordinated Teams of Reactive Mobile Platforms. 299-304
Mobile Robot Sensing
- M. Anthony Lewis:

Detecting Surface Features During Locomotion using Optic Flow. 305-310 - Christian Martin, Sebastian Thrun:

Real-Time Acquisition of Compact Volumetric 3D Maps with Mobile Robots. 311-316 - Lauro V. Ojeda, Johann Borenstein:

FLEXnav: Fuzzy Logic Expert Rule-Based Position Estimation for Mobile Robots on Rugged Terrain. 317-322 - Jürgen Klahold, Jens Rautenberg, Ulrich Rückert:

Continuous Sonar Sensing for Mobile Mini-Robots. 323-328
Binary Actuation
- I-Ming Chen

, Song Huat Yeo:
Locomotion and Navigation of a Planar Walker Based on Binary Actuation. 329-334 - Moustapha Hafez, Matthew D. Lichter, Steven Dubowsky:

Optimized Binary Modular Reconfigurable Robotic Devices. 335-340 - Matthew D. Lichter, Vivek A. Sujan, Steven Dubowsky:

Computational Issues in the Planning and Kinematics of Binary Robots. 341-346 - Elizabeth V. Mangan, Daniel A. Kingsley, Roger D. Quinn, Hillel J. Chiel:

Development of a Peristaltic Endoscope. 347-352
Localization II
- Giorgio Grisetti, Luca Iocchi, Daniele Nardi:

Global Hough Localization for Mobile Robots in Polygonal Environments. 353-358 - Jürgen Wolf, Wolfram Burgard, Hans Burkhardt:

Robust Vision-Based Localization for Mobile Robots using an Image Retrieval System Based on Invariant Features. 359-365 - Haris Baltzakis, Panos E. Trahanias:

Hybrid Mobile Robot Localization using Switching State-Space Models. 366-373 - Raj Madhavan, Kingsley Fregene

, Lynne E. Parker
:
Distributed Heterogeneous Outdoor Multi-Robot Localization. 374-381
Mobile Manipulation I
- Jindong Tan

, Ning Xi:
Integrated Task Planning and Control for Mobile Manipulators. 382-387 - Oliver Brock, Oussama Khatib, Sriram Viji:

Task-Consistent Obstacle Avoidance and Motion Behavior for Mobile Manipulation. 388-393 - Zhi Dong Wang, Vijay Kumar:

Object Closure and Manipulation by Multiple Cooperating Mobile Robots. 394-399 - Rodrigo S. Jamisola, Marcelo H. Ang

, Denny Oetomo, Oussama Khatib, Tao Ming Lim, Ser Yong Lim:
The Operational Space Formulation Implementation to Aircraft Canopy Polishing using a Mobile Manipulator. 400-405
Underwater Localization
- Stefan B. Williams, Gamini Dissanayake

, Hugh F. Durrant-Whyte:
An Efficient Approach to the Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping Problem. 406-411 - Hayato Kondo

, Tamaki Ura:
Detailed Object Observation by Autonomous Underwater Vehicle with Localization Involving Uncertainty of Magnetic Bearings. 412-419 - Stefan Rolfes, Maria-João Rendas:

Mobile Robot Localization Based on Random Closed Set Model Maps. 420-425 - Richard J. Rikoski, John J. Leonard, Paul M. Newman:

Stochastic Mapping Frameworks. 426-433
Industrial Automation
- Valentinos K. Kongezos, Charles R. Allen:

Wireless Communication Between A.G.V.'s (Autonomous Guided Vehicle) and the Industrial Network C.A.N. (Controller Area Network). 434-437 - Arvind Balijepalli, Thenkurussi Kesavadas:

An Exploratory Haptic Based Robotic Path Planning and Training Tool. 438-443 - Andreas Pichler, Markus Vincze, Henrik J. Andersen, Ole Madsen, Kurt Häusler:

A Method for Automatic Spray Painting of Unknown Parts. 444-449 - Heping Chen, Weihua Sheng

, Ning Xi, Mumin Song, Yifan Chen:
Automated Robot Trajectory Planning for Spray Painting of Free-Form Surfaces in Automotive Manufacturing. 450-455
Fault Tolerance
- Martin L. Leuschen, Joseph R. Cavallaro, Ian D. Walker:

Robotic Fault Detection using Nonlinear Analytical Redundancy. 456-463 - Brian P. Gerkey, Maja J. Mataric:

Pusher-Watcher: An Approach to Fault-Tolerant Tightly-Coupled Robot Coordination. 464-469 - Renato Tinós, Marco H. Terra, Marcel Bergerman:

Fault Tolerance in Cooperative Manipulators. 470-475 - Curt A. Bererton, Pradeep K. Khosla:

An Analysis of Cooperative Repair Capabilities in a Team of Robots. 476-482
Parallel Robots I
- Wataru Tanaka, Tatsuo Arai, Kenji Inoue, Yasushi Mae, Choong Sik Park:

Simplified Kinematic Calibration for a Class of Parallel Mechanism. 483-488 - Takanori Masuda, Motoyoshi Fujiwara, Norihiko Kato, Tatsuo Arai:

Mechanism Configuration Evaluation of a Linear-Actuated Parallel Mechanism using Manipulability. 489-495 - Dimiter Zlatanov, Ilian A. Bonev, Clément Gosselin

:
Constraint Singularities of Parallel Mechanisms. 496-502 - Philip A. Voglewede, Imme Ebert-Uphoff

:
Two Viewpoints on the Unconstrained Motion of Parallel Manipulators at or Near Singular Configurations. 503-510
Graphics and Simulation I
- Fabrice Gravez, Bachar Mohamed, Fathi Ben Ouezdou:

Dynamic Simulation of a Humanoid Robot with Four DOFs Torso. 511-516 - Stephane Redon

, Abderrahmane Kheddar, Sabine Coquillart:
Gauss' Least Constraints Principle and Rigid Body Simulations. 517-522 - Farhad Aghili, Jean-Claude Piedboeuf:

Contact Dynamics Emulation for Hardware-in-Loop Simulation of Robots Interacting with Environment. 523-529 - Katsu Yamane, Yoshihiko Nakamura:

Efficient Parallel Dynamics Computation of Human Figures. 530-537
Force-Guided Assembly
- Shuguang Huang, Joseph M. Schimmels:

Sufficient Conditions used in Admittance Selection for Planar Force-Guided Assembly. 538-543 - Shih-Feng Chen, Imin Kao:

Geometrical Approach to the Conservative Congruence Transformation (CCT) for Robotic Stiffness Control. 544-549 - Yanmei Li, Shih-Feng Chen, Imin Kao:

Stiffness Control and Transformation for Robotic Systems with Coordinate and Non-Coordinate Bases. 550-555 - Rodney G. Roberts:

On the Normal Form of a Spatial Stiffness Matrix. 556-561
Uncalibrated Visual Servo Control
- Jiang Qian, Jianbo Su:

Online Estimation of Image Jacobian Matrix by Kalman-Bucy Filter for Uncalibrated Stereo Vision Feedback. 562-567 - Jenelle Armstrong Piepmeier, Ben A. Gumpert, Harvey Lipkin:

Uncalibrated Eye-in-Hand Visual Servoing. 568-573 - François-Xavier Espiau, Ezio Malis, Patrick Rives:

Robust Features Tracking for Robotic Applications: Towards 2½ D Visual Servoing with Natural Images. 574-579 - Yantao Shen, Guoliang Xiang, Yun-Hui Liu, Kejie Li:

Uncalibrated Visual Servoing of Planar Robots. 580-585
Novel Applications of Haptics
- Ryan C. Hayward, John M. Hollerbach:

Implementing Virtual Stairs on Treadmills using Torso Force Feedback. 586-591 - Thomas Debus, Tae-Jeong Jang, Pierre E. Dupont, Robert D. Howe:

Multi-Channel Vibrotactile Display for Teleoperated Assembly. 592-597 - Ming C. Lin, William V. Baxter III, Mark Foskey, Miguel A. Otaduy, Vincent Scheib:

Haptic Interaction for Creative Processes with Simulated Media. 598-604 - Christopher Richard, Mark R. Cutkosky:

Friction Modeling, Display in Haptic Applications Involving user Performance. 605-611
Motion Planning II
- Chaomin Luo, Simon X. Yang, Deborah A. Stacey, Jan C. Jofriet:

A Solution to Vicinity Problem of Obstacles in Complete Coverage Path Planning. 612-617 - Borislav H. Simov, Steven M. LaValle, Giora Slutzki:

A Complete Pursuit-Evasion Algorithm for Two Pursuers using Beam Detection. 618-623 - Srinivas Akella

, Seth Hutchinson
:
Coordinating the Motions of Multiple Robots with Specified Trajectories. 624-631 - Anna Atramentov, Steven M. LaValle:

Efficient Nearest Neighbor Searching for Motion Planning. 632-637
Impedance Control
- Mark E. Dohring, Wyatt S. Newman:

Admittance Enhancement in Force Feedback of Dynamic Systems. 638-643 - Toru Tsumugiwa, Ryuichi Yokogawa, Kei Hara:

Variable Impedance Control Based on Estimation of Human Arm Stiffness for Human-Robot Cooperative Calligraphic Task. 644-650 - Norihiro Koizumi, Shin'ichi Warisawa, Mamoru Mitsuishi, Hiroyuki Hashizume:

Impedance Controller for a Remote Ultrasound Diagnostic System. 651-656 - Alin Albu-Schäffer

, Gerd Hirzinger:
Cartesian Impedance Control Techniques for Torque Controlled Light-Weight Robots. 657-663
Mobile Robot Control I
- Eduardo do Valle Simões, Dante Augusto Couto Barone:

Predation: An Approach to Improving the Evolution of Real Robots with a Distributed Evolutionary Controller. 664-669 - Jing Liu, Houshang Darabi:

Ramadge-Wonham Supervisory Control of Mobile Robots: Lessons from Practice. 670-675 - John R. Spletzer, Camillo J. Taylor:

Sensor Planning and Control in a Dynamic Environment. 676-681 - Attawith Sudsang:

A Sufficient Condition for Capturing an Object in the Plane with Disc-Shaped Robots. 682-687
Localization III
- Frank Dellaert, Ashley W. Stroupe:

Linear 2D Localization and Mapping for Single and Multiple Robot Scenarios. 688-694 - Michael Montemerlo, Sebastian Thrun, William Whittaker:

Conditional Particle Filters for Simultaneous Mobile Robot Localization and People-Tracking. 695-701 - Douglas P. Perrin

, Esra Kadioglu
, Sascha Stoeter, Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos:
Localization of Miniature Mobile Robots using Constant Curvature Dynamic Contours. 702-707 - Cédric Pradalier, Sepanta Sekhavat:

"Localization Space: " A Framework for Localization and Planning, for Systems using a Sensor/Landmarks Module. 708-713
Omnidirectional Robots
- Geoffrey Long, Jay Anderson, Johann Borenstein:

The Kinematic Design of the OmniPede: A New Approach to Obstacle Traversion. 714-719 - Kyung-Seok Byun, Sung-Jae Kim, Jae-Bok Song:

Design of a Four-Wheeled Omnidirectional Mobile Robot with Variable Wheel Arrangement Mechanism. 720-725 - Matthew Spenko

, Haoyong Yu, Steven Dubowsky:
Analysis and Design of an Omnidirectional Platform for Operation on Non-Ideal Floors. 726-731 - Tae Bum Park, Jae Hoon Lee, Byung-Ju Yi, Whee Kuk Kim, Bum-Jae You, Sang-Rok Oh

:
Optimal Design and Actuator Sizing of Redundantly Actuated Omni-Directional Mobile Robots. 732-737
Underwater Robots I
- Shuxiang Guo, Toshio Fukuda, Kinji Asaka:

Fish-Like Underwater Microrobot with 3 DOF. 738-745 - Daniel J. Stilwell:

Decentralized Control Synthesis for a Platoon of Autonomous Vehicles. 744-749 - Kenneth A. McIsaac, James P. Ostrowski:

Experiments in Closed-Loop Control for an Underwater Eel-Like Robot. 750-755 - Kristi A. Morgansen, Patricio A. Vela

, Joel W. Burdick:
Trajectory Stabilization for a Planar Carangiform Robot Fish. 756-762
Manufacturing Information Infrastrucutre
- C. V. L. Raju, Y. Narahari:

Queueing Network Modeling and Lead Time Compression of Electronic Procurement. 763-768 - Philip Vozzola, Alan A. Desrochers, Robert J. Graves:

Optimization of Printed Circuit Board Design using Distributed Decision-Making Systems. 769-774 - Amit Kumar, Arthur C. Sanderson, Robert J. Graves, Raj Subbu:

Distributed Relational Decision Framework for Scalable Enterprise Systems. 775-780 - Min-Hsiung Hung, Chih-Hsiang Tsai, Fan-Tien Cheng

, Haw Ching Yang:
A Novel Ethernet-Based Equipment Integration Framework for Factory Automation. 781-786
Modular Robots II
- Konstantine C. Prevas, Cem Ünsal, Mehmet Önder Efe, Pradeep K. Khosla:

A Hierarchical Motion Planning Strategy for a Uniform Self-Reconfigurable Modular Robotic System. 787-792 - Jeremy Kubica, Eleanor Gilbert Rieffel:

Creating a Smarter Membrane: Automatic Code Generation for Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robots. 793-800 - Sergei Vassilvitskii, Jeremy Kubica, Eleanor Gilbert Rieffel, John W. Suh, Mark Yim:

On the General Reconfiguration Problem for Expanding Cube Style Modular Robots. 801-808 - Zack J. Butler, Keith Kotay, Daniela Rus, Kohji Tomita:

Generic Decentralized Control for a Class of Self-Reconfigurable Robots. 809-816
Parallel Robots II
- Wisama Khalil, Sylvain Guegan:

A Novel Solution for the Dynamic Modeling of Gough-Stewart Manipulators. 817-822 - Chintien Huang, Wei-Heng Hung, Imin Kao:

New Conservative Stiffness Mapping for the Stewart-Gough Platform. 823-828 - Hitoshi Kino

, Sadao Kawamura:
Development of a Serial Link Structure/Parallel Wire System for a Force Display. 829-834 - Guanfeng Liu, X. Z. Wu, Zexiang Li:

