Advanced Robotics, Volume 33

Volume 33, Number 1, 2019

Full Papers

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  Guohua Gao, Hao Wang, Jinwei Fan, QiXiao Xia, LianShi Li, Han Ren:
  Study on stretch-retractable single-section continuum manipulator. 1-12
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  Sherif Badr, Omar Mehrez, A. E. Kabeel:
  A design modification for a quadrotor UAV: modeling, control and implementation. 13-32
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  Sang-Sin Park, Jun-Ho Oh:
  Real-time continuous ZMP pattern generation of a humanoid robot using an analytic method based on capture point. 33-48
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  Barbara Kühnlenz, Kolja Kühnlenz:
  A dialog switching strategy for information retrieval in noisy environments based on a confidence score. 49-59

Volume 33, Number 2, 2019

Full Papers

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  C. A. Luna-Aguilar, América Morales-Díaz, Mario Castelán, C. Nadeu:
  Incorporation of acoustic sensors in the regulation of a mobile robot. 61-73
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  Shuaishuai Zhang, Mingqu Fan, Yibin Li, Xuewen Rong, Ming Liu:
  Generation of a continuous free gait for quadruped robot over rough terrains. 74-89
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  Ahmed Asker, Samy F. M. Assal:
  A Systematic approach for designing a multi-function sit-to-stand mobility assistive device based on performance optimization. 90-105

Volume 33, Numbers 3-4, 2019

Special Issue on Systems Science of Bio-navigation
Preface

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  Koichi Hashimoto, Yuichi Tsumaki, Takuya Maekawa, Shizuko Hiryu:
  Preface: special issue on systems science of bio-navigation. 107

Survey Paper

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  Ken Yoda:
  Advances in bio-logging techniques and their application to study navigation in wild seabirds. 108-117

Full Papers

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  Ilya Ardakani, Koichi Hashimoto, Ken Yoda:
  Context-based semantical vector representations for animal trajectories. 118-133
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  Takuto Sakuma, Kazuya Nishi, Kaoru Kishimoto, Kazuya Nakagawa, Masayuki Karasuyama, Yuta Umezu, Shinsuke Kajioka, Shuhei J. Yamazaki, Koutarou D. Kimura, Sakiko Matsumoto, Ken Yoda, Matasaburo Fukutomi, Hisashi Shidara, Hiroto Ogawa, Ichiro Takeuchi:
  Efficient learning algorithm for sparse subsequence pattern-based classification and applications to comparative animal trajectory data analysis. 134-152
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  Toru Tamaki, Daisuke Ogawa, Bisser Raytchev, Kazufumi Kaneda:
  Semantic segmentation of trajectories with improved agent models for pedestrian behavior analysis. 153-168
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  Yasufumi Yamada, Kentaro Ito, Takumi Tsuji, Kohei Otani, Ryo Kobayashi, Yoshiaki Watanabe, Shizuko Hiryu:
  Ultrasound navigation based on minimally designed vehicle inspired by the bio-sonar strategy of bats. 169-182
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  Yasushi Iwatani, Hiroto Ogawa, Hisashi Shidara, Midori Sakura, Takuya Sato, Masaru K. Hojo, Atsushi Honma, Kaori Tsurui-Sato:
  Markerless visual servo control of a servosphere for behavior observation of a variety of wandering animals. 183-194
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  Kosuke Tsuchiya, Yuichi Tsumaki, Kyoichi Mori, Ryosuke Okamoto:
  Whale rover moving along the surface of sperm whale. 195-206

Volume 33, Number 5, 2019

Special Issue on Cyborg and Bionic Systems
Preface

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  Taisuke Masuda, Arianna Menciassi, Qining Wang:
  Special issue on cyborg and bionic systems. 207

Full Papers

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  Yuya Morimoto, Hiroaki Onoe, Shoji Takeuchi:
  Biohybrid device with antagonistic skeletal muscle tissue for measurement of contractile force. 208-218
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  Kaoru Uesugi, Yui Sakuma, Yoshitake Akiyama, Yoshikatsu Akiyama, Kikuo Iwabuchi, Teruo Okano, Keisuke Morishima:
  Temperature-responsive culture surfaces for insect cell sheets to fabricate a bioactuator. 219-231
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  Masahiro Shimizu, Kosuke Minzan, Hiroki Kawashima, Kota Miyasaka, Takuya Umedachi, Toshihiko Ogura, Junichi Nakai, Masamichi Ohkura, Koh Hosoda:
  Self-organizing cell tactile perception which depends on mechanical stimulus history. 232-242
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  Tadayoshi Aoyama, Hiroshi Shikida, Rubens Schatz II, Yasuhisa Hasegawa:
  Operational learning with sensory feedback for controlling a robotic thumb using the posterior auricular muscle. 243-253
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  Yanggang Feng, Wanwen Chen, Qining Wang:
  A strain gauge based locomotion mode recognition method using convolutional neural network. 254-263

