Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Volume 57

Volume 57, Number 1, January 2009

• José M. Sebastián, Lizardo Pari, Luis Ángel, A. Traslosheros:
  Uncalibrated visual servoing using the fundamental matrix. 1-10
  
• David Claveau, Chunyan Wang:
  Space-variant motion detection for active visual target tracking. 11-22
  
• K. G. Jolly, R. Sreerama Kumar, R. Vijayakumar:
  A Bezier curve based path planning in a multi-agent robot soccer system without violating the acceleration limits. 23-33
  
• K. D. Do:
  Output-feedback formation tracking control of unicycle-type mobile robots with limited sensing ranges. 34-47
  
• Xiaolin Ning, Jiancheng Fang:
  A new autonomous celestial navigation method for the lunar rover. 48-54
  
• L. Huang:
  Velocity planning for a mobile robot to track a moving target - a potential field approach. 55-63
  
• Jose-Luis Blanco, Javier González, Juan-Antonio Fernandez-Madrigal:
  Subjective local maps for hybrid metric-topological SLAM. 64-74
  
• István Harmati, Krzysztof Skrzypczyk:
  Robot team coordination for target tracking using fuzzy logic controller in game theoretic framework. 75-86
  
• Ralf Möller:
  Local visual homing by warping of two-dimensional images. 87-101
  
• Rajankumar Bhatt, Chin Pei Tang, Venkat Krovi:
  Formation optimization for a fleet of wheeled mobile robots - A geometric approach. 102-120
  

Volume 57, Number 2, February 2009

• Tamio Arai, Hiroshi Yokoi:
  Editorial. 121-122
  
• Nidhi Kalra, Dave Ferguson, Anthony Stentz:
  Incremental reconstruction of generalized Voronoi diagrams on grids. 123-128
  
• Stefano Carpin, Enrico Pagello:
  An experimental study of distributed robot coordination. 129-133
  
• Mihoko Otake, Ryo Fukano, Shinji Sako, Masao Sugi, Kiyoshi Kotani, Junya Hayashi, Hiroshi Noguchi, Ryuichi Yoneda, Kenjiro Taura, Nobuyuki Otsu, Tomomasa Sato:
  Autonomous collaborative environment for project-based learning. 134-138
  
• Fumiya Iida, Yohei Minekawa, Jürgen Rummel, André Seyfarth:
  Toward a human-like biped robot with compliant legs. 139-144
  
• Tetsunari Inamura, Kei Okada, Satoru Tokutsu, Naotaka Hatao, Masayuki Inaba, Hirochika Inoue:
  HRP-2W: A humanoid platform for research on support behavior in daily life environments. 145-154
  
• Kenji Asa, Kosei Ishimura, Mitsuo Wada:
  Behavior transition between biped and quadruped walking by using bifurcation. 155-160
  
• Ryu Kato, Hiroshi Yokoi, Alejandro Hernández Arieta, Wenwei Yu, Tamio Arai:
  Mutual adaptation among man and machine by using f-MRI analysis. 161-166
  
• Kahori Kita, Ryu Kato, Hiroshi Yokoi, Tamio Arai:
  Analysis of skill acquisition process: A case study of arm reaching task. 167-171
  

• Hanlei Wang, Yongchun Xie:
  Adaptive Jacobian position/force tracking control of free-flying manipulators. 173-181
  
• Cristina P. Santos, Manuel Ferreira:
  Timed trajectory generation using dynamical systems: Application to a Puma arm. 182-193
  
• Bhaskar Dasgupta, Akhil Gupta, Ekta Singla:
  A variational approach to path planning for hyper-redundant manipulators. 194-201
  
• Xu-Zhi Lai, Simon X. Yang, Jin-Hua She, Min Wu:
  Singularity avoidance for acrobots based on fuzzy-control strategy. 202-211
  
• Ali Tavasoli, Mohammad Eghtesad, Hamed Jafarian:
  Two-time scale control and observer design for trajectory tracking of two cooperating robot manipulators moving a flexible beam. 212-221
  
• Khiar Nait-Chabane, Sébastien Delarue, Philippe Hoppenot, Etienne Colle:
  Strategy of approach for seizure of an assistive mobile manipulator. 222-235
  

Volume 57, Number 3, March 2009

• Uwe D. Hanebeck, Thomas C. Henderson:
  Editorial. 237
  
• Xinwei Xue, Thomas C. Henderson:
  Feature fusion for basic behavior unit segmentation from video sequences. 239-248
  
• Frederik Beutler, Marco F. Huber, Uwe D. Hanebeck:
  Probabilistic instantaneous model-based signal processing applied to localization and tracking. 249-258
  
• Jennifer Sander, Jürgen Beyerer:
  A local approach for Bayesian fusion: Mathematical analysis and agent based conception. 259-267
  
• Christian Hoffmann, Thao Dang:
  Cheap Joint Probabilistic Data Association filters in an Interacting Multiple Model design. 268-278
  