Inertia Equivalence Principle and Adaptive Control of Redundant Parallel Manipulators. 835-840
Graphics and Simulation II
- Jeff M. Phillips, Andrew M. Ladd, Lydia E. Kavraki:

Simulated Knot Tying. 841-846 - Patrick G. Xavier:

Implicit Convex-Hull Distance of Finite-Screw-Swept Volumes. 847-854 - Katsu Yamane, Yoshihiko Nakamura:

Synergetic CG Choreography through Constraining and Deconstraining at Will. 855-862 - R. Amit, Maja J. Mataric:

Parametric Primitives for Motor Representation and Control. 863-868
Fixturing I
- Devin J. Balkcom, Jeffrey C. Trinkle, E. J. Gottlieb:

Computing Wrench Cones for Planar Contact Tasks. 869-875 - Jae-Sook Cheong, Kenneth Y. Goldberg, Mark H. Overmars, A. Frank van der Stappen

:
Fixturing Hinged Polygons. 876-881 - Devin J. Balkcom, E. J. Gottlieb, Jeffrey C. Trinkle:

A Sensorless Insertion Strategy for Rigid Planar Parts. 882-887 - Benny H. B. Yeung, James K. Mills:

Development of a Six Degree-of-Freedom Reconfigurable Gripper for Flexible Fixtureless Assembly. 888-893
Omnidirectional Vision
- Cyril Drocourt, Laurent Delahoche, Bruno Marhic, Arnaud Clerentin:

Simultaneous Localization and Map Construction Method using Omnidirectional Stereoscopic Information. 894-899 - Hajime Nagahara, Yasushi Yagi, Masahiko Yachida:

Resolution Improving Method for a 3D Environment Modeling using Omnidirectional Image Sensor. 900-907 - Emanuele Menegatti

, Enrico Pagello
, Mark Wright:
Using Omnidirectional Vision within the Spatial Semantic Hierarchy. 908-914 - David C. K. Yuen, Bruce A. MacDonald:

Natural Landmark Based Localisation System using Panoramic Images. 915-920
Haptic Simulation
- Young J. Kim, Ming C. Lin, Dinesh Manocha:

DEEP: Dual-Space Expansion for Estimating Penetration Depth Between Convex Polytopes. 921-926 - Doug L. James, Dinesh K. Pai:

Real Time Simulation of Multizone Elastokinematic Models. 927-932 - Jochen Lang, Dinesh K. Pai, Robert J. Woodham:

Robotic Acquisition of Deformable Models. 933-938 - Frédéric Mazzella, Kevin Montgomery, Jean-Claude Latombe:

The Forcegrid: A Buffer Structure for Haptic Interaction with Virtual Elastic Objects. 939-946
Motion Planning III
- Jun Ota:

Rearrangement Planning of Multiple Movable Objects by using Realtime Search Methodology. 947-953 - Yoav Gabriely, Elon Rimon

:
Spiral-STC: An On-Line Coverage Algorithm of Grid Environments by a Mobile Robot. 954-960 - DeWitt Latimer IV, Siddhartha S. Srinivasa, Vincent Lee-Shue, Samuel Sonne, Howie Choset, Aaron P. Hurst:

Towards Sensor Based Coverage with Robot Teams. 961-967 - Sven Koenig, Maxim Likhachev:

Improved Fast Replanning for Robot Navigation in Unknown Terrain. 968-975
Cooperating Manipulators
- Dong Sun

, James K. Mills:
Adaptive Synchronized Control for Coordination of Two Robot Manipulators. 976-981 - Jae Hoon Lee, Byung-Ju Yi, Sang-Rok Oh

, Il Hong Suh:
Impulse Measure Based Performance Analysis of Sawing Task by Dual Arm. 982-988 - Jun Imamura, Kazuhiro Kosuge:

Handling of an Object Exceeding Load Capacity of Dual Manipulators using Virtually Unactuated Joints. 989-994 - Yasuhisa Hirata, Takeo Takagi, Kazuhiro Kosuge, Hajime Asama, Hayato Kaetsu, Kuniaki Kawabata:

Motion Control of Multiple DR Helpers Transporting a Single Object in Cooperation with a Human Based on Map Information. 995-1000
Autonomous Agents I
- Tadashi Kitamura, Jun'ichiro Otsubo, Makoto Abe:

Emotional Intelligence for Linking Symbolic Behaviors. 1001-1006 - Philippe Lucidarme, Olivier Simonin, Alain Liégeois:

Implementation and Evaluation of a Satisfaction/Altruism Based Architecture for Multi-Robot Systems. 1007-1012 - Thomas J. Palmer, Michael A. Goodrich:

Satisficing Anytime Action Search for Behavior-Based Voting. 1013-1018 - Wei-Min Shen, Behnam Salemi:

Distributed and Dynamic Task Reallocation in Robot Organizations. 1019-1024
Localization IV
- Matej Artac, Matjaz Jogan

, Ales Leonardis:
Mobile Robot Localization using an Incremental Eigenspace Model. 1025-1030 - Paul Blaer, Peter K. Allen:

Topological Mobile Robot Localization using Fast Vision Techniques. 1031-1036 - Gi-jeong Jang, Sungho Kim, Wang-Heon Lee, In-So Kweon:

Color Landmark Based Self-Localization for Indoor Mobile Robots. 1037-1042 - Kazuhiro Nakadai, Ken-ichi Hidai, Hiroshi G. Okuno

, Hiroaki Kitano:
Real-Time Speaker Localization and Speech Separation by Audio-Visual Integration. 1043-1049
Mobile Mechanism Design
- Milo C. Silverman, Dan Nies, Boyoon Jung, Gaurav S. Sukhatme:

Staying Alive: A Docking Station for Autonomous Robot Recharging. 1050-1055 - Atsushi Konno, Noriyoshi Kato, Yusuke Mitsuya, Masaru Uchiyama:

Design and Development of the Quadrupedal Research Platform JROB-2. 1056-1061 - Satoru Sakai, Michihisa Iida, Mikio Umeda:

Heavy Material Handling Manipulator for Agricultural Robot. 1062-1068 - Andrew Drenner, Ian T. Burt, Tom Dahlin, Bradley Kratochvil, Colin McMillen, Bradley J. Nelson, Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos, Paul E. Rybski, Kristen Stubbs, David Waletzko, Kemal Berk Yesin:

Mobility Enhancements to the Scout Robot Platform. 1069-1074
Volume 2
Underwater Robots II
- Ji-Hong Li

, Pan-Mook Lee, Sang-Jeong Lee
:
Neural Net Based Nonlinear Adaptive Control for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. 1075-1080 - David A. Smallwood, Louis L. Whitcomb:

The Effect of Model Accuracy and Thruster Saturation on Tracking Performance of Model Based Controllers for Underwater Robotic Vehicles: Experimental Results. 1081-1087 - Sadao Kawamura, Norimitsu Sakagami:

Analysis on Dynamics of Underwater Robot Manipulators basing on Iterative Learning Control and Time-Scale Transformation. 1088-1094 - Jeen-Shing Wang, C. S. George Lee:

Self-Adaptive Recurrent Neuro-Fuzzy Control for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. 1095-1100
Internet Automation
- Neng-Shiang Liang, Li-Chen Fu, Chao-Lin Wu:

An Integrated, Flexible, and Internet-Based Control Architecture for Home Automation System in the Internet Era. 1101-1106 - Yan Tu, Peter B. Luh, Ming Ni, Lakshman S. Thakur:

Internet-Based Manufacturing Scheduling: Architecture and Implementation. 1107-1112 - P. Renton, P. Bender, S. Veldhuis, D. Renton, Mohamed A. Elbestawi, R. Teltz, Tim Bailey:

Internet-Based Manufacturing Process Optimization and Monitoring System. 1113-1118 - Roshan S. Gaonkar, Nukala Viswanadham:

Integrated Planning in Electronic Marketplace Embedded Supply Chains. 1119-1124
Micro Locomotion
- Louis Phee, Arianna Menciassi, Samuele Gorini, G. Pernorio, Alberto Arena, Paolo Dario:

An Innovative Locomotion Principle for Minirobots Moving in the Gastrointestinal Tract. 1125-1130 - Tao Mei, Yong Chen, Guoqiang Fu, Deyi Kong:

Wireless Drive and Control of a Swimming Microrobot. 1131-1136 - V. K. Varma, Warren E. Dixon:

Design of a Piezoelectric Meso-Scale Mobile Robot: A Compliant Amplification Approach. 1137-1142 - Gabe Sibley, Mohammad H. Rahimi, Gaurav S. Sukhatme:

Robomote: A Tiny Mobile Robot Platform for Large-Scale Ad-Hoc Sensor Networks. 1143-1148
Parallel Robots III
- Jean-Pierre Merlet:

Optimal Design for the Micro Parallel Robot MIPS. 1149-1154 - Xin-Jun Liu, JongWon Kim:

A New Three-Degree-of-Freedom Parallel Manipulator. 1155-1160 - Ramzi Sellaouti, Atsushi Konno, Fathi Ben Ouezdou:

Design of a 3 DOFs Parallel Actuated Mechanism for a Biped Hip Joint. 1161-1166 - Byung-Ju Yi, Heung Youl Na, Goo Bong Chung, Whee Kuk Kim, Il Hong Suh:

Design and Experiment of a 3DOF Parallel Micro-Mechanism Utilizing Flexure Hinges. 1167-1172
Telerobotics I
- Pablo d'Angelo, Peter I. Corke

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Using a WAP Phone as Robot Interface. 1173-1178 - Kenneth Y. Goldberg, Dezhen Song

, Yoek-Nam Khor, David Pescovitz, Anthony Levandowski, Jesse C. Himmelstein, Janice Shih, Annamarie Ho, Eric Paulos, Judith S. Donath:
Collaborative Online Teleoperation with Spatial Dynamic Voting and a Human "Tele-Actor". 1179-1184 - Yuichi Tsumaki, Mitsugu Takahashi, Woo-Keun Yoon, Masaru Uchiyama:

Virtual Radar: An Obstacle Information Display System for Teleoperation. 1185-1190 - Nikitas M. Sgouros, Stelios Gerogiannakis:

Integrating WAP-Based Wireless Devices in Robot Teleoperation Environments. 1191-1196
Distributed Manipulation
- Hyungpil Moon, Jonathan E. Luntz:

Distributed Manipulation by Superposition of Logarithmic-Radial Potential Fields. 1197-1202 - Konstantinos Varsos, Jonathan E. Luntz:

Distributed Manipulation along Trajectories using Open-Loop Force Fields. 1203-1209 - Todd D. Murphey

, Joel W. Burdick:
Global Exponential Stabilizability for Distributed Manipulation Systems. 1210-1216 - Peng Song, Vijay Kumar:

A Potential Field Based Approach to Multi-Robot Manipulation. 1217-1222
Vision Processing
- Vlatko Becanovic, Ansgar Bredenfeld, Paul-Gerhard Plöger:

Reactive Robot Control using Optical Analog VLSI Sensors. 1223-1228 - Shingo Kagami, Takashi Komuro, Idaku Ishii

, Masatoshi Ishikawa:
A Real-Time Visual Processing System using a General-Purpose Vision Chip. 1229-1234 - Byoung-Ju Lee, Hyun-Gu Lee, Joo-Ho Lee

, Gwi-Tae Park:
A Design of a Data Accessing Service for a Real-Time Vision Service in the Resource Sharing Architecture. 1235-1240 - Kazutaka Kurihara, Shin'ichiro Hoshino, Katsu Yamane, Yoshihiko Nakamura:

Optical Motion Capture System with Pan-Tilt Camera Tracking and Realtime Data Processing. 1241-1248
Haptic Perception
- Lorraine E. P. Williams, R. Bowen Loftin, Hal A. Aldridge, Ernst L. Leiss, William Bluethmann:

Kinesthetic and Visual Force Display for Telerobotics. 1249-1254 - Marcia Kilchenman O'Malley

, Michael Goldfarb:
The Implications of Surface Stiffness for Size Identification and Perceived Surface Hardness in Haptic Interfaces. 1255-1260 - Seungmoon Choi, Hong Z. Tan:

A Study on the Sources of Perceptual Instability during Haptic Texture Rendering. 1261-1268 - Norali Pernalete, Wentao Yu, Rajiv V. Dubey, Wilfrido Alejandro Moreno:

Development of a Robotic Haptic Interface to Assist the Performance of Vocational Tasks by People with Disabilities. 1269-1274
Learning I
- J. Brian Lee, Maxim Likhachev, Ronald C. Arkin:

Selection of Behavioral Parameters: Integration of Discontinuous Switching via Case-Based Reasoning with Continuous Adaptation via Learning Momentum. 1275-1281 - Maxim Likhachev, Michael Kaess, Ronald C. Arkin:

Learning Behavioral Parameterization using Spatio-Temporal Case-Based Reasoning. 1282-1289 - Anders Robertsson, D. Scalamogna, Mattias Grundelius, Rolf Johansson

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Cascaded Iterative Learning Control for Improved Task Execution of Optimal Control. 1290-1295 - Poj Tangamchit

, John M. Dolan, Pradeep K. Khosla:
The Necessity of Average Rewards in Cooperative Multirobot Learning. 1296-1301
Manipulator Control I
- Jong-keun Park, James E. Bobrow:

Minimum-Time Motions of Manipulators with Obstacles by Successive Searches for Minimum-Overload Trajectories. 1302-1308 - Dragan Kostic, Ron H. A. Hensen, Bram de Jager, Maarten Steinbuch

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Closed-Form Kinematic and Dynamic Models of an Industrial-Like RRR Robot. 1309-1314 - Takahiro Suzuki:

Anti-Gravity Control of Free-Joint Manipulators by Vibrational Input. 1315-1320 - Jun Ueda, Tsuneo Yoshikawa:

Robust Arm Configuration of Manipulator Mounted on Flexible Base. 1321-1326
Autonomous Agents II
- Jorge Cortés

, Sonia Martínez, Timur Karatas, Francesco Bullo:
Coverage Control for Mobile Sensing Networks. 1327-1332 - François Felix Ingrand, Frederic Py:

An Execution Control System for Autonomous Robots. 1333-1338 - Kingsley Fregene, Raj Madhavan, Lynne E. Parker:

Incremental Multiagent Robotic Mapping of Outdoor Terrains. 1339-1346 - Georgios Theocharous, Sridhar Mahadevan:

Approximate Planning with Hierarchical Partially Observable Markov Decision Process Models for Robot Navigation. 1347-1352
Localization V
- Ryuichi Ueda, Takeshi Fukase, Yuichi Kobayashi, Tamio Arai, Hideo Yuasa, Jun Ota:

Uniform Monte Carlo Localization - Fast and Robust Self-Localization Method for Mobile Robots. 1353-1358 - Axel Lankenau, Thomas Röfer:

Mobile Robot Self-Localization in Large-Scale Environments. 1359-1364 - José-Joel González-Barbosa, Simon Lacroix:

Rover Localization in Natural Environments by Indexing Panoramic Images. 1365-1370 - Kai Oliver Arras, José A. Castellanos, Roland Siegwart

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Feature-Based Multi-Hypothesis Localization and Tracking for Mobile Robots using Geometric Constraints. 1371-1377 - Agostino Martinelli:

The Accuracy on the Parameter Estimation of an Odometry System of a Mobile Robot. 1378-1383
Humanoid Robots II
- Atsushi Konno, Ramzi Sellaouti, Faïz Ben Amar, Fathi Ben Ouezdou:

Design and Development of the Biped Prototype ROBIAN. 1384-1389 - Nancy S. Pollard

, Jessica K. Hodgins, Marcia Riley, Christopher G. Atkeson:
Adapting Human Motion for the Control of a Humanoid Robot. 1390-1397 - Auke Jan Ijspeert, Jun Nakanishi, Stefan Schaal:

Movement Imitation with Nonlinear Dynamical Systems in Humanoid Robots. 1398-1403 - Tomomichi Sugihara, Yoshihiko Nakamura, Hirochika Inoue:

Realtime Humanoid Motion Generation through ZMP Manipulation Based on Inverted Pendulum Control. 1404-1409 - Masafumi Okada, Koji Tatani, Yoshihiko Nakamura:

Polynomial Design of the Nonlinear Dynamics for the Brain-Like Information Processing of Whole Body Motion. 1410-1415
Biomedical Robotics
- Kazuyoshi Wada, Takanori Shibata, Tomoko Saito, Kazuo Tanie:

Robot Assisted Activity for Elderly People and Nurses at a Day Service Center. 1416-1421 - Arin Basmajian, Ernesto E. Blanco, Haruhiko Asada:

The Marionette Bed: Automated Rolling and Repositioning of Bedridden Patients. 1422-1427 - Hideaki Takanobu

, Atsuo Takanishi, Daisaku Ozawa, Kayoko Ohtsuki, Masatoshi Ohnishi, Akihisa Okino:
Integrated Dental Robot System for Mouth Opening and Closing Training. 1428-1433 - Giancarlo Teti, Cecilia Laschi, Loredana Zollo, Eugenio Guglielmelli, Paolo Dario:

Experimental Validation of Functional Compliance in an Anthropomorphic Personal Robot. 1434-1438 - Cecilia Laschi

, Margarita Gonzalo Tasis, Javier Finat Codes, Paolo Dario:
Recognizing Hand Posture by Vision: Applications in Humanoid Personal Robotics. 1439-1444
Automation Applications
- Shinichi Hirai

, Masamitsu Ukai, Ken Yamada, Koji Sugita:
Spreading and Isolating Multiple Stacked Cards using Absorptive Hole Array. 1445-1450 - Mingjun Zhang, William Fisher, Tzyh Jong Tarn:

A Planer Object Mapping and Handling System for DNA Micro-Array Deposition Equipment. 1451-1456 - Shinichi Tokumoto, Shinichi Hirai:

Deformation Control of Rheological Food Dough using a Forming Process Model. 1457-1464 - Tsung-Che Chiang, Li-Chen Fu:

Design of Modern Elevator Group Control Systems. 1465-1470 - Ren C. Luo, Jyh Hwa Chou:

Investigation of a Linear 2-D Planar Motor Based Rapid Tooling System. 1471-1476
Micro Assembly
- Lixin Dong

, Fumihito Arai, Toshio Fukuda:
3D Nanoassembly of Carbon Nanotubes through Nanorobotic Manipulations. 1477-1482 - Han Zhang

, Etienne Burdet, Dietmar Werner Hutmacher
, Aun Neow Poo, Yves Bellouard
, Reymond Clavel, Thomas Sidler:
Robotic Micro-Assembly of Scaffold/Cell Constructs with a Shape Memory Alloy Gripper. 1483-1488 - Carmen Kar Man Fung, Imad H. Elhajj

, Wen J. Li, Ning Xi:
A 2-D PVDF Force Sensing System for Micro-Manipulation and Micro-Assembly. 1489-1494 - Dan O. Popa, Byoung Hun Kang, Jeongsik Sin, Jie Zou:

Reconfigurable Micro-Assembly System for Photonics Applications. 1495-1500 - Claude Cassier, Antoine Ferreira, Shigeoki Hirai:

Combination of Vision Servoing Techniques and VR-Based Simulation for Semi-Autonomous Microassembly Workstation. 1501-1506
Hyper-Redundant Robots
- Tetsushi Kamegawa, Fumitoshi Matsuno, Ranajit Chatterjee:

Proposition of Twisting Mode of Locomotion and GA Based Motion Planning for Transition of Locomotion Modes of 3-Dimensional Snake-Like Robot. 1507-1512 - G. Meltem Kulali, Mustafa Gevher, Aydan M. Erkmen

, Ismet Erkmen:
Intelligent Gait Synthesizer for Serpentine Robots. 1513-1518 - Ian A. Gravagne, Ian D. Walker:

Uniform Regulation of a Multi-Section Continuum Manipulator. 1519-1524 - Yunfeng Wang, Gregory S. Chirikjian:

A Diffusion-Based Algorithm for Workspace Generation of Highly Articulated Manipulators. 1525-1530 - Mircea Ivanescu:

Position Dynamic Control for a Tentacle Manipulator. 1531-1538
Skill Acquisition
- Tetsunari Inamura, Iwaki Toshima, Yoshihiko Nakamura:

Acquisition and Embodiment of Motion Elements in Closed Mimesis Loop. 1539-1544 - Koichi Ogawara, Jun Takamatsu, Hiroshi Kimura, Katsushi Ikeuchi:

Generation of a Task Model by Integrating Multiple Observations of Human Demonstrations. 1545-1550 - Yasuyoshi Yokokohji, Yuki Kitaoka, Tsuneo Yoshikawa:

Motion Capture from Demonstrator's Viewpoint and Its Application to Robot Teaching. 1551-1558 - Masahiro Takeuchi, Fumio Miyazaki, Michiya Matsushima

, Masato Kawatani, Takaaki Hashimoto:
Dynamic Dexterity for the Performance of "Wall-Bouncing" Tasks. 1559-1564 - Takaaki Yamada, Keigo Watanabe, Kazuo Kiguchi, Kiyotaka Izumi:

Acquiring Performance Skill of Backward Giant Circle by a Rings Gymnastic Robot. 1565-1570
Grasping
- Yan-Bin Jia

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Curvature-Based Computation of Antipodal Grasps. 1571-1577 - John Fasoulas, Zoe Doulgeri:

Object Stable Grasping Control by Dual Robotic Fingers with Soft Rolling Contacts. 1578-1583 - Makoto Kaneko, Kensuke Harada, Toshio Tsuji:

Dynamic Friction Closure. 1584-1589 - K. Gopalakrishnan, Kenneth Y. Goldberg:

Gripping Parts at Concave Vertices. 1590-1596 - Steffen Haidacher, Gerd Hirzinger:

Contact Point Identification in Multi-Fingered Grasps Exploiting Kinematic Constraints. 1597-1603
Visual Servo Control I
- Lingfeng Deng, Farrokh Janabi-Sharifi

, William J. Wilson:
Stability and Robustness of Visual Servoing Methods. 1604-1609 - Koichi Hashimoto

, Keiro Nagahama, Toshiro Noritsugu:
A Mode Switching Estimator for Visual Servoing. 1610-1615 - Nicholas R. Gans

, Peter I. Corke
, Seth Hutchinson
:
Performance Tests of Partitioned Approaches to Visual Servo Control. 1616-1623 - Benoît Thuilot, Philippe Martinet

, Lionel Cordesses, Jean Gallice:
Position Based Visual Servoing: Keeping the Object in the Field of Vision. 1624-1629 - Enrique Cervera

, François Berry, Philippe Martinet
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Is 3D Useful in Stereo Visual Control? 1630-1635
Tactile Sensing I
- Mark Moll

, Michael A. Erdmann:
Dynamic Shape Reconstruction using Tactile Sensors. 1636-1641 - Stephen A. Mascaro, H. Harry Asada:

Filter Design and Calibration for Fingernail Sensors to Measure Fingertip Forces and Finger Posture. 1642-1648 - Liqun Du, Fumihito Arai, Guiryong Kwon, Toshio Fukuda, Kouichi Itoigawa, Yasunori Tsukahara:

Dynamic Analysis of Micro Touch Sensor Array Synthesized by Hydrothermal Method. 1649-1654 - Luigi Biagiotti, M. Gavesi, Claudio Melchiorri, Bruno Riccò:

A New Stress Sensor for Force/Torque Measurements. 1655-1660 - Ryo Kikuuwe

, Tsuneo Yoshikawa:
Robot Perception of Environment Impedance. 1661-1666
Sensor-Based Planning I
- Samuel T. Pfister, Kristopher L. Kriechbaum, Stergios I. Roumeliotis, Joel W. Burdick:

Weighted Range Sensor Matching Algorithms for Mobile Robot Displacement Estimation. 1667-1674 - Ji Yeong Lee, Howie Choset:

Sensor-Based Exploration for Convex Bodies: A New Roadmap for a Convex-Shaped Robot. 1675-1682 - Héctor H. González-Baños, Cheng-Yu Lee, Jean-Claude Latombe:

Real-Time Combinatorial Tracking of a Target Moving Unpredictably among Obstacles. 1683-1690 - Joel M. Esposito, Vijay Kumar:

A Method for Modifying Closed-Loop Motion Plans to Satisfy Unpredictable Dynamic Constraints at Runtime. 1691-1696 - Chris Leger:

Efficient Sensor/Model Based On-Line Collision Detection for Planetary Manipulators. 1697-1703
Force Control
- Johan Baeten, Herman Bruyninckx, Joris De Schutter:

Tool/Camera Configurations for Eye-in-Hand Hybrid Vision/Force Control. 1704-1709 - Gerd Hirzinger, Norbert Sporer, Alin Albu-Schäffer, Matthias Hähnle, R. Krenn, A. Pascucci, Markus Schedl:

DLR's Torque-Controlled Light Weight Robot III - Are We Reaching the Technological Limits Now? 1710-1716 - Ikuo Yamano, Kenjiro Takemura, Ken Endo, Takashi Maeno:

Method for Controlling Master-Slave Robots using Switching and Elastic Elements. 1717-1722 - Francesco Jatta, Riccardo Adamini, Antonio Visioli, Giovanni Legnani:

Hybrid Force/Velocity Robot Contour Tracking: An Experimental Analysis of Friction Compensation Strategies. 1723-1728 - Wen-Hong Zhu, Joris De Schutter

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Virtual Decomposition Based Motion/Force Control of Two Coordinated Industrial Manipulators KUKA361/KUKA160. 1729-1734
Nonholonomic Robots I
- Alessandro De Luca, Stefano Iannitti:

A Simple STLC Test for Mechanical Systems Underactuated by One Control. 1735-1740 - Francesco Bullo, Milos Zefran

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On Mechanical Control Systems with Nonholonomic Constraints and Symmetries. 1741-1746 - Devin J. Balkcom, Matthew T. Mason:

Extremal Trajectories for Bounded Velocity Mobile Robots. 1747-1752 - Yongsheng Ou, Yangsheng Xu:

Stabilization and Line Tracking of the Gyroscopically Stabilized Robot. 1753-1758 - Alessia Marigo, Antonio Bicchi:

A Local-Local Planning Algorithm for Rolling Objects. 1759-1764
Sensor Fusion
- Jeff Leal, Steve Scheding, Gamini Dissanayake

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Stochastic Simulation in Surface Reconstruction and Application to 3D Mapping. 1765-1770 - Farhad Ghassemi, Shahram Tafazoli, Peter D. Lawrence, Keyvan Hashtrudi-Zaad:

An Accelerometer-Based Joint Angle Sensor for Heavy-Duty Manipulators. 1771-1776 - Ren C. Luo, Kuo Lan Su, Kuo H. Tsai:

Fire Detection and Isolation for Intelligent Building System using Adaptive Sensory Fusion Method. 1777-1781 - Vivek A. Sujan, Steven Dubowsky:

Visually Built Task Models for Robot Teams in Unstructured Environments. 1782-1787 - Stergios I. Roumeliotis, Joel W. Burdick:

Stochastic Cloning: A Generalized Framework for Processing Relative State Measurements. 1788-1795
SLAM I
- Stephan ten Hagen, Ben J. A. Kröse:

Trajectory Reconstruction for Self-Localization and Map Building. 1796-1801 - Paul M. Newman, John J. Leonard, Juan D. Tardós, José Neira

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Explore and Return: Experimental Validation of Real-Time Concurrent Mapping and Localization. 1802-1809 - John W. Fenwick, Paul M. Newman, John J. Leonard:

Cooperative Concurrent Mapping and Localization. 1810-1817 - George Kantor, Sanjiv Singh:

Preliminary Results in Range-Only Localization and Mapping. 1818-1823 - Matthew C. Deans:

Maximally Informative Statistics for Localization and Mapping. 1824-1829
Humanoid Robots III
- Kazufumi Nishikawa, Akihiro Imai, Takayuki Ogawara, Hideaki Takanobu, Takemi Mochida, Atsuo Takanishi:

Speech Planning of an Anthropomorphic Talking Robot for Consonant Sounds Production. 1830-1835 - Loredana Zollo

, Bruno Siciliano
, Cecilia Laschi
, Giancarlo Teti, Paolo Dario:
Compliant Control for a Cable-Actuated Anthropomorphic Robot Arm: An Experimental Validation of Different Solutions. 1836-1841 - R. Andrew Russell, Anies Hannawati Purnamadjaja:

Odor and Airflow: Complementary Senses for a Humanoid Robot. 1842-1847 - Takayuki Kanda

, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Tetsuo Ono, Michita Imai, Ryohei Nakatsu:
Development and Evaluation of an Interactive Humanoid Robot "Robovie". 1848-1855 - Yasuyoshi Yokokohji, Shigemitsu Nomoto, Tsuneo Yoshikawa:

Static Evaluation of Humanoid Robot Postures Constrained to the Surrounding Environment through their Limbs. 1856-1863
Surgical Robots
- Alexandre Krupa

, Guillaume Morel, Michel de Mathelin:
Achieving High Precision Laparoscopic Manipulation through Adaptive Force Control. 1864-1869 - Peter J. Berkelman, Philippe Cinquin, Jocelyne Troccaz

, Jean-Marc Ayoubi, Christian Létoublon, F. Bouchard:
A Compact, Compliant Laparoscopic Endoscope Manipulator. 1870-1875 - Jacob Rosen, Jeffrey D. Brown, Lily Chang, Marco Barreca, Mika N. Sinanan, Blake Hannaford:

The BlueDRAGON - A System for Measuring the Kinematics and the Dynamics of Minimally Invasive Surgical Tools In-Vivo. 1876-1881 - Moji Ghodoussi, Steven E. Butner, Yulun Wang:

Robotic Surgery - The Transatlantic Case. 1882-1888 - Dong-Soo Kwon, Jung-Ju Lee, Yong-San Yoon, Seong-Young Ko, Jonathan Kim, Jong-Ha Chung, Chung-Hee Won, Jong-Hwa Kim:

The Mechanism and the Registration Method of a Surgical Robot for Hip Arthroplasty. 1889-1894
Petri Nets II
- Asma Ghaffari, Nidhal Rezg, Xiaolan Xie:

Maximally Permissive and Non-Blocking Control of Petri Nets using Theory of Regions. 1895-1900 - Olga Fengler, Wolfgang Fengler, Vesselka Duridanova:

Modeling of Complex Automation Systems using Colored State Charts. 1901-1906 - ShihSen Peng, MengChu Zhou:

Sensor-Based Petri Net Modeling for PLC Stage Programming of Discrete-Event Control Design. 1907-1912 - Weimin Wu, Hongye Su, Jian Chu:

Supervisory Control of Discrete Event Systems using Enabling Arc Petri Nets. 1913-1918 - Angela Adamyan, David He:

Failure and Safety Assessment of Systems using Petri Nets. 1919-1924
Micro Manipulation
- Noriaki Ando, Peter Tamas Szemes, Péter Korondi, Hideki Hashimoto:

Improvement of Response Isotropy of Haptic Interface for Tele-Micromanipulation Systems. 1925-1930 - Mark Moll

, Kenneth Y. Goldberg, Michael A. Erdmann, Ronald S. Fearing
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Orienting Micro-Scale Parts with Squeeze and Roll Primitives. 1931-1936 - Fumihito Arai, Toshihiro Sakami, Hisataka Maruyama, Akihiko Ichikawa, Toshio Fukuda:

Minimally Invasive Micromanipulation of Microbe by Laser Trapped Micro Tools. 1937-1942 - Michael A. Greminger, Ge Yang, Bradley J. Nelson:

Sensing Nanonewton Level Forces by Visually Tracking Structural Deformations. 1943-1948 - D. Sinan Haliyo

, Yves Rollot, Stephane Régnier:
Manipulation of Micro-Objects using Adhesion Forces and Dynamical Effects. 1949-1954
Redundant Robots I
- René V. Mayorga, Pronnapa Sanongboon:

A Radial Basis Function Network Approach for Inverse Kinematics and Singularities Prevention of Redundant Manipulators. 1955-1960 - Kevin A. O'Neil:

Linear Acceleration-Based Redundancy Resolution Schemes that Diverge in Finite Time. 1961-1966 - Jinhyun Kim

, Wan Kyun Chung, Youngil Youm, Beom Hee Lee:
Real-Time ZMP Compensation Method using Null Motion for Mobile Manipulators. 1967-1972 - Giacomo Marani, Jinhyun Kim

, Junku Yuh, Wan Kyun Chung:
A Real-Time Approach for Singularity Avoidance in Resolved Motion Rate Control of Robotic Manipulators. 1973-1978 - Ki Cheol Park, Pyung Hun Chang, Sukhan Lee:

A New Kind of Singularity in Redundant Manipulation: Semi Algorithmic Singularity. 1979-1984
Human Robot Interaction I
- Cedric Kwok-ho Law, Yangsheng Xu:

Shared Control for Navigation and Balance of a Dynamically Stable Robot. 1985-1990 - Makoto Nokata, Koji Ikuta, Hideki Ishii:

Safety-Optimizing Method of Human-Care Robot Design and Control. 1991-1996 - Jennifer Casper, Robin R. Murphy:

Workflow Study on Human-Robot Interaction in USAR. 1997-2003 - Yoji Yamada, Tetsuya Morizono, Yoji Umetani, Takahisa Yamamoto:

Human Error Recovery for a Human/Robot Parts Conveyance System. 2004-2009 - Kazuyuki Morioka, Joo-Ho Lee

, Hideki Hashimoto:
Human Centered Robotics in Intelligent Space. 2010-2015
Manipulation I
- Robert-Paul Berretty, Mark H. Overmars, A. Frank van der Stappen

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Sensorless Orientation of 3D Polyhedral Parts. 2016-2021 - Thierry Siméon, Juan Cortés, Anis Sahbani, Jean-Paul Laumond:

A Manipulation Planner for Pick and Place Operations under Continuous Grasps and Placements. 2022-2027 - Toru Omata, Kazuo Tsukagoshi, Osamu Mori:

Whole Quadruped Manipulation. 2028-2033 - Tanya Tickel, David Hannon, Kevin M. Lynch, Michael A. Peshkin, J. Edward Colgate:

Kinematic Constraints for Assisted Single-Arm Manipulation. 2034-2041 - Siddhartha S. Srinivasa, Christopher R. Baker, Elisha Sacks, Grigoriy B. Reshko, Matthew T. Mason, Michael A. Erdmann:

Experiments with Nonholonomic Manipulation. 2042-2047
Visually Guided Mobility
- Oliver Lorch, Javier F. Seara, Klaus H. Strobl, Uwe D. Hanebeck, Günther Schmidt:

Perception Errors in Vision Guided Walking: Analysis, Modeling, and Filtering. 2048-2053 - Robert J. Webster III, Alan S. Brannon:

The Electronic Ball Boy: A Reactive Visually Guided Mobile Robot for the Tennis Court. 2054-2059 - Keshav Mundhra, Anthony Suluh, Thomas Sugar, Michael McBeath:

Intercepting a Falling Object: Digital Video Robot. 2060-2065 - Darius Burschka, Stephen Lee, Gregory D. Hager:

Stereo-Based Obstacle Avoidance in Indoor Environments with Active Sensor Re-Calibration. 2066-2072 - Alessandro De Luca, Giuseppe Oriolo, Luca Paone, Paolo Robuffo Giordano:

Experiments in Visual Feedback Control of a Wheeled Mobile Robot. 2073-2078
Haptics in Medicine
- Evangelos Papadopoulos, Kostas Vlachos, Dionyssios Mitropoulos:

Design of a 5-DOF Haptic Simulator for Urological Operations. 2079-2084 - Christina Simone, Allison M. Okamura:

Modeling of Needle Insertion Forces for Robot-Assisted Percutaneous Therapy. 2085-2091 - Arthur E. Quaid, Rony A. Abovitz:

Haptic Information Displays for Computer-Assisted Surgery. 2092-2097 - Simon P. DiMaio, Septimiu E. Salcudean:

Needle Insertion Modelling and Simulation. 2098-2105 - Christopher W. Kennedy, Tie Hu, Jaydev P. Desai:

Combining Haptic and Visual Servoing for Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2106-2111
Probabilistic Roadmaps
- Gildardo Sánchez-Ante

, Jean-Claude Latombe:
Using a PRM Planner to Compare Centralized and Decoupled Planning for Multi-Robot Systems. 2112-2119 - Andrew M. Ladd, Lydia E. Kavraki:

Generalizing the Analysis of PRM. 2120-2125 - O. Burçhan Bayazit, Jyh-Ming Lien, Nancy M. Amato:

Probabilistic Roadmap Motion Planning for Deformable Objects. 2126-2133 - Peter Leven, Seth Hutchinson:

Using Manipulability to Bias Sampling during the Construction of Probabilistic Roadmaps. 2134-2140 - Juan Cortés, Thierry Siméon, Jean-Paul Laumond:

A Random Loop Generator for Planning the Motions of Closed Kinematic Chains using PRM Methods. 2141-2146
Fuzzy Logic Control
- Gianluca Antonelli, Stefano Chiaverini, Giuseppe Fusco:

Experiments of Fuzzy Real-Time Path Planning for Unicycle-Like Mobile Robots under Kinematic Constraints. 2147-2152 - Wail Gueaieb, Fakhri Karray, Salah Al-Sharhan, Otman A. Basir:

A Hybrid Adaptive Fuzzy Approach for the Control of Cooperative Manipulators. 2153-2158 - Aiqiang Yang, Huat Kin Low, Wey Fun:

Fuzzy Position/Force Control of a Robot Leg with a Flexible Gear System. 2159-2164 - Sewoong Kim, William R. Hamel:

Force Assistance Function for Human Machine Cooperative Telerobotics using Fuzzy Logic. 2165-2170 - Lefteris Doitsidis

, Kimon P. Valavanis, Nikos Tsourveloudis:
Fuzzy Logic Based Autonomous Skid Steering Vehicle Navigation. 2171-2177
Internet Robotics I
- Tissaphern Mirfakhrai, Shahram Payandeh:

A Delay Prediction Approach for Teleoperation over the Internet. 2178-2183 - Kuk-Hyun Han, Yong-Jae Kim, Jong-Hwan Kim, Steve Hsia:

Internet Control of Personal Robot between KAIST and UC Davis. 2184-2189 - Lung Ngai, Wyatt S. Newman

, Vincenzo Liberatore
:
An Experiment in Internet-Based, Human-Assisted Robotics. 2190-2195 - Xuan F. Zha, Hejun Du

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Web-Based Collaborative Framework and Environment for Designing and Building Robotic Systems. 2196-2201 - Songmin Jia, Yoshiro Hada, Gang Ye, Kunikatsu Takase:

Distributed Telecare Robotic Systems Using CORBA as a Communication Architecture. 2202-2208
Volume 3
Legged Locomotion
- Uluc Saranli, Daniel E. Koditschek:

Back Flips with a Hexapedal Robot. 2209-2215 - Shaoping Bai, Huat Kin Low, Ming Yeong Teo:

Path Generation of Walking Machines in 3D Terrain. 2216-2221 - E. Z. Moore, D. Campbell, Felix Grimminger, Martin Buehler:

Reliable Stair Climbing in the Simple Hexapod 'RHex'. 2222-2227 - Hiroshi Kimura, Yasuhiro Fukuoka, Yoshiro Hada, Kunikatsu Takase:

Three-Dimensional Adaptive Dynamic Walking of a Quadruped - Rolling Motion Feedback to CPGs Controlling Pitching Motion. 2228-2233 - Manuel F. Silva

, José António Tenreiro Machado, António M. Lopes
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Performance Analysis of Multi-Legged Systems. 2234-2239 - Christian Ridderström:

Stability of Statically Balanced Stances for Legged Robots with Compliance. 2240-2245
Humanoid Robots IV
- Hitoshi Hasunuma, Masami Kobayashi, Hisashi Moriyama, Toshiyuki Itoko, Yoshitaka Yanagihara, Takao Ueno, Kazuhisa Ohya, Kazuhito Yokoi:

A Tele-Operated Humanoid Robot Drives a Lift Truck. 2246-2252 - Mingguo Zhao, Li Liu, Jingsong Wang, Ken Chen, Jiandong Zhao, Kai Xu:

Control System Design of THBIP-I Humanoid Robot. 2253-2258 - Kenji Inoue, Yusuke Nishihama, Tatsuo Arai, Yasushi Mae:

Mobile Manipulation of Humanoid Robots - Body and Leg Control for Dual Arm Manipulation. 2259-2264 - James J. Kuffner Jr., Koichi Nishiwaki, Satoshi Kagami, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Masayuki Inaba, Hirochika Inoue:

Self-Collision Detection and Prevention for Humanoid Robots. 2265-2270 - Haruyuki Yoshida, Kenji Inoue, Tatsuo Arai, Yasushi Mae:

Mobile Manipulation of Humanoid Robots - Optimal Posture for Generating Large Force Based on Statics. 2271-2276 - Koichi Nishiwaki, Yoshifumi Murakami, Satoshi Kagami, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Masayuki Inaba, Hirochika Inoue:

A Six-Axis Force Sensor with Parallel Support Mechanism to Measure the Ground Reaction Force of Humanoid Robot. 2277-2282
Space Robotics
- Fumitoshi Matsuno, Youhei Oosaka:

Experimental Study on Control of an Asteroid Sample Return Robot during Contact Based on Complementarity Modeling. 2283-2288 - Mark A. Minor

, Christopher R. Hirschi, Robert O. Ambrose:
An Automated Tether Management System for Microgravity Extravehicular Activities. 2289-2295 - Shingo Shimoda, Takashi Kubota, Ichiro Nakatani:

New Mobility System Based on Elastic Energy under Microgravity. 2296-2301 - David L. Akin, Craig R. Carignan, Anthony W. Foster:

Development of a Four-Fingered Dexterous Robot End Effector for Space Operations. 2302-2308 - Shuichi Matsumoto, Yoshiaki Ohkami, Yasufumi Wakabayashi, Mitsushige Oda, Hiroshi Ueno:

Satellite Capturing Strategy using Agile Orbital Servicing Vehicle, Hyper-OSV. 2309-2314 - Wen-Hong Zhu, Jean-Claude Piedboeuf, Yves Gonthier:

Emulation of a Space Robot using a Hydraulic Manipulator on Ground. 2315-2320
Flexible Manufacturing
- Knut Åkesson, S. Jain, Placid M. Ferreira:

Hybrid Computer-Human Supervision of Discrete Event Systems. 2321-2326 - Yi-Sheng Huang, MuDer Jeng, YuanLin Wen:

Analysis of a Siphon-Based Deadlock Prevention Policy for Flexible Manufacturing Systems. 2327-2332 - Fu-Shiung Hsieh:

Optimal Deadlock Avoidance Policy for Reentrant Work Flows. 2333-2338 - Marinella Giordano, Francesco Martinelli:

Optimal Safety Stock for Unreliable, Finite Buffer, Single Machine Manufacturing Systems. 2339-2344 - Dinesh Garg, Yadati Narahari, Nukala Viswanadham:

Achieving Sharp Deliveries in Supply Chains through Variance Pool Allocation. 2345-2350 - Meimei Gao, MengChu Zhou, Reggie J. Caudill:

A Bin Assignment Algorithm for Demanufacturing Automation. 2351-2356
Actuators
- Michael A. Gogola, Eric J. Barth, Michael Goldfarb:

Monopropellant Powered Actuators for use in Autonomous Human-Scaled Robotics. 2357-2362 - Kathryn J. De Laurentis, Avi Fisch, Jason Nikitczuk, Constantinos Mavroidis:

Optimal Design of Shape Memory Alloy Wire Bundle Actuators. 2363-2368 - Eric Wade, H. Harry Asada:

One-Wire Smart Motors Communicating over the DC Power Bus-Line with Application to Endless Rotary Joints. 2369-2374 - Mehrdad R. Kermani, Mehrdad Moallem, Rajnikant V. Patel:

Optimizing the Performance of Piezoelectric Actuators for Active Vibration Control. 2375-2380 - Bruno Dehez, Damien Grenier, Benoît Raucent:

Two-Degree-of-Freedom Spherical Actuator for Omnimobile ROBOT. 2381-2386 - Kenjiro Takemura, Takashi Maeno:

Numerical Analyses on Multi-DOF Ultrasonic Motor - Development of Analysis Method and Results. 2387-2392
Redundant Robots II
- Mikhail M. Svinin, Shigeyuki Hosoe, Masaru Uchiyama, Zhi Wei Luo:

On the Stiffness and Stiffness Control of Redundant Manipulators. 2393-2399 - Jonghoon Park, Wan Kyun Chung, Youngil Youm:

Characterization of Instability of Dynamic Control for Kinematically Redundant Manipulators. 2400-2405 - Fernando B. M. Duarte, José António Tenreiro Machado:

Pseudoinverse Trajectory Control of Redundant Manipulators: A Fractional Calculus Perspective. 2406-2411 - Kyung-ho Ahn, Wan Kyun Chung:

Optimization with Joint Space Reduction and Extension Induced by Kinematic Limits for Redundant Manipulators. 2412-2417 - Denny Oetomo, Marcelo H. Ang

, Tao Ming Lim:
Singularity Robust Manipulator Control using Virtual Joints. 2418-2423 - Michael T. Rosenstein, Roderic A. Grupen:

Velocity-Dependent Dynamic Manipulability. 2424-2429
Flexible Robots
- Tong Zhou, Andrew A. Goldenberg, Jean W. Zu:

Modal Force Based Input Shaper for Vibration Suppression of Flexible Payloads. 2430-2435 - Alessandro De Luca, Riccardo Farina:

Dynamic Scaling of Trajectories for Robots with Elastic Joints. 2436-2442 - Edward J. Park, James K. Mills:

Dynamic Modeling of Flexible Payloads Grasped by Actuated Grippers using Component Mode Synthesis. 2443-2448 - Edward J. Park, Bongsoo Kang, James K. Mills:

Two-Time Scale Shape Control of Flexible Payloads Grasped by Actuated Grippers. 2449-2454 - Masafumi Okada, Shigeki Ban, Yoshihiko Nakamura:

Skill of Compliance with Controlled Charging/Discharging of Kinetic Energy. 2455-2460 - Mouhacine Benosman, Georges Le Vey:

Joint Trajectory Tracking for Planar Multi-Link Flexible Manipulator: Simulation and Experiment for a Two-Link Flexible Manipulator. 2461-2466
Manipulation II
- Shigang Yue, Dominik Henrich:

Manipulating Deformable Linear Objects: Sensor-Based Fast Manipulation during Vibration. 2467-2472 - Yusuke Maeda

, Tamio Arai:
A Quantitative Stability Measure for Graspless Manipulation. 2473-2478 - Milos Zefran

:
A Feedback Strategy for Dextrous Manipulation. 2479-2484 - Kensuke Harada, Jun Nishiyama, Yoshihiro Murakami, Makoto Kaneko:

Pushing Multiple Objects using Equivalent Friction Center. 2485-2491 - Masahito Yashima, Hideya Yamaguchi:

Dynamic Motion Planning Whole Arm Grasp Systems Based on Switching Contact Modes. 2492-2499 - Lars Petersson

, Patric Jensfelt, Dennis Tell, M. Strandberg, Danica Kragic, Henrik I. Christensen:
Systems Integration for Real-World Manipulation Tasks. 2500-2505
Calibration (Vision)
- Dana Cobzas, Hong Zhang, Martin Jägersand:

A Comparative Analysis of Geometric and Image-Based Volumetric and Intensity Data Registration Algorithms. 2506-2511 - Cang Ye, Johann Borenstein:

Characterization of a 2-D Laser Scanner for Mobile Robot Obstacle Negotiation. 2512-2518 - Yonghuai Liu, Marcos A. Rodrigues

:
Accurate Registration of Structured Data using Two Overlapping Range Images. 2519-2524 - Jeremiah Neubert, Nicola J. Ferrier

:
Robust Active Stereo Calibration. 2525-2531 - Katsuyuki Nakano, Masatoshi Okutomi, Yuichi Hasegawa:

Camera Calibration with Precise Extraction of Feature Points using Projective Transformation. 2532-2538 - Shengyong Chen, Youfu Li

:
Self Recalibration of a Structured Light Vision System from a Single View. 2539-2544
Inspection
- Shengyong Chen, Youfu Li

:
A Method of Automatic Sensor Placement for Robot Vision in Inspection Tasks. 2545-2550 - Olga Duran, Kaspar Althoefer, Lakmal D. Seneviratne:

Automated Sewer Pipe Inspection through Image Processing. 2551-2556 - Flavio Prieto

, Pierre Boulanger, Richard Lepage, Tanneguy Redarce:
Automated Inspection System using Range Data. 2557-2562 - Yasuhiro Yamada, Yoshiaki Komura, Masanobu Masuda, Yuuichi Ookubo:

Reaction Force Inspection System using Wavelet Transforms and Neural Networks. 2563-2566 - Johné M. Parker, Yew Lim Cheong, Pradeep Gnanaprakasam, Zhen Hou, Joseph Istre:

Inspection Technology to Facilitate Automated Quality Control of Highly Specular, Smooth Coated Surfaces. 2567-2574 - Se-gon Roh, Hyoukryeol Choi:

Strategy for Navigation Inside Pipelines with Differential-Drive Inpipe Robot. 2575-2580
Multi-Robot Motion Planning
- Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain, Michael Goodrich:

Coordinated Target Assignment and Intercept for Unmanned Air Vehicles. 2581-2586 - Tzu-Chen Liang, Jing-Sin Liu:

Motion Controller Realizing Cyclic Ball Passing Strategy among Multiple Mobile Robots in Robot Soccer Games. 2587-2592 - Calin Belta, Vijay Kumar:

Trajectory Design for Formations of Robots by Kinetic Energy Shaping. 2593-2598 - Richard T. Vaughan, Kasper Støy, Gaurav S. Sukhatme, Maja J. Mataric:

Exploiting Task Regularities to Transform Between Reference Frames in Robot Teams. 2599-2605 - Sergio Monteiro, Estela Bicho

:
A Dynamical Systems Approach to Behavior-Based Formation Control. 2606-2611 - Yi Guo, Lynne E. Parker:

A Distributed and Optimal Motion Planning Approach for Multiple Mobile Robots. 2612-2619
Robust Control
- Warren E. Dixon

, Marcio S. de Queiroz
, Darren M. Dawson:
Adaptive Tracking and Regulation of a Wheeled Mobile Robot with Controller/Update Law Modularity. 2620-2625 - Hakan Yazarel, Chien-Chern Cheah, Hwee Choo Liaw:

Adaptive SP-D Control of Robots with Structural Uncertainty in Gravity Regressor Matrix: Theory and Experiment. 2626-2631 - Zhongwei Yu, Huitang Chen, Peng-Yung Woo:

Conservativeness-Reduced Design of a Gain Scheduled Hinfinity Controller for a Robotic Manipulator. 2632-2637 - Dong Sun

, H. N. Dong, Shiu Kit Tso:
Tracking Stabilization of Differential Mobile Robots using Adaptive Synchronized Control. 2638-2643 - Yongliang Zhu, Prabhakar R. Pagilla:

Static and Dynamic Friction Compensation in Trajectory Tracking Control of Robots. 2644-2649 - Y. Zhang, Guangjun Liu, Andrew A. Goldenberg:

Friction Compensation with Estimated Velocity. 2650-2655
Mobile Robot Navigation
- Simon Thompson, Alexander Zelinsky:

Accurate Local Positioning using Visual Landmarks from a Panoramic Sensor. 2656-2661 - Verónica Egido

, Ramón Barber, María Jesús López Boada
, Miguel Angel Salichs:
Self-Generation by a Mobile Robot of Topological Maps of Corridors. 2662-2667 - Stewart J. Moorehead:

Autonomous Exploration of Cliff Faces using Multiple Information Metrics. 2668-2673 - Homayoun Seraji, Bruce Bon:

Multi-Range Traversability Indices for Terrain-Based Navigation. 2674-2681 - Yoshiro Hada, Kunikatsu Takase, Kouji Ohgaki, Kenji Matsukuma, Ryokichi Hirata, Shinji Okumura:

Indoor Navigation of Multiple Mobile Robots in a Dynamic Environment using iGPS. 2682-2688 - Dimitris Hristu-Varsakelis

, Sean B. Andersson:
Directed Graphs and Motion Description Languages for Robot Navigation. 2689-2694
Internet Robotics II
- Gerard T. McKee:

The Development of Internet-Based Laboratory Environments for Teaching Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. 2695-2700 - Peter Xiaoping Liu, Max Q.-H. Meng, Xiufen Ye, Jason Jianjun Gu

:
End-to-End Delay Boundary Prediction using Maximum Entropy Principle (MEP) for Internet-Based Teleoperation. 2701-2706 - Wai-Keung Fung

, Ning Xi, Wang Tai Lo, Yun-Hui Liu:
Improving Efficiency of Internet Based Teleoperation using Network QoS. 2707-2712 - Imad H. Elhajj

, Ning Xi, BooHeon Song, Mengmeng Yu, Wang Tai Lo, Yun-Hui Liu:
Transparency and Synchronization in Supermedia Enhanced Internet-Based Teleoperation. 2713-2718 - Roque Marín, J. Salvador Sánchez, Pedro J. Sanz:

Object Recognition and Incremental Learning Algorithms for a Web-Based Telerobotic System. 2719-2724 - Roque Marín, Pedro J. Sanz

, J. Salvador Sánchez:
A Very High Level Interface to Teleoperate a Robot via Web Including Augmented Reality. 2725-2730
SLAM II
- José E. Guivant, Eduardo Mario Nebot:

Improving Computational and Memory Requirements of Simultaneous Localization and Map Building Algorithms. 2731-2736 - Christian Schlegel, Thomas Kämpke:

Filter Design for Simultaneous Localization and Map Building (SLAM). 2737-2742 - Stefan B. Williams, Gamini Dissanayake

, Hugh F. Durrant-Whyte:
Towards Multi-Vehicle Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping. 2743-2748 - Nicola Tomatis, Illah R. Nourbakhsh, Roland Siegwart

:
Hybrid Simultaneous Localization and Map Building: Closing the Loop with Multi-Hypotheses Tracking. 2749-2754
Biped Locomotion I
- Shuuji Kajita, Takashi Nagasaki, Kazuhito Yokoi, Kenji Kaneko, Kazuo Tanie:

Running Pattern Generation for a Humanoid Robot. 2755-2761 - Christine Azevedo, Philippe Poignet, Bernard Espiau:

Moving Horizon Control for Biped Robots without Reference Trajectory. 2762-2767 - Fabio Zonfrilli, Giuseppe Oriolo, Daniele Nardi:

A Biped Locomotion Strategy for the Quadruped Robot Sony ERS-210. 2768-2774 - Ken Endo

, Fuminori Yamasaki, Takashi Maeno, Hiroaki Kitano
:
A Method for Co-Evolving Morphology and Walking Pattern of Biped Humanoid Robot. 2775-2780
Vision for Aerial Vehicles
- Tarek Hamel

, Robert E. Mahony
, Abdelhamid Chriette:
Visual Servo Trajectory Tracking for a Four Rotor VTOL Aerial Vehicle. 2781-2786 - José R. Azinheira, Patrick Rives, José Reginaldo Hughes Carvalho, Geraldo F. Silveira, Ely Carneiro de Paiva, Samuel Siqueira Bueno:

Visual Servo Control for the Hovering of an Outdoor Robotic Airship. 2787-2792 - Omid Shakernia, René Vidal, Courtney S. Sharp, Yi Ma, Shankar Sastry:

Multiple View Motion Estimation and Control for Landing an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. 2793-2798 - Srikanth Saripalli, James F. Montgomery, Gaurav S. Sukhatme:

Vision-Based Autonomous Landing of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. 2799-2804
CAD/CAM
- Eckhard Freund, Dirk H. Pensky:

COSIMIR Factory: Extending the use of Manufacturing Simulations. 2805-2810 - László Horváth, Imre J. Rudas, Shamsudin H. M. Amin:

Product Modeling Based Integration of Robot Related Engineering Activities. 2811-2816 - Volkan Patoglu, R. Brent Gillespie:

Extremal Distance Maintenance for Parametric Curves and Surfaces. 2817-2823
Pneumatic Actuation
- Shu Ning, Gary M. Bone:

High Steady-State Accuracy Pneumatic Servo Positioning System with PVA/PV Control and Friction Compensation. 2824-2829 - Daniel A. Kingsley, Roger D. Quinn:

Fatigue Life and Frequency Response of Braided Pneumatic Actuators. 2830-2835 - Steve Davis, J. Canderle, P. Artrit, Nikolaos G. Tsagarakis, Darwin G. Caldwell:

Enhanced Dynamic Performance in Pneumatic Muscle Actuators. 2836-2841 - Shinichi Hirai, Kiyoto Shimizu, Sadao Kawamura:

Vision-Based Motion Control of Pneumatic Group Actuators. 2842-2847
Kinematics
- Ernesto Staffetti, Federico Thomas:

Analytic Formulation of the Kinestatics of Robot Manipulators with Arbitrary Topology. 2848-2855 - Yulie Wu, Xuezhong Wu, Guanfeng Liu, Shengyi Li:

Topology Analysis of Close-Chain Mechanisms. 2856-2860 - Whee Kuk Kim, Seung-Eun Lee, Byung-Ju Yi:

Mobility Analysis of Planar Mobile Robots. 2861-2867 - Ulrike Thomas, I. Maciuszek, Friedrich M. Wahl:

A Unified Notation for Serial, Parallel, and Hybrid Kinematic Structures. 2868-2873
Telerobotics II
- J. Corde Lane, Craig R. Carignan, Brook R. Sullivan, David L. Akin, Teresa Hunt, Rob Cohen:

Effects of Time Delay on Telerobotic Control of Neutral Buoyancy Vehicles. 2874-2879 - William R. Hamel, Ge Zhang, Pamela Murray:

A Real Time Controller for Human-Machine Cooperative Telerobotics. 2880-2885 - John E. Speich, Michael Goldfarb:

Implementation of Loop-Shaping Compensators to Increase the Transparency Bandwidth of a Scaled Telemanipulation System. 2886-2893
Fixturing II
- Michael Yu Wang:

Characterization of Positioning Accuracy of Deterministic Localization of Fixtures. 2894-2899 - You-Lun Xiong, Xiaorong Xiong:

On Complex Fixture - Part I: Mathematical Descriptions. 2900-2905 - Dan Ding, Guoliang Xiang, Yun-Hui Liu, Michael Yu Wang:

Fixture Layout Design for Curved Workpieces. 2906-2911 - Jonghoon Park:

Determining Contact Force Distribution for Enveloping Grasps: Subspace Structure and Dynamical Balance. 2912-2917
Pose Detection
- Chieh-Chih Wang, Charles E. Thorpe:

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping with Detection and Tracking of Moving Objects. 2918-2924 - Tatsuhiko Tsuboi, Masakazu Zakouji, Akihiro Masubuchi, Shinichi Hirai:

Parallel Processing of One-Sided Radon Transform for the Realtime Detection of Position and Orientation of Planar Motion Objects. 2925-2930 - Chu-Song Chen, Wen-Yan Chang:

Pose Estimation for Generalized Imaging Device via Solving Non-Perspective N Point Problem. 2931-2937 - Brian Armstrong, Thomas Verron, Lee Heppe, Jim Reynolds, Karl Schmidt:

RGR-3D: Simple, Cheap Detection of 6-DOF Pose for Tele-Operation, and Robot Programming and Calibration. 2938-2943
Medical Robotics I
- Fumihito Arai, Ryo Fujimura, Toshio Fukuda, Makoto Negoro:

New Catheter Driving Method using Linear Stepping Mechanism for Intravascular Neurosurgery. 2944-2949 - Ming-Yih Lee:

Mechatronics in Medical Modality Development. 2950-2955 - Henrik Flemmer, Bengt Eriksson, Jan Wikander:

Control Design for Transparent Teleoperators with Model Parameter Variation. 2956-2961 - Louaï Adhami, Ève Coste-Manière:

Positioning Tele-Operated Surgical Robots for Collision-Free Optimal Operation. 2962-2967
Vision
- Vincenzo Lippiello

, Bruno Siciliano
, Luigi Villani:
Objects Motion Estimation via BSP Tree Modeling and Kalman Filtering of Stereo Images. 2968-2973 - Atsushi Nakazawa

, Hirokazu Kato, Shinsaku Hiura, Seiji Inokuchi:
Tracking Multiple People using Distributed Vision Systems. 2974-2981 - Shaun S. Gleason, Mongi A. Abidi, Hamed Sari-Sarraf:

Probabilistic Shape and Appearance Model for Scene Segmentation. 2982-2987 - Yanfei Liu, Adam W. Hoover, Ian D. Walker:

Experiments using a Sensor Network Based Workcell for Industrial Robots. 2988-2993
Cooperating Robots II
- Stefano Carpin, Lynne E. Parker

:
Cooperative Leader Following in a Distributed Multi-Robot System. 2994-3001 - Esben Hallundbæk Østergaard, Maja J. Mataric, Gaurav S. Sukhatme:

Multi-Robot Task Allocation in the Light of Uncertainty. 3002-3007 - Rosemary Emery, Kevin Sikorski, Tucker R. Balch:

Protocols for Collaboration, Coordination and Dynamic Role Assignment in a Robot Team. 3008-3015 - Robert Zlot, Anthony Stentz, M. Bernardine Dias, Scott Thayer:

Multi-Robot Exploration Controlled by a Market Economy. 3016-3023
Robust Visual Tracking
- Ajo Fod, Andrew Howard, Maja J. Mataric:

A Laser-Based People Tracker. 3024-3029 - Peng Chang, Martial Hebert:

Robust Tracking and Structure from Motion with Sample Based Uncertainty Representation. 3030-3037 - Brett Browning, Michael H. Bowling, Manuela M. Veloso:

Improbability Filtering for Rejecting False Positives. 3038-3043 - Danica Kragic, Henrik I. Christensen:

Weak Models and Cue Integration for Real-Time Tracking. 3044-3049
Obstacle Detection/Avoidance
- Kai Oliver Arras, Jan Persson, Nicola Tomatis, Roland Siegwart

:
Real-Time Obstacle Avoidance for Polygonal Robots with a Reduced Dynamic Window. 3050-3055 - P. Ravindran, Nicola J. Ferrier

:
Plane Based Relative Structure Recovery. 3056-3061 - Parag H. Batavia, Sanjiv Singh:

Obstacle Detection in Smooth High Curvature Terrain. 3062-3067 - Aiguo Ming, Kazuhiro Kajihara, Makoto Kajitani, Makoto Shimojo:

Development of a Rapid Obstacle Sensing System using Sonar Ring for Mobile Robot. 3068-3073
Nonholonomic Robots II
- Javier Minguez

, Luis Montano, José Santos-Victor
:
Reactive Navigation for Non-Holonomic Robots using the Ego-Kinematic Space. 3074-3080 - Sarangi Patel, Sang-Hack Jung, James P. Ostrowski, Rahul Rao, Camillo J. Taylor:

Sensor Based Door Navigation for a Nonholonomic Vehicle. 3081-3086 - Heting Xu, Simon X. Yang:

Real-Time Collision-Free Motion Planning of Nonholonomic Robots using a Neural Dynamics Based Approach. 3087-3092 - Masaki Yamakita, Toshiyasu Yonemura, Yohei Michitsuji, Zhi Wei Luo:

Stabilization of Acrobat Robot in Upright Position on a Horizontal Bar. 3093-3098 - Florent Lamiraux, David Bonnafous:

Reactive Trajectory Deformation for Nonholonomic Systems: Application to Mobile Robots. 3099-3104
Biped Locomotion II
- Koichi Nishiwaki, Satoshi Kagami, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Masayuki Inaba, Hirochika Inoue:

Toe Joints that Enhance Bipedal and Fullbody Motion of Humanoid Robots. 3105-3110 - Hun-ok Lim, Yoshiharu Kaneshima, Atsuo Takanishi:

Online Walking Pattern Generation for Biped Humanoid Robot with Trunk. 3111-3116 - E. R. Westervelt, J. W. Grizzle:

Design of Asymptotically Stable Walking for a 5-Link Planar Biped Walker via Optimization. 3117-3122 - Fuminori Yamasaki, Ken Endo

, Hiroaki Kitano, Minoru Asada:
Acquisition of Humanoid Walking Motion using Genetic Algorithm - Considering Characteristics of Servo Modules. 3123-3128 - Friedrich Pfeiffer, Klaus Löffler, Michael Gienger:

The Concept of Jogging JOHNNIE. 3129-3135
Space Rovers
- Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu

, Hari Das Nayar, Hrand Aghazarian, Anthony Ganino, Paolo Pirjanian, Brett Kennedy, Terrance L. Huntsberger, Paul S. Schenker:
Mars Rover Pair Cooperatively Transporting a Long Payload. 3136-3141 - Karl Iagnemma, Hassan Shibly, Steven Dubowsky:

On-Line Terrain Parameter Estimation for Planetary Rovers. 3142-3147 - Paul G. Backes, Kam S. Tso, Jeffrey S. Norris, Robert Steinke:

Group Collaboration for Mars Rover Mission Operations. 3148-3154 - Kazuya Yoshida

, Hiroshida Hamano:
Motion Dynamics of a Rover with Slip-Based Traction Model. 3155-3160 - Terrance L. Huntsberger, Hrand Aghazarian, Yang Cheng, Eric T. Baumgartner, Edward W. Tunstel, Chris Leger, Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu

, Paul S. Schenker:
Rover Autonomy for Long Range Navigation and Science Data Acquisition on Planetary Surfaces. 3161-3168
Semiconductor Factory Automation I
- Sheng-Luen Chung, MuDer Jeng:

Normalized In-Line Stepper Coordinator Design by the Sequence Diagram and Production Rules: A Case Study. 3169-3174 - MuDer Jeng, Weizhao Lu:

Extension of UML and Its Conversion to Petri Nets for Semiconductor Manufacturing Modeling. 3175-3180 - Han-Pang Huang, Chun-Tsong Wang:

Modeling and Performance Evaluation for Automated Material Handling Systems in a 300mm Foundry Fab. 3181-3186 - An-Chih Huang, Li-Chen Fu, Ming-Hung Lin, Shun-Yu Lin:

Modeling, Scheduling, and Prediction for Wafer Fabrication: Queueing Colored Petri-Net and GA Based Approach. 3187-3192 - Jin Young Choi, Spyros A. Reveliotis:

An Analytical Investigation of the Scheduling Problem for Capacitated Re-Entrant Lines. 3193-3198
Micro Actuators
- Michaël Gauthier, Emmanuel Piat:

Behavior of a Magnetic Manipulator of Biological Objects. 3199-3204 - Antoine Ferreira, Saliha Boudjabi, Jean-Guy Fontaine:

Dynamic Model of an Arrayed-Type Ultrasonic Microconveyer for Control Design. 3205-3211 - Hyoukryeol Choi, SungMoo Ryew, Kwang Mok Jung, H. M. Kim, Jae Wook Jeon, Jea-do Nam, Ryutaro Maeda, Kazuo Tanie:

Soft Actuator for Robotic Applications Based on Dielectric Elastomer: Quasi-Static Analysis. 3212-3217 - Hyoukryeol Choi, SungMoo Ryew, Kwang Mok Jung, H. M. Kim, Jae Wook Jeon, Jea-do Nam, Ryutaro Maeda, Kazuo Tanie:

Soft Actuator for Robotic Applications Based on Dielectric Elastomer: Dynamic Analysis and Applications. 3218-3223 - Mihoko Otake

, Yoshiharu Kagami, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Masayuki Inaba, Hirochika Inoue:
Inverse Kinematics of Gel Robots made of Electro-Active Polymer Gel. 3224-3229
Human Assistance Devices
- Kazuo Kiguchi, Koya Iwami, Makoto Yasuda, Hideaki Kurata, Keigo Watanabe, Toshio Fukuda:

Intelligent Interface and Control of an Exoskeletal Robot for Human Shoulder Motion Support Considering Subject's Arm Posture. 3230-3235 - Hiroshi Kobayashi, Jun Aoki, Harumi Hosono, Taisuke Matsushita, Yusuke Ishida, Kohki Kikuchi, Mitsuhiro Koseki:

Concept of Wear-Type Muscular Support Apparatus (Muscle Suit). 3236-3241 - Carl A. Moore, Michael A. Peshkin, J. Edward Colgate:

Cobot Implementation of 3D Virtual Surfaces. 3242-3247 - J. M. Tressler, T. Clement, H. Kazerooni, M. Lim:

Dynamic Behavior of Pneumatic Systems for Lower Extremity Extenders. 3248-3253 - Choon-Young Lee, Kap-Ho Seo, Chang-Hyun Kim, Sang-Keon Oh, Ju-Jang Lee:

A System for Gait Rehabilitation: Mobile Manipulator Approach. 3254-3259
Teleoperator Stability
- Jee-Hwan Ryu, Dong-Soo Kwon, Blake Hannaford:

Stable Teleoperation with Time Domain Passivity Control. 3260-3265 - Kyongho Park, Wan Kyun Chung, Youngil Youm:

Obtaining Passivity of Micro-Teleoperation Handling a Small Inertia Object. 3266-3271 - Liya Ni, David W. L. Wang:

Contact Transition Stability Analysis for a Bilateral Teleoperation System. 3272-3277 - Dongjun Lee, Perry Y. Li:

Passive Coordination Control of Nonlinear Bilateral Teleoperated Manipulators. 3278-3283 - Dongjun Lee, Perry Y. Li:

Passive Tool Dynamics Rendering for Nonlinear Bilateral Teleoperated Manipulators. 3284-3289
Assembly
- Zhiqi Liu, Tatsuya Nakamura:

Learning Insertion Task of a Flexible Beam by Virtual Agents. 3290-3295 - Eric Klavins:

Automatic Synthesis of Controllers for Distributed Assembly and Formation Forming. 3296-3302 - Jing Wei, Wyatt S. Newman:

Improving Robotic Assembly Performance through Autonomous Exploration. 3303-3308 - David Johnston, Jing Xiao:

Hierarchical Analysis for Determining Disconnectedness in a Contact Formation. 3309-3314 - Hong Qiao:

Strategy Investigation with Generalized Attractive Regions. 3315-3320
Volume 4
Stereo Vision
- Masatoshi Okutomi, Katsuyuki Nakano, Junichi Maruyama, Tomoaki Hara:

Robust Estimation of Planar Regions for Visual Navigation using Sequential Stereo Images. 3321-3327 - Bart C. Nabbe, Martial Hebert:

Toward Practical Cooperative Stereo for Robotic Colonies. 3328-3335 - Guilherme N. DeSouza, Andrew H. Jones, Avinash C. Kak:

A World-Independent Approach for the Calibration of Mobile Robotics Active Stereo Heads. 3336-3341 - Josep Amat

, Manel Frigola
, Alicia Casals
:
Selection of the Best Stereo Pair in a Multi-Camera Configuration. 3342-3346 - Cristian Dima, Simon Lacroix:

Using Multiple Disparity Hypotheses for Improved Indoor Stereo. 3347-3353
Medical Robotics II
- Alessandro Bettini, Samuel Lang, Allison M. Okamura, Gregory D. Hager:

Vision Assisted Control for Manipulation using Virtual Fixtures: Experiments at Macro and Micro Scales. 3354-3361 - Giovani Gómez, Luis Enrique Sucar

, Duncan Fyfe Gillies:
The pq-Histogram as a Navigation Clue. 3362-3367 - Norihiro Koizumi, Shin'ichi Warisawa, Mamoru Mitsuishi, Hiroyuki Hashizume:

Continuous Path Controller of Slave Manipulator in Remote Ultrasound Diagnostic System. 3368-3373 - Bruno Massa, Stefano Roccella, Maria Chiara Carrozza, Paolo Dario:

Design and Development of an Underactuated Prosthetic Hand. 3374-3379 - Farshid Amirabdollahian, Rui C. V. Loureiro, William S. Harwin:

Minimum Jerk Trajectory Control for Rehabilitation and Haptic Applications. 3380-3385
Learning II
- Ufuk Zeki Sanal, Aydan M. Erkmen

, Ismet Erkmen:
Logical Sensing and Intelligent Perception Based on Rough Sets and Dynamic Decay Adjustment Learning. 3386-3391 - Kazuyuki Ito, Fumitoshi Matsuno:

A Study of Reinforcement Learning for the Robot with Many Degrees of Freedom - Acquisition of Locomotion Patterns for Multi Legged Robot. 3392-3397 - Jun Izawa, Toshiyuki Kondo, Koji Ito:

Biological Robot Arm Motion through Reinforcement Learning. 3398-3403 - William D. Smart, Leslie Pack Kaelbling:

Effective Reinforcement Learning for Mobile Robots. 3404-3410 - Tsai-Yen Li, Yang-Chuan Shie:

An Incremental Learning Approach to Motion Planning with Roadmap Management. 3411-3416
Manipulator Control II
- Javier Moreno-Valenzuela, Rafael Kelly, Ricardo Campa:

On Manipulator Velocity Control using Friction Compensation. 3417-3422 - Walter Verdonck, Jan Swevers:

Improving the Dynamic Accuracy of Industrial Robots by Trajectory Pre-Compensation. 3423-3428 - Brian Armstrong, José A. Gutierrez, Ralph Joseph, Bruce A. Wade:

The Stability of Nonlinear PID Control with Arbitrary Partial-State Knowledge. 3429-3434 - Mark A. Minor, Kent Jensen, Youngshik Kim:

Design and Control of a Three-Link Serial Manipulator for Lessons in Particle Dynamics. 3435-3441 - Federico Morabito, Andrew R. Teel, Luca Zaccarian:

Results on Anti-Windup Design for Euler-Lagrange Systems. 3442-3447
Mobile Robot Control II
- Herbert G. Tanner, Vijay Kumar, George J. Pappas:

The Effect of Feedback and Feedforward on Formation ISS. 3448-3453 - M. Brett McMickell, Bill Goodwine:

Reduction and Nonlinear Controllability of Symmetric Distributed Robotic Systems with Drift. 3454-3460 - Stephen T. Pledgie, Yongxing Hao, Armando M. Ferreira, Sunil Kumar Agrawal, Robert Murphey:

Groups of Unmanned Vehicles: Differential Flatness, Trajectory Planning, and Control. 3461-3466 - Brian P. Gerkey, Maja J. Mataric, Gaurav S. Sukhatme:

Exploiting Physical Dynamics for Concurrent Control of a Mobile Robot. 3467-3472 - Eiji Konaka, Tatsuya Suzuki, Shigeru Okuma:

Design Strategy of Symbolic Controller for Line Following Control of Two Wheeled Vehicle. 3473-3478
Fielding Remote Systems
- Michael Catalan, Sharon Bailey, Jim Alzheimer, Daniel P. Niebuhr:

Lessons Learned from Pit Viper Integration into Hanford Tank Farm Reality. 3479-3484 - Mark W. Noakes, Lonnie J. Love, Peter D. Lloyd:

Telerobotic Planning and Control for DOE D&D Operations. 3485-3492 - Paul Tompkins, Anthony Stentz, William Whittaker:

Mission Planning for the Sun-Synchronous Navigation Field Experiment. 3493-3500 - David Wettergreen, M. Bernardine Dias, Benjamin Shamah, James P. Teza, Paul Tompkins, Chris Urmson, Michael Wagner, William Whittaker:

First Experiment in Sun-Synchronous Exploration. 3501-3507 - Lino Marques

, Michael Rachkov, Aníbal T. de Almeida
:
Mobile Pneumatic Robot for Demining. 3508-3513
Nonholonomic Robots III
- Alessio Salerno, Svetlana Ostrovskaya, Jorge Angeles:

The Development of Quasiholonomic Wheeled Robots. 3514-3520 - Makoto Iwamura, Hiroaki Ozaki, Akira Mohri:

Motion Planning of Under-Actuated Mechanical Systems: Convergence Analysis for Iterative Methods. 3521-3526 - Amir Homayoun Javadi A., Puyan Mojabi:

Introducing August: A Novel Strategy for an Omnidirectional Spherical Rolling Robot. 3527-3533 - Ti-Chung Lee:

Practical Stabilization for Nonholonomic Chained Systems with Fast Convergence, Pole-Placement and Robustness. 3534-3539 - Tiemin Hu, Simon X. Yang, Fangju Wang, Gauri S. Mittal:

A Neural Network Controller for a Nonholonomic Mobile Robot with Unknown Robot Parameters. 3540-3545
Mobile Manipulation II
- Yejun Wei, Bill Goodwine:

Stratified Motion Planning on Non-Smooth Domains with Application to Robotic Legged Locomotion and Manipulation. 3546-3552 - Noriho Koyachi, Hironori Adachi, Makoto Izumi, Takeshi Hirose, Naofumi Senjo, Ryoji Murata, Tatsuo Arai:

Control of Walk and Manipulation by a Hexapod with Integrated Limb Mechanism: MELMANTIS-1. 3553-3558 - Mario Fernando Montenegro Campos, Guilherme A. S. Pereira

, Samuel R. C. Vale, Alexandre Queiroz Bracarense, Gustavo A. Pinheiro, Maurício P. Oliveira:
A Mobile Manipulator for Installation and Removal of Aircraft Warning Spheres on Aerial Power Transmission Lines. 3559-3564 - Yoshio Yamamoto, Shinsuke Fukuda:

Trajectory Planning of Multiple Mobile Manipulators with Collision Avoidance Capability. 3565-3570 - Tomohito Takubo, Hirohiko Arai, Kazuo Tanie:

Control of Mobile Manipulator using a Virtual Impedance Wall. 3571-3576
Service Robots
- Markus Jäger, Bernhard Nebel

:
Dynamic Decentralized Area Partitioning for Cooperating Cleaning Robots. 3577-3582 - R. S. Rao, K. Conn, Sang-Hack Jung, Jayantha Katupitiya, Terry Kientz, Vijay Kumar, James P. Ostrowski, Sarangi Patel, Camillo J. Taylor:

Human Robot Interaction: Application to Smart Wheelchairs. 3583-3588 - Jackrit Suthakorn, Sangyoon Lee, Yu Zhou, Rory Thomas, G. Sayeed Choudhury

, Gregory S. Chirikjian:
A Robotic Library System for an Off-Site Shelving Facility. 3589-3594 - Inhyuk Moon, Sanghyun Joung, Youngkwang Kum:

Safe and Reliable Intelligent Wheelchair Robot with Human Robot Interaction. 3595-3600 - Maren Bennewitz, Wolfram Burgard, Sebastian Thrun:

Learning Motion Patterns of Persons for Mobile Service Robots. 3601-3606
Semiconductor Factory Automation II
- Fan-Tien Cheng

, Haw Ching Yang, Chia-Ying Tsai:
Development of a Service Management Scheme for Semiconductor Factory Management Systems. 3607-3612 - Ming Wang, Eric Chang, Jason Liu:

300mm Full Automation Integration Test Methodology and Experience. 3613-3618 - Ju-Kau Chen, Allan Chen:

ATS Advanced Planning and Scheduling System. 3619-3623 - Hyun Joong Yoon, Doo Yong Lee:

Efficient Real-Time Scheduling of Integrated Equipment in Semiconductor Fabrication. 3624-3629 - Da-Yin Liao:

Dynamic OHT Allocation and Dispatching in Large-Scaled 300mm AMHS Management. 3630-3635
Mechanism Design
- Craig R. Carignan, Russell D. Howard:

A Skew-Axis Design for a 4-Joint Revolute Wrist. 3636-3642 - Makoto Kaneko, Toshio Tsuji, Masatoshi Ishikawa:

The Robot that Can Capture a Moving Object in a Blink. 3643-3648 - Aiguo Ming, Makoto Kajitani, Makoto Shimojo:

A Proposal for Utilizing Structural Joint Stop in a Manipulator. 3649-3654 - Naoyuki Takesue, Junji Furusho, Akio Inoue:

Development of New Controllable Damping Device for Robots and Mechatronics Systems. 3655-3659 - Katsushi Furutani, Noriyuki Ohta:

Positioning Performance of L-Shaped Seal Mechanism with 3 Degrees of Freedom. 3660-3665
Parallel Robots IV
- Se-Han Lee, Jae-Bok Song, Woo Chun Choi, Daehie Hong:

Workspace and Force-Moment Transmission of a Variable Arm Type Parallel Manipulator. 3666-3671 - Yu-Wen Li, Jinsong Wang, Liping Wang:

Stiffness Analysis of a Stewart Platform-Based Parallel Kinematic Machine. 3672-3677 - Mircea Badescu, Jeremy Morman, Constantinos Mavroidis:

Workspace Optimization of 3-UPU Parallel Platforms with Joint Constraints. 3678-3683 - Simon P. Monckton, Keith Chrystall:

Design and Development of an Automated Footwear Testing System. 3684-3689 - 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. 3690-3697
Human Robot Interaction II
- Pantelis Elinas, Jesse Hoey, Darrell Lahey, Jefferson D. Montgomery, Don Ray Murray, Stephen Se, James J. Little:

Waiting with José, a Vision-Based Mobile Robot. 3698-3705 - Bernard G. Brooks, Gerard T. McKee, Paul S. Schenker:

The Visual Acts Model for Automated Camera Placement: Further Results and Analysis. 3706-3711 - Carsten Preusche, Jens Hoogen, Detlef Reintsema, Günther Schmidt, Gerd Hirzinger:

Flexible Multimodal Telepresent Assembly using a Generic Interconnection Framework. 3712-3718 - Nilanjan Sarkar:

Psychophysiological Control Architecture for Human-Robot Coordination - Concepts and Initial Experiments. 3719-3724 - Walterio W. Mayol-Cuevas

, Ben Tordoff, David William Murray:
Designing a Miniature Wearable Visual Robot. 3725-3730
Multifinger Hands
- Constant Remond, Véronique Perdereau, Michel Drouin:

A Hierarchical Multi-Fingered Hand Control Structure with Rolling Contact Compensation. 3731-3736 - Yasuhisa Hasegawa, Masaki Higashiura, Toshio Fukuda:

Generation Method of Regrasing Motion using EP - Adjusting Methods for Posture Error of Grasping Object. 3737-3742 - Guanfeng Liu, J. Li, Zexiang Li:

Coordinated Manipulation of Objects by Multifingered Robotic Hand in Contact Space and Active Joint Space. 3743-3748 - Ying Li, Yong Yu, Showzow Tsujio:

An Analytical Grasp Planning on Given Object with Multifingered Hand. 3749-3754 - Nancy S. Pollard, Richards C. Gilbert:

Tendon Arrangement and Muscle Force Requirements for Humanlike Force Capabilities in a Robotic Finger. 3755-3762
Visual Servo Control II
- Sheridan Ethier, William J. Wilson, Carol Hulls:

Telerobotic Part Assembly with Shared Visual Servo Control. 3763-3768 - Alexandre Krupa

, Jacques Gangloff, Michel de Mathelin, Christophe Doignon, Guillaume Morel, Luc Soler, Joël Leroy, Jacques Marescaux:
Autonomous Retrieval and Positioning of Surgical Instruments in Robotized Laparoscopic Surgery using Visual Servoing and Laser Pointers. 3769-3774 - Philippe Zanne, Guillaume Morel, Franck Plestan:

Sensor Based Robot Control in the Presence of Uncertainties: Bounding the Task Function Tracking Errors. 3775-3780 - Robert E. Mahony

, Tarek Hamel
, François Chaumette
:
A Decoupled Image Space Approach to Visual Servo Control of a Robotic Manipulator. 3781-3786 - Youcef Mezouar

, Anthony Remazeilles, Patrick Gros, François Chaumette:
Images Interpolation for Image-Based Control under Large Displacement. 3787-3794
Tactile Sensing II
- Tatsuya Harada, Tomomasa Sato, Taketoshi Mori:

Estimation of Bed-Ridden Human's Gross and Slight Movement Based on Pressure Sensors Distribution Bed. 3795-3800 - Ryan A. Beasley, Robert D. Howe:

Tactile Tracking of Arteries in Robotic Surgery. 3801-3806 - Thomas Wösch, Wendelin Feiten:

Reactive Motion Control for Human-Robot Tactile Interaction. 3807-3812 - Mitsuhiro Hakozaki, Hiroyuki Shinoda:

Digital Tactile Sensing Elements Communicating through Conductive Skin Layers. 3813-3817 - Hiroyasu Iwata, Shigeki Sugano:

Whole-Body Covering Tactile Interface for Human Robot Coordination. 3818-3824
Sensor-Based Planning II
- Margarita Mediavilla, José Luis González, Juan C. Fraile, José Ramón Perán González:

On-Line Motion Planning for Robotic Arms: New Approach Based on the Reduction of the Search Space. 3825-3830 - Ercan U. Acar, Howie Choset:

Exploiting Critical Points to Reduce Positioning Error for Sensor-Based Navigation. 3831-3837 - Mehran Mehrandezh, Kamal K. Gupta:

Simultaneous Path Planning and Free Space Exploration with Skin Sensor. 3838-3843 - Fumio Miyazaki, Masahiro Takeuchi, Michiya Matsushima