Volume 33, Number 6, 2019

Survey Paper

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  Su Yeon Choi, Dowan Cha:
  Unmanned aerial vehicles using machine learning for autonomous flight; state-of-the-art. 265-277

Full Papers

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  Chingszu Lin, Zhifeng Huang, Masako Kanai-Pak, Jukai Maeda, Yasuko Kitajima, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Noriaki Kuwahara, Taiki Ogata, Jun Ota:
  Effect of practice on similar and dissimilar skills in patient transfer through training with a robot patient. 278-292
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  Jaesung Oh, In-Ho Lee, Hyobin Jeong, Jun-Ho Oh:
  Real-time humanoid whole-body remote control framework for imitating human motion based on kinematic mapping and motion constraints. 293-305

Volume 33, Numbers 7-8, 2019

Special Issue on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
Preface

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  Kazuhiro Nakadai, Emilia I. Barakova, Michita Imai, Tetsunari Inamura:
  Special issue on robot and human interactive communication. 307-308

Full Papers

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  Gabriel Aguiar Noury, Hannah Bradwell, Serge Thill, Ray Jones:
  User-defined challenges and desiderata for robotics and autonomous systems in health and social care settings. 309-324
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  Aimi Shazwani Ghazali, Jaap Ham, Emilia I. Barakova, Panos Markopoulos:
  Assessing the effect of persuasive robots interactive social cues on users' psychological reactance, liking, trusting beliefs and compliance. 325-337
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  Igor Zubrycki, Izabela Szafarczyk, Grzegorz Granosik:
  Participatory design of a robot for demonstrating an epileptic seizure. 338-349
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  Liangyi Luo, Naoki Koyama, Kohei Ogawa, Hiroshi Ishiguro:
  Robotic eyes that express personality. 350-359
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  Sichao Song, Seiji Yamada:
  Designing LED lights for a robot to communicate gaze. 360-368
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  Kang Li, Shiying Sun, Xiaoguang Zhao, Jinting Wu, Min Tan:
  Inferring user intent to interact with a public service robot using bimodal information analysis. 369-387
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  Diego Alberto Mercado-Ravell, Pedro Castillo, Rogelio Lozano:
  Visual detection and tracking with UAVs, following a mobile object. 388-402
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  Daniel Gabriel, Ryosuke Kojima, Kotaro Hoshiba, Katsutoshi Itoyama, Kenji Nishida, Kazuhiro Nakadai:
  2D sound source position estimation using microphone arrays and its application to a VR-based bird song analysis system. 403-414
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  Chaoran Liu, Carlos Toshinori Ishi, Hiroshi Ishiguro:
  Auditory scene reproduction for tele-operated robot systems. 415-423
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  Siqi Li, Jian Li, Guihua Tian, Hongcai Shang:
  Variable stiffness control for SEAs in rehabilitation training. 424-438

Volume 33, Number 9, 2019

Full Paper

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  Fady Ibrahim, A. A. Abouelsoud, Ahmed M. R. Fath El-Bab, Tetsuya Ogata:
  Path following algorithm for skid-steering mobile robot based on adaptive discontinuous posture control. 439-453

Full paper

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  Ang Zhang, Ixchel Georgina Ramirez-Alpizar, Kevin Giraud-Esclasse, Olivier Stasse, Kensuke Harada:
  Humanoid walking pattern generation based on model predictive control approximated with basis functions. 454-468

Full Paper

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  Milad S. Malekzadeh, Jeffrey F. Queißer, Jochen J. Steil:
  Multi-level control architecture for Bionic Handling Assistant robot augmented by learning from demonstration for apple-picking. 469-485

Volume 33, Number 10, 2019

Full Paper

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  Huan-Kun Hsu, Han-Pang Huang, Ming-Bao Huang:
  A real-time optimal energy-saving walking pattern generator based on gradient descent method and linear quadratic control. 487-507
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  Kaori Mizushima, Yosuke Suzuki, Tokuo Tsuji, Tetsuyou Watanabe:
  Deformable fingertip with a friction reduction system based on lubricating effect for smooth operation under both dry and wet conditions. 508-519
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  Gábor Kovács, Yasuharu Kunii, Takao Maeda, Hideki Hashimoto:
  Saliency and spatial information-based landmark selection for mobile robot navigation in natural environments. 520-535

