Preface
Motion Control of Robots Based on Sensings of Human Forces and Movements
Tao Liu, Chunguang Li, Kyoko Shibata and Yoshio Inoue
Reactive Robot Control with Hybrid Operational Techniques in a Seaport Container Terminal Considering the Reliability
Satoshi Hoshino and Jun Ota
Robust nonlinear control of a 7 DOF model-scale helicopter under wind gusts using disturbance observers
Adnan Martini, Frangois Leonard and Gabriel Abba
Pursuit-Evasion Games in Presence of Obstacles in Unknown Environments: towards an optimal pursuit strategy
C. Giovannangeli, M. Heymann and E. Rivlin
Motion Planning by Integration of Multiple Policies for Complex Assembly Tasks
Natsuki Yamanobe, Hiromitsu Fujii, Tamio Arai and Ryuichi Ueda
Robotic Strategies to Assist Pilots in Landing and Takeoff of Helicopters on Ships and Offshore
Alexandre Campos, Jacqueline Quintero, Roque Saltarén, Manuel Ferre and Rafael Aracil
Optimality Principles and Motion Planning of Human-Like Reaching Movements
Mikhail M. Svinin, Igor A. Goncharenko, Shigeyuki Hosoe and Yoshihito Osada
An Experimental Study of Three-Dimensional Passive Dynamic Walking with Flat Feet and Ankle Springs
Terumasa Narukawa, Kazuto Yokoyama, Masaki Takahashi and Kazuo Yoshida
Active Knee-release Mechanism for Passive-dynamic Walking Machines
Kalin Trifonov and Shuji Hashimoto
Simplified Human Hand Models for Manipulation Tasks
Salvador Cobos, Manuel Ferre, Rafael Aracil, Javier Ortego and M. Ángel Sanchéz-Urán
An Impact Motion Generation Support Software
Teppei Tsujita, Atsushi Konno, Yuki Nomura, Shunsuke Komizunai, Yasar Ayaz and Masaru Uchiyama
Peltier-Based Freeze-Thaw Connector for Waterborne Self-Assembly Systems
Shuhei Miyashita, Flurin Casanova, Max Lungarella and Rolf Pfeifer
Adhesion Forces Reduction by Oscillation and Its Application to Micro Manipulation
Tetsuyou Watanabe and ZhongWei Jiang
Passivity based control of hydraulic linear arms using natural Casimir functions
Satoru Sakai
The Formation Stability of a Multi-Robotic Formation Control System
Chih-Fu Chang and Li-chen Fu
Estimation of User’s Request for Attentive Deskwork Support System
Yusuke Tamura, Masao Sugi, Tamio Arai and Jun Ota
Adaptive Swarm Formation Control for Hybrid Ground and Aerial Assets
Laura Barnes, Richard Garcia, MaryAnne Fields and Kimon Valavanis
Intelligent Robot Systems based on PDA for Home Automation Systems in Ubiquitous
In-Kyu Sa, Ho Seok Ahn, Yun Seok Ahn, Seon-Kyu Sa and Jin Young Choi
Onboard Mission Management for a VTOL UAV Using Sequence and Supervisory Control
Florian Adolf and Franz Andert
Emotion Recognition through Physiological Signals for Human-Machine Communication
Choubeila MAAOUI and Alain PRUSKI
Robot Assisted Smile Recovery
Dushyantha Jayatilake, Anna Gruebler, and Kenji Suzuki
Augmenting Sparse Laser Scans with Virtual Scans to Improve the Performance of Alignment Algorithms
Rolf Lakaemper
Sensor network for structuring people and environmental information
S. Nishio, N. Hagita, T. Miyashita, T. Kanda, N. Mitsunaga, M. Shiomi and T. Yamazaki
Minimally invasive force sensing for tendon-driven robots
Alberto Cavallo, Giuseppe De Maria, Ciro Natale and Salvatore Pirozzi
Tweezers Type Tool Manipulation by a Multifingered Hand Using a High-speed Visual Servoing
Satoru Mizusawa, Akio Namiki, Taku Senoo and Masatoshi Ishikawa
Vision-Based Haptic Feedback with Physically-Based Model for Telemanipulation
Jungsik Kim and Jung Kim
Image Stabilization for In Vivo Microscopic Imaging
Sungon Lee