, Takamichi Kusano, Takaaki Hashimoto:
Realization of the Table Tennis Task Based on Virtual Targets. 3844-3849 - Robert W. Hogg, Arturo L. Rankin, Stergios I. Roumeliotis, Michael C. McHenry, Daniel M. Helmick, Charles F. Bergh, Larry H. Matthies:

Algorithms and Sensors for Small Robot Path Following. 3850-3857
Neural Networks
- Toshio Higashimoto, Hideyuki Sawada:

Speech Production by a Mechanical Model: Construction of a Vocal Tract and Its Control by Neural Network. 3858-3863 - Jeffrey L. Krichmar, James A. Snook:

A Neural Approach to Adaptive Behavior and Multi-Sensor Action Selection in a Mobile Device. 3864-3869 - Kian Hsiang Low, Wee Kheng Leow, Marcelo H. Ang:

Integrated Planning and Control of Mobile Robot with Self-Organizing Neural Network. 3870-3875 - Alexander A. Frolov, Michel Dufossè, Soraya Bensmaïl, Fathi Ben Ouezdou:

Biologically Inspired Neural Network Approach to Manipulator Movement Control. 3876-3881 - Yahya H. Zweiri, James F. Whidborne, Kaspar Althoefer, Lakmal D. Seneviratne:

A New Three-Term Backpropagation Algorithm with Convergence Analysis. 3882-3887
Machine Learning
- Raffaella Mattone:

The Growing Neural Map: An On-Line Competitive Clustering Algorithm. 3888-3893 - Paul A. Crook, Stephen Marsland, Gillian Hayes, Ulrich Nehmzow:

A Tale of Two Filters - On-Line Novelty Detection. 3894-3899 - Adam T. Hayes, Parsa Dormiani-Tabatabaei:

Self-Organized Flocking with Agent Failure: Off-Line Optimization and Demonstration with Real Robots. 3900-3905 - Jianwei Zhang, Alois C. Knoll:

Control Architecture and Experiment of a Situated Robot System for Interactive Assembly. 3906-3911 - Bernd Rössler, Jianwei Zhang, Alois C. Knoll:

Visual Guided Grasping of Aggregates using Self-Valuing Learning. 3912-3917
Sensor Fusion for Navigation I
- Fabien Launay, Akihisa Ohya

, Shin'ichi Yuta:
A Corridors Lights Based Navigation System Including Path Definition using a Topologically Corrected Map for Indoor Mobile Robots. 3918-3923 - Alessandro Corrêa Victorino, Patrick Rives, Jean-Jacques Borrelly:

A Relative Motion Estimation by Combining Laser Measurement and Sensor Based Control. 3924-3929 - Diego Rodríguez-Losada, Fernando Matía, Ramón Galán, Agustín Jiménez:

Blacky, an Interactive Mobile Robot at a Trade Fair. 3930-3935 - Raj Madhavan, Hugh F. Durrant-Whyte, Gamini Dissanayake

:
Natural Landmark-Based Autonomous Navigation using Curvature Scale Space. 3936-3941 - Jean-Bernard Hayet, Frédéric Lerasle, Michel Devy:

A Visual Landmark Framework for Indoor Mobile Robot Navigation. 3942-3947
Nonholonomic Robots IV
- Herbert G. Tanner, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos

:
Discontinuous Backstepping for Stabilization of Nonholonomic Mobile Robots. 3948-3953 - Eric Hu, Simon X. Yang, David K. Y. Chiu:

A Non-Time Based Tracking Controller for Multiple Nonholonomic Mobile Robots. 3954-3959 - Rafiuddin Syam, Keigo Watanabe, Kiyotaka Izumi, Kazuo Kiguchi:

Control of Nonholonomic Mobile Robot by an Adaptive Actor-Critic. Method with Simulated Experience Based Value-Functions. 3960-3965 - Yu Sun, Ning Xi, Jindong Tan, Yuechao Wang:

Interactive Model Identification for Nonholonomic Cart Pushed by a Mobile Manipulator. 3966-3971 - Krzysztof Kozlowski, Jaroslaw Majchrzak:

A Backstepping Approach to Control a Nonholonomic Mobile Robot. 3972-3977
Jumping Robots
- Katja D. Mombaur, Richard W. Longman, Hans Georg Bock, Johannes P. Schlöder:

Stable One-Legged Hopping without Feedback and with a Point Foot. 3978-3983 - Sang-Ho Hyon, Tsutomu Mita:

Development of a Biologically Inspired Hopping Robot - "Kenken". 3984-3991 - Keisuke Arikawa, Tsutomu Mita:

Design of Multi-DOF Jumping Robot. 3992-3997 - Kale Harbick, Gaurav S. Sukhatme:

Controlling Hopping Height of a Pneumatic Monopod. 3998-4003
Underwater Navigation
- Philippe Baccou, Bruno Jouvencel:

Homing and Navigation using One Transponder for AUV, Post-Processing Comparisons Results with Long Base-Line Navigation. 4004-4009 - Rafael García, J. Puig, Pere Ridao, Xavier Cufí:

Augmented State Kalman Filtering for AUV Navigation. 4010-4015 - James C. Kinsey, Louis L. Whitcomb:

Towards In-Situ Calibration of Gyro and Doppler Navigation Sensors for Precision Underwater Vehicle Navigation. 4016-4023 - Hanumant Singh, Garbis Salgian, Ryan M. Eustice, Robert Mandelbaum:

Sensor Fusion of Structure-from-Motion, Bathymetric 3D, and Beacon-Based Navigation Modalities. 4024-4031 - Hiroshi Kawano, Tamaki Ura:

Motion Planning Algorithm for Non-Holonomic Autonomous Underwater Vehicle in Disturbance using Reinforcement Learning and Teaching Method. 4032-4038
Petri Nets III
- Francesco Amato, Francesco Basile

, Pasquale Chiacchio:
Crane and Shuttle Optimization in Warehousing Systems. 4039-4045 - Daniel Racoceanu

, Noureddine Zerhouni, Nawal Addouche:
Modular Modeling and Analysis of a Distributed Production System with Distant Specialised Maintenance. 4046-4052 - Gabriele Bruzzone, Massimo Caccia, Paolo Coletta, Gianmarco Veruggio:

Execution Control of Robotic Tasks: Estimators Representation. 4053-4058 - Dejan Milutinovic, Pedro U. Lima:

Petri Net Models of Robotic Tasks. 4059-4064 - Jan Richling, Matthias Werner, Louchka Popova-Zeugmann:

Automatic Composition of Timed Petrinet Specifications for a Real-Time Architecture. 4065-4070
Modular Robots III
- Martin Nilsson:

Heavy-Duty Connectors for Self-Reconfiguring Robots. 4071-4076 - Sachin Chitta, James P. Ostrowski:

Motion Planning for Heterogeneous Modular Mobile Systems. 4077-4082 - Paolo Pirjanian, Chris Leger, Erik Mumm, Brett Kennedy, Michael Garrett, Hrand Aghazarian, Shane Farritor, Paul S. Schenker:

Distributed Control for a Modular, Reconfigurable Cliff Robot. 4083-4088 - Kohsei Matsumoto, Huiying Chen, Kenichi Shimada, Jun Ota

, Tamio Arai:
Automatic Parameter Identification for Distributedly Placed Modular Robots. 4089-4094 - John W. Suh, Samuel B. Homans, Mark Yim:

Telecubes: Mechanical Design of a Module for Self-Reconfigurable Robotics. 4095-4101
Parallel Robots V
- Peter B. Goldsmith:

Kinematics and Stiffness of a Symmetrical 3-UPU Translational Parallel Manipulator. 4102-4107 - Sébastien Krut, Olivier Company

, Frédéric Marquet, François Pierrot
:
Twice: A Tilting Angle Amplification System for Parallel Robots. 4108-4113 - Frédéric Marquet, Olivier Company

, Sébastien Krut, François Pierrot:
Enhancing Parallel Robots Accuracy with Redundant Sensors. 4114-4119 - Osamu Mori, Toru Omata:

Coupling of Two 2-Link Robots with a Passive Joint for Reconfigurable Planar Parallel Robot. 4120-4125 - Puren R. Ouyang, Wen-Jun Zhang, Fang-Xiang Wu:

Nonlinear PD Control for Trajectory Tracking with Consideration of the Design for Control Methodology. 4126-4131
Human Robot Interface
- Carlotta Johnson, Ahmet Bugra Koku, Kazuhiko Kawamura, Richard Alan Peters II:

Enhancing a Human-Robot Interface using Sensory Egosphere. 4132-4137 - Allison Bruce, Illah R. Nourbakhsh, Reid G. Simmons:

The Role of Expressiveness and Attention in Human-Robot Interaction. 4138-4142 - Marjorie Skubic, Dennis Perzanowski, Alan C. Schultz, William Adams:

Using Spatial Language in a Human-Robot Dialog. 4143-4148 - Yafang Shi, Shinji Kotani, Hideo Mori:

A Pre-Journey System of the Robotic Travel Aid. 4149-4154 - Yoshihisa Wakamatsu, Toshiyuki Kondo, Koji Ito:

A Computational Emotion Model Based on the Prosodic Component of Speech Sounds. 4155-4160
Automation
- Zhenhua Xiong, Zexiang Li:

On the Discrete Symmetric Localization Problem. 4161-4166 - Shinji Murakami, Yukio Hashiguchi, Toshimitsu Irie, Jun Goto, Tsutomu Hasegawa:

Automatic Insertion Work Based on Visual Measurement and Contact Force Estimation. 4167-4172 - Tatsushi Nishi, Masami Konishi, Shinji Hasebe, Iori Hashimoto:

Machine-Oriented Decentralized Scheduling Method using Lagrangian Decomposition and Coordination Technique. 4173-4178 - Erik Sandin, P. Gröndahl, Mauro Onori:

A Process-Oriented Product Design Based on an Assembly Module Platform. 4179-4184
Visual Servo Control III
- T. P. Sim, Geok Soon Hong, Kah Bin Lim:

A Pragmatic 3D Visual Servoing System. 4185-4190 - Derek C. Schuurman, David W. Capson:

Direct Visual Servoing using Network-Synchronized Cameras and Kalman Filter. 4191-4197 - Masami Iwatsuki, Norimitsu Okiyama:

Rotation-Oriented Visual Servoing Based on Cylindrical Coordinates. 4198-4203 - Matthew D. Berkemeier, Morgan E. Davidson, Vikas Bahl, Yangquan Chen

, Lili Ma:
Visual Servoing of an Omni-Directional Mobile Robot for Alignment with Parking Lot Lines. 4204-4210 - Tomas Olsson, Johan Bengtsson, Rolf Johansson

, Henrik Malm:
Force Control and Visual Servoing using Planar Surface Identification. 4211-4216
Haptic Devices
- Jinung An, Dong-Soo Kwon:

Haptic Experimentation on a Hybrid Active/Passive Force Feedback Device. 4217-4222 - Takashi Mitsuda

, Sachiko Kuge, Masato Wakabayashi, Sadao Kawamura:
Haptic Displays Implemented by Controllable Passive Elements. 4223-4228 - Jae Hoon Lee, Hyung Wook Kim, Byung-Ju Yi, Il Hong Suh:

Singularity-Free Algorithms and Design Scheme for a New 6-DOF Parallel Haptic Device. 4229-4235
Sensor-Based Planning III
- Ryosuke Mori, Fumio Miyazaki:

Examination of Human Ball Catching Strategy through Autonomous Mobile Robot. 4236-4241 - Rafael Murrieta-Cid

, Héctor H. González-Baños, Benjamín Tovar:
A Reactive Motion Planner to Maintain Visibility of Unpredictable Targets. 4242-4248 - John S. Zelek:

Resistors, Markov Chains and Dynamic Path Planning. 4249-4254 - Hiroshi Noborio, Seigo Naito, Daisuke Kawata:

A Comparative Study of Modified Best-First and Randomized Algorithms for Image-Based Path-Planning. 4255-4262 - Anthony Suluh, Keshav Mundhra, Thomas Sugar, Michael McBeath:

Spatial Interception for Mobile Robots. 4263-4268
Robot Control
- Yixin Chen, John E. McInroy:

Estimating Symmetric, Positive Definite Matrices in Robotic Control. 4269-4274 - Abdullah B. Alp, Sunil Kumar Agrawal:

Cable Suspended Robots: Design, Planning and Control. 4275-4280 - Eloísa García, Rafael Kelly:

Experimental Evaluation of Task Space Regulators using Unit Quaternions on a Direct-Drive Spherical Wrist. 4281-4286 - Noritaka Yanai, Motoji Yamamoto, Akira Mohri:

Anti-Sway Control for Wire-Suspended Mechanism Based on Dynamics Compensation. 4287-4292 - Minh Tu Pham

, Maxime Gautier, Philippe Poignet
:
Accelerometer Based Identification of Mechanical Systems. 4293-4298
Vision for Automation
- Ranjith Unnikrishnan, Alonzo Kelly:

Mosaicing Large Cyclic Environments for Visual Navigation in Autonomous Vehicles. 4299-4306 - Se-Na Lee, Bum-Jae You, Mee-Seub Lim, Sang-Rok Oh, Song-Soo Han, Sang-Heon Lee:

Visual Measurement of Pile Penetration and Rebound Movement using a High-Speed Line-Scan Camera. 4307-4312 - Dimitrios Katsoulas, Lothar Bergen, Lambis Tassakos:

A Versatile Depalletizer of Boxes Based on Range Imagery. 4313-4319
Sensor Fusion for Navigation II
- Christopher Rasmussen:

Combining Laser Range, Color, and Texture Cues for Autonomous Road Following. 4320-4325 - Stergios I. Roumeliotis, Andrew E. Johnson, James F. Montgomery:

Augmenting Inertial Navigation with Image-Based Motion Estimation. 4326-4333 - Subramany Uppala, Deepak R. Karuppiah, M. Brewer, S. Chandu Ravela, Roderic A. Grupen:

On Viewpoint Control. 4334-4339 - Tsai-Hong Hong, Tommy Chang, Christopher Rasmussen, Michael Shneier:

Feature Detection and Tracking for Mobile Robots using a Combination of Ladar and Color Images. 4340-4345 - Rafael Murrieta-Cid

, Carlos Parra, Michel Devy, Benjamín Tovar, Claudia Esteves:
Building Multi-Level Models: From Landscapes to Landmarks. 4346-4353

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