• Shunsuke Kudoh, Koichi Ogawara, Miti Ruchanurucks, Katsushi Ikeuchi:
  Painting robot with multi-fingered hands and stereo vision. 279-288
  
• Kiminao Kogiso, Kenji Hirata:
  Reference governor for constrained systems with time-varying references. 289-295
  
• Wolfgang Koch, Michael Feldmann:
  Cluster tracking under kinematical constraints using random matrices. 296-309
  
• George Mathews, Hugh F. Durrant-Whyte, Mikhail Prokopenko:
  Decentralised decision making in heterogeneous teams using anonymous optimisation. 310-320
  
• Steffen Knoop, Stefan Vacek, Rüdiger Dillmann:
  Fusion of 2d and 3d sensor data for articulated body tracking. 321-329
  
• Ren C. Luo, Tung Y. Lin, Kuo Lan Su:
  Multisensor based security robot system for intelligent building. 330-338
  
• Klaus-Dieter Sommer, Olaf Kühn, Fernando Puente León, Bernd R. L. Siebert:
  A Bayesian approach to information fusion for evaluating the measurement uncertainty. 339-344
  

Volume 57, Number 4, April 2009

• Andrew L. Nelson, Gregory J. Barlow, Lefteris Doitsidis:
  Fitness functions in evolutionary robotics: A survey and analysis. 345-370
  
• David Tlalolini, Christine Chevallereau, Yannick Aoustin:
  Comparison of different gaits with rotation of the feet for a planar biped. 371-383
  
• Kevin Gold, Brian Scassellati:
  Using probabilistic reasoning over time to self-recognize. 384-392
  
• Gabriele Ferri, Emanuele Caselli, Virgilio Mattoli, Alessio Mondini, Barbara Mazzolai, Paolo Dario:
  SPIRAL: A novel biologically-inspired algorithm for gas/odor source localization in an indoor environment with no strong airflow. 393-402
  
• Jun Ota:
  Goal state optimization algorithm considering computational resource constraints and uncertainty in task execution time. 403-410
  
• Jose A. Fernandez-Leon, Gerardo Gabriel Acosta, Miguel Angel Mayosky:
  Behavioral control through evolutionary neurocontrollers for autonomous mobile robot navigation. 411-419
  
• Florentin Wörgötter, Alejandro Agostini, Norbert Krüger, N. Shylo, Bernd Porr:
  Cognitive agents - a procedural perspective relying on the predictability of Object-Action-Complexes (OACs). 420-432
  
• J. A. Batlle, A. Barjau:
  Holonomy in mobile robots. 433-440
  
• Luis Moreno, Santiago Garrido, Dolores Blanco, M. Luisa Muñoz:
  Differential evolution solution to the SLAM problem. 441-450
  
• Duccio Fioravanti, Carlo Colombo, Benedetto Allotta:
  Self-calibrated visual servoing with respect to axial-symmetric 3D objects. 451-459
  
• B. Barkat, Saod Zeghloul, Jean-Pierre Gazeau:
  Optimization of grasping forces in handling of brittle objects. 460-468
  

Volume 57, Number 5, May 2009

• Brenna Argall, Sonia Chernova, Manuela M. Veloso, Brett Browning:
  A survey of robot learning from demonstration. 469-483
  
• Rainer Palm, Boyko Iliev, Bourhane Kadmiry:
  Recognition of human grasps by time-clustering and fuzzy modeling. 484-495
  
• Javier González, Jose-Luis Blanco, Cipriano Galindo, A. Ortiz-de-Galisteo, Juan-Antonio Fernandez-Madrigal, Francisco Angel Moreno, Jorge L. Martínez:
  Mobile robot localization based on Ultra-Wide-Band ranging: A particle filter approach. 496-507
  
• Hirotsugu Okuno, Tetsuya Yagi:
  A mixed analog-digital vision sensor for detecting objects approaching on a collision course. 508-516
  
• Samuel Rutishauser, Nikolaus Correll, Alcherio Martinoli:
  Collaborative coverage using a swarm of networked miniature robots. 517-525
  
• Albert Graells Rovira, Josep M. Mirats Tur:
  Control and simulation of a tensegrity-based mobile robot. 526-535
  
• Jürgen Sturm, Arnoud Visser:
  An appearance-based visual compass for mobile robots. 536-545
  
• Chih-Jen Wu, Wen-Hsiang Tsai:
  Location estimation for indoor autonomous vehicle navigation by omni-directional vision using circular landmarks on ceilings. 546-555
  
• Stefan Staicu:
  Inverse dynamics of the 3-PRR planar parallel robot. 556-563
  

Volume 57, Numbers 6-7, June 2009

• Luis Gracia, Josep Tornero:
  Characterization of zero tracking error references in the kinematic control of wheeled mobile robots. 565-577
  
• Enrico Vezzetti:
  Optimal pitch map generation for scanning pitch design in selective sampling. 578-590
  