Volume 33, Number 11, 2019

Section Focused on Machine Learning Method High-Level Cognitive Capabilities in Robotics
Preface

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  Tetsunari Inamura, Hiroki Yokoyama, Emre Ugur, Xavier Hinaut, Michael Beetz, Tadahiro Taniguchi:
  Section focused on machine learning methods for high-level cognitive capabilities in robotics. 537-538

Full Paper

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  Wataru Noguchi, Hiroyuki Iizuka, Masahito Yamamoto:
  Navigation behavior based on self-organized spatial representation in hierarchical recurrent neural network. 539-549
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  Tadashi Ogura, Tetsunari Inamura:
  Bidirectional estimation between context and motion in motion sequence in which context changes. 550-565

Volume 33, Number 12, 2019

Full Paper

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  Yuto Nishikawa, Mitsuharu Matsumoto:
  A design of fully soft robot actuated by gas-liquid phase change. 567-575
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  Jiyu Cheng, Yuxiang Sun, Max Q.-H. Meng:
  Improving monocular visual SLAM in dynamic environments: an optical-flow-based approach. 576-589
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  Wendong Wang, Lei Qin, Xiaoqing Yuan, Xing Ming, Tongsen Sun, Yifan Liu:
  Bionic control of exoskeleton robot based on motion intention for rehabilitation training. 590-601
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  Taro Suzuki:
  Mobile robot localization with GNSS multipath detection using pseudorange residuals. 602-613

Volume 33, Number 13, 2019

Special Issue on Robot Vision for Dexterous Manipulation and Interaction
Preface

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  Kolja Kühnlenz, Haiyan Wu:
  Special issue on robot vision for dexterous manipulation and interaction. 615

Full Papers

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  Nicola Vitucci, Giuseppina Gini:
  Reasoning on objects and grasping using description logics. 616-635
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  Gi Hyun Lim, Nuno Lau, Eurico Farinha Pedrosa, Filipe Amaral, Artur Pereira, José Luís Azevedo, Bernardo Cunha:
  Precise and efficient pose estimation of stacked objects for mobile manipulation in industrial robotics challenges. 636-646
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  Tingting Zhang-Xu, Kolja Kühnlenz:
  A human behavior model of multi-agent attention based on actor-observer switching for asynchronous motion tasks with limited field of view. 647-660

Volume 33, Number 14, 2019

Survey Paper

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  Akihiko Yamaguchi, Christopher G. Atkeson:
  Recent progress in tactile sensing and sensors for robotic manipulation: can we turn tactile sensing into vision? 661-673

Full Papers

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  Shotaro Okajima, Fady S. Alnajjar, Álvaro Costa, Guillermo Asin Prieto, José Luis Pons, Juan C. Moreno, Yasuhisa Hasegawa, Shingo Shimoda:
  Theoretical approach for designing the rehabilitation robot controller. 674-686
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  Naoki Mizuno, Kazunori Ohno, Ryunosuke Hamada, Hiroyoshi Kojima, Jun Fujita, Hisanori Amano, Thomas Westfechtel, Takahiro Suzuki, Satoshi Tadokoro:
  Enhanced path smoothing based on conjugate gradient descent for firefighting robots in petrochemical complexes. 687-698

Volume 33, Numbers 15-16, 2019

Special Issue on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (2)
Preface

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  Kazuhiro Nakadai, Emilia I. Barakova, Michita Imai, Tetsunari Inamura:
  Special issue on robot and human interactive communication. 699

Survey Paper

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  Tadahiro Taniguchi, Daichi Mochihashi, Takayuki Nagai, Satoru Uchida, Naoya Inoue, Ichiro Kobayashi, Tomoaki Nakamura, Yoshinobu Hagiwara, Naoto Iwahashi, Tetsunari Inamura:
  Survey on frontiers of language and robotics. 700-730

Full Papers

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  Chaoran Liu, Carlos Toshinori Ishi, Hiroshi Ishiguro:
  Probabilistic nod generation model based on speech and estimated utterance categories. 731-741
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  Taichi Sono, Satoru Satake, Takayuki Kanda, Michita Imai:
  Walking partner robot chatting about scenery. 742-755
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  Masahiro Shiomi, Norihiro Hagita:
  Do the number of robots and the participant's gender influence conformity effect from multiple robots? 756-763