• Farid Kendoul, Isabelle Fantoni, Kenzo Nonami:
  Optic flow-based vision system for autonomous 3D localization and control of small aerial vehicles. 591-602
  
• Gora Chand Nandi, Auke Jan Ijspeert, P. Chakraborty, Anirban Nandi:
  Development of Adaptive Modular Active Leg (AMAL) using bipedal robotics technology. 603-616
  
• Maja Karasalo, Giacomo Piccolo, Danica Kragic, Xiaoming Hu:
  Contour reconstruction using recursive smoothing splines - Algorithms and experimental validation. 617-628
  
• Mohan Sridharan, Peter Stone:
  Color learning and illumination invariance on mobile robots: A survey. 629-644
  
• Yunong Zhang, Zhiguo Tan, Ke Chen, Zhi Yang, Xuanjiao Lv:
  Repetitive motion of redundant robots planned by three kinds of recurrent neural networks and illustrated with a four-link planar manipulator's straight-line example. 645-651
  
• Chi-Yi Tsai, Kai-Tai Song, Xavier Dutoit, Hendrik Van Brussel, Marnix Nuttin:
  Robust visual tracking control system of a mobile robot based on a dual-Jacobian visual interaction model. 652-664
  
• Yu Zheng, Wen-Han Qian:
  Improving grasp quality evaluation. 665-673
  
• Torbjørn S. Dahl, Maja J. Mataric, Gaurav S. Sukhatme:
  Multi-robot task allocation through vacancy chain scheduling. 674-687
  
• Jose Manuel Peula, Cristina Urdiales, Ignacio Herrero, Isabel Sánchez-Tato, Francisco Sandoval Hernández:
  Pure reactive behavior learning using Case Based Reasoning for a vision based 4-legged robot. 688-699
  
• Chern Ferng Chung, Tomonari Furukawa:
  Coordinated pursuer control using particle filters for autonomous search-and-capture. 700-711
  
• G. Chen, Minh Tu Pham, Tanneguy Redarce:
  Sensor-based guidance control of a continuum robot for a semi-autonomous colonoscopy. 712-722
  
• Gideon Kowadlo, R. Andrew Russell:
  Improving the robustness of naïve physics airflow mapping, using Bayesian reasoning on a multiple hypothesis tree. 723-737
  
• Hamed Ghasemzadeh, Ehsan Behrangi, Mohammad Abdollahi Azgomi:
  Conflict-free scheduling and routing of automated guided vehicles in mesh topologies. 738-748
  
• Mehdi Saffarian, Farbod Fahimi:
  Non-Iterative nonlinear model predictive approach applied to the control of helicopters' group formation. 749-757
  

Volume 57, Number 8, July 2009

• Emanuele Menegatti, Sven Behnke, Changjiu Zhou:
  Humanoid soccer robots. 759-760
  
• Sami Haddadin, Tim Laue, Udo Frese, Sebastian Wolf, Alin Albu-Schäffer, Gerd Hirzinger:
  Kick it with elasticity: Safety and performance in human-robot soccer. 761-775
  
• Prahlad Vadakkepat, Ng Buck Sin, Dip Goswami, Rui Xiang Zhang, Li Yu Tan:
  Soccer playing humanoid robots: Processing architecture, gait generation and vision system. 776-785
  
• Martin Friedmann, Karen Petersen, Oskar von Stryk:
  Adequate motion simulation and collision detection for soccer playing humanoid robots. 786-795
  
• Javier Ruiz-del-Solar, Rodrigo Palma Amestoy, Román Marchant, I. Parra-Tsunekawa, P. Zegers:
  Learning to fall: Designing low damage fall sequences for humanoid soccer robots. 796-807
  
• Andrea Cherubini, Francesca Giannone, Luca Iocchi, M. Lombardo, Giuseppe Oriolo:
  Policy gradient learning for a humanoid soccer robot. 808-818
  
• Juan Cristóbal Zagal, José Delpiano, Javier Ruiz-del-Solar:
  Self-modeling in humanoid soccer robots. 819-827
  
• H. Dong, M. G. Zhao, J. Zhang, N. Y. Zhang:
  Hardware design and gait generation of humanoid soccer robot Stepper-3D. 828-838
  
• Stefan Czarnetzki, Sören Kerner, Oliver Urbann:
  Observer-based dynamic walking control for biped robots. 839-845
  
• Fabio Dalla Libera, Takashi Minato, Ian R. Fasel, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Enrico Pagello, Emanuele Menegatti:
  A new paradigm of humanoid robot motion programming based on touch interpretation. 846-859
  
• Carlos Antonio Acosta Calderon, Rajesh Elara Mohan, Lingyun Hu, Changjiu Zhou, Huosheng Hu:
  Generating human-like soccer primitives from human data. 860-869
  
• Norbert Michael Mayer, Joschka Boedecker, Minoru Asada:
  Robot motion description and real-time management with the Harmonic Motion Description Protocol. 870-876