Survey Paper

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  Abdelfetah Hentout, Aouache Mustapha, Abderraouf Maoudj, Isma Akli:
  Human-robot interaction in industrial collaborative robotics: a literature review of the decade 2008-2017. 764-799

Full Papers

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  Nishanth Koganti, Tomohiro Shibata, Tomoya Tamei, Kazushi Ikeda:
  Data-efficient learning of robotic clothing assistance using Bayesian Gaussian process latent variable model. 800-814
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  Toan Van Nguyen, Phan Bui Khoi:
  Fuzzy-based-admittance controller for safe natural human-robot interaction. 815-823
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  D. Kasun Prasanga, Kazuki Tanida, Kouhei Ohnishi, Toshiyuki Murakami:
  Simultaneous bipedal locomotion based on haptics for teleoperation. 824-839
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  Alessandro Filippeschi, Filippo Brizzi, Emanuele Ruffaldi, Juan Manuel Jacinto-Villegas, Lorenzo Landolfi, Carlo Alberto Avizzano:
  Evaluation of diagnostician user interface aspects in a virtual reality-based tele-ultrasonography simulation. 840-852

Volume 33, Number 17, 2019

Special Issue on Real World Application
Preface

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  Kensuke Harada:
  Special issue on real-world application. 853

Survey Papers

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  Satoshi Tadokoro, Tetsuya Kimura, Masayuki Okugawa, Katsuji Oogane, Hiroki Igarashi, Yoshikazu Ohtsubo, Noritaka Sato, Masaru Shimizu, Soichiro Suzuki, Tomoichi Takahashi, Shin'ichiro Nakaoka, Mika Murata, Mitsuru Takahashi, Yumi Morita, Elena Mary Rooney:
  The World robot summit disaster robotics category - achievements of the 2018 preliminary competition. 854-875
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  Yasuyoshi Yokokohji, Yoshihiro Kawai, Mizuho Shibata, Yasumichi Aiyama, Shinya Kotosaka, Wataru Uemura, Akio Noda, Hiroki Dobashi, Takeshi Sakaguchi, Kazuhito Yokoi:
  Assembly Challenge: a robot competition of the Industrial Robotics Category, World Robot Summit - summary of the pre-competition in 2018. 876-899
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  Hiroyuki Okada, Tetsunari Inamura, Kazuyoshi Wada:
  What competitions were conducted in the service categories of the World Robot Summit? 900-910

Volume 33, Number 18, 2019

Full Papers

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  Shuhuan Wen, Nannan Zhou, Di Zhang, Yanfang Zhao, Qiguang Zhu:
  Variable-dimensional Flower Pollination obstacle avoidance algorithm on autonomous walking of NAO robot in dynamic environment. 911-924
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  Wenya Wan, Chong Sun, Jianping Yuan:
  The caging configuration design and optimization for planar moving objects using multi-fingered mechanism. 925-943
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  Ko Yamamoto:
  Time-variant feedback controller based on capture point and maximal output admissible set of a humanoid. 944-955
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  Jiaxu Wu, Hanwool Woo, Yusuke Tamura, Alessandro Moro, Stefano Massaroli, Atsushi Yamashita, Hajime Asama:
  Pedestrian trajectory prediction using BiRNN encoder-decoder framework. 956-969

Volume 33, Number 19, 2019

Full Papers

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  Fan Shi, Moju Zhao, Tomoki Anzai, Keita Ito, Xiangyu Chen, Shunichi Nozawa, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba:
  Multi-rigid-body dynamics and online model predictive control for transformable multi-links aerial robot. 971-984
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  Yuanyuan Zhou, Guohao Jiang, Cheng Zhang, Zhidong Wang, Zhongtao Zhang, Hao Liu:
  Modeling of a joint-type flexible endoscope based on elastic deformation and internal friction. 985-995
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  Kazuki Shibata, Tatsuya Miyano, Tomohiko Jimbo:
  Development of global optimal coverage control using multiple aerial robots. 996-1005
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  Shun Niijima, Yoko Sasaki, Hiroshi Mizoguchi:
  Real-time autonomous navigation of an electric wheelchair in large-scale urban area with 3D map. 1006-1018
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  Hidenobu Sumioka, Soheil Keshmiri, Hiroshi Ishiguro:
  Information-theoretic investigation of impact of huggable communication medium on prefrontal brain activation. 1019-1029

Volume 33, Number 20, 2019

Full Papers

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  Yuanchao Li, Carlos Toshinori Ishi, Koji Inoue, Shizuka Nakamura, Tatsuya Kawahara:
  Expressing reactive emotion based on multimodal emotion recognition for natural conversation in human-robot interaction. 1030-1041
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  Mohamed Gouda Alkalla, Mohamed A. Fanni, Abdelfatah M. Mohamed, Shuji Hashimoto, Hideyuki Sawada, Takanobu Miwa, Amr Hamed:
  EJBot-II: an optimized skid-steering propeller-type climbing robot with transition mechanism. 1042-1059
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  Ryosuke Yajima, Keiji Nagatani, Yasuhisa Hirata:
  Research on traversability of tracked vehicle on slope with unfixed obstacles: derivation of climbing-over, tipping-over, and sliding-down conditions. 1060-1071
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  Hidemasa Sawabe, Mizuki Nakajima, Motoyasu Tanaka, Kazuo Tanaka, Fumitoshi Matsuno:
  Control of an articulated wheeled mobile robot in pipes. 1072-1086
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  Hanwool Woo, Yonghoon Ji, Yusuke Tamura, Yasuhide Kuroda, Takashi Sugano, Yasunori Yamamoto, Atsushi Yamashita, Hajime Asama:
  Lane-change detection based on individual driving style. 1087-1098

Volume 33, Number 21, 2019

Survey Paper

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  Jen-Hsuan Hsiao, Jen-Yuan (James) Chang, Chao-Min Cheng:
  Soft medical robotics: clinical and biomedical applications, challenges, and future directions. 1099-1111

Full Papers

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  Hamed Mahzoon, Kohei Ogawa, Yuichiro Yoshikawa, Michiko Tanaka, Kento Ogawa, Ryouta Miyazaki, Yusaku Ota, Hiroshi Ishiguro:
  Effect of self-representation of interaction history by the robot on perceptions of mind and positive relationship: a case study on a home-use robot. 1112-1128
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  Hitoshi Kino, Kosuke Sakata, Mitsunori Uemura, Naofumi Mori:
  Simulation verification for the robustness of passive compass gait with a joint stiffness adjustment. 1129-1143
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  Kyo Kutsuzawa, Sho Sakaino, Toshiaki Tsuji:
  Trajectory adjustment for nonprehensile manipulation using latent space of trained sequence-to-sequence model. 1144-1154

Volume 33, Number 22, 2019

Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Robotic Manipulation
Preface

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  Akihiko Yamaguchi, Takamitsu Matsubara, Nikolaus Vahrenkamp, Oliver Kroemer, Kensuke Harada:
  Special issue on artificial intelligence and machine learning for robotic manipulation. 1155

Full Papers

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  Ravi Prakash Joshi, Nishanth Koganti, Tomohiro Shibata:
  A framework for robotic clothing assistance by imitation learning. 1156-1174
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  Andrew Kimmel, Rahul Shome, Kostas E. Bekris:
  Anytime motion planning for prehensile manipulation in dense clutter. 1175-1193
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  Jianhua Su, Bin Chen, Chuankai Liu, Xu Yang, Zhiyong Liu, Hong Qiao:
  Integrated thermal assembly using hierarchical kernel regression method. 1194-1208

Volume 33, Number 23, 2019

Full Paper

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  Zhe Qiu, Ryuta Ozawa, Shugen Ma:
  A force-sensorless approach to collision detection based on virtual powers. 1209-1224
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  Jinghui Li, Akitoshi Ito, Hiroyuki Yaguchi, Yusuke Maeda:
  Simultaneous kinematic calibration, localization, and mapping (SKCLAM) for industrial robot manipulators. 1225-1234
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  Shota Miyake, Shunsuke Nagahama, Shigeki Sugano:
  Development of self-healing linear actuator unit using thermoplastic resin. 1235-1247
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  Mizuki Takeda, Yasuhisa Hirata, Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Takahiro Katayama, Yasuhide Mizuta, Atsushi Koujina:
  Accountable system design architecture for embodied AI: a focus on physical human support robots. 1248-1263

Volume 33, Number 24, 2019

Full Papers

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  Takuya Kiyokawa, Keita Tomochika, Jun Takamatsu, Tsukasa Ogasawara:
  Efficient collection and automatic annotation of real-world object images by taking advantage of post-diminished multiple visual markers. 1264-1280
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  Said Ghani Khan, Muhammad Tufail, Syed Humayoon Shah, Irfan Ullah:
  Reinforcement learning based compliance control of a robotic walk assist device. 1281-1292
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  Tianwei Zhang, Yoshihiko Nakamura:
  Dynamic environment reconstruction using a pitch-and-go laser scanner. 1293-1309