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IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON

ROBOTICS AND

AUTOMATION

A PUBLICATIONS OF THE IEEE ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION SOCIETY

FEBRUARY 1995 VOLUME 11 NUMBER 1 IRAUEZ (ISSN 1042-296X)

 

PAPERS

Task Assignment and Subassembly Scheduling in Flexible Assembly Lines

A. Agnetis, F. Nicolò, C. Arbib, and M. Lucertini

Control and Kinematic Design of Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Mobile Robots with Compliant Linkage

J. Borenstein

Obstacle Accomodation Motion Planning

Y. Shan and Y. Koren

A New Formulation of the Extended Jacobian Method and its Use in Mapping Algorithmic Singularities for Kinematically Redundant Manipulators

C. A. Klein, C. Chu-Jenq, and S. Ahmed

Exploiting Visual Constraints in the Synthesis of Uncertainty-Tolerant Motion Plans

A. Fox and S. Hutchinson

The MVP Sensor Planning System for Robotic Vision Tasks

K. A. Tarabanis, R. Y. Tsai, and P. K. Allen

A Survey of Sensor Planning in Computer Vision

K. A. Tarabanis, P. K. Allen, and R. Y. Tsai

Bilateral Controller for Teleoprators with Time Delay via µ-Synthesis

G. M. H. Leung, B. A. Francis, and J. Apkarian

The Clause Counter Map: An Event Chaining Algorithm for Online Programmable Logic

J. T. Welch

 

SHORT PAPERS

Modeling of Slip for Wheeled Mobile Robots

R. Balakrishna and A. Ghosal

Error Eliminating Rapid Ultrasonic Firing for Mobile Robot Obstacle Avoidance

J. Borenstein and Y. Koren

On Reorienting Linked Rigid Bodies Using Internal Motions

G. C. Walsh and S. S. Sastry

Sorting Parts by Random Grasping

D. Kang and K. Goldberg

A Global Approach to Path Planning for Redundant Manipulators

S. Seereeram and J. T. Wen

A Dynamic Programming Approach to Near Minimum-Time Trajectory Planning for Two Robots

J. Lee

 

CORRESPONDENCE

Comments on "A Sliding Mode Controller with Bound Estimation for Robot Manipulators"

H. H. Choi, H. K. Yi, and M. J. Chung

 

ERRATA

Corrections to "Modeling and Quasi-Static Hybrid Position/Force Control of Constrained Planar Two-Link Flexible Manipulators"

F. Matsuno, T. Asano, and Y. Sakawa

 

Call for Papers

 

IEEE Copyright Form

 

Abstracts

 

Task Assignment and Subassembly Scheduling in Flexible Assembly Lines

Alessandro Agnetis, Fernardo Nicolò, Claudio Arbib, and Mario Lucertini

pages 1-20

This paper deals with models for flow management problems in flexible assembly systems (FAS's). The system consists of a set of machines that must perform the assembly of a number of parts, possibly of different types. Each part type requires a set of operations; the precedence relations among the operations are specified by an assembly tree. Machines are provided with limited-capacity tool magazines and a finite buffer for holding parts. Each machine can be tooled to perform only a particular subset of the operations required by the whole process. One problem is that of finding a feasible assignment of operations to machines and a feasible schedule of the subassemblies in order to minimize the completion time of all of the parts. In this paper, the problem is analysed as a case of pipelined assembly, i.e., when the FAS is characterized by a serial transportation system (flow line) and there exists a dominating path in the assembly tree. Typically, this happens when there is a main pallet and all of the other components are assembled directly on it in a given sequence. We present polynomial-time dynamic programming algorithms for solving the problem for both single-type and multi-type production. The approach is more general than typical ALB algorithms.

 

Control and Kinematic Design of Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Mobile Robots with Compliant Linkage

Johann Borenstein

pages 21-35

Multi-degree-of-freedom (MDOF) vehicles have many potential advantages over conventional (i.e., 2-DOF) vehicles. For example, MDOF vehicles can travel sideways and they can negotiate tight turns more easily. In addition, some MDOF designs provide better payload capability, better traction, and improved static and dynamic stability. However, MDOF vehicles with more than three degrees-of-freedom are difficult to control because of their overconstrained nature. These difficulties translate into severe wheel slippage or jerky motion under certain driving conditions. These problems make it difficult to benefit from the special motion capabilities of MDOF vehicles in autonomous or semi-autonomous mobile robot applications. This is so because mobile robots (unlike automated guided vehicles) usually rely on dead-reckoning between periodic absolute position updates and their performance is diminished by excessive wheel slippage.

This paper introduces compliant linkage, a new concept in the control and kinematic design of MDOF mobile robots. As the name implies, compliant linkage provides compliance between the drive wheels or drive axles of a vehicle, to accommodate control errors which would otherwise cause wheel slippage.

The concept of compliant linkage was implemented and tested on a 4-DOF vehicle built at the University of Michigan's Mobile Robotics Lab. Experimental results show that control errors are effectively absorbed by the linkage, resulting in smooth and precise motion. The dead-reckoning accuracy of the compliant linkage vehicle is substantially better than that reported in the literature for other MDOF vehicles; it was found equal to, or even better than that of comparable 2-DOF vehicles.

 

Obstacle Accomodation Motion Planning

Yansong Shan and Yoram Koren

pages 36-49

A new robot path planning methodology called obstacle accommodation has been introduced for robots in cluttered environments. This methodology does not attempt to avoid physical contact between a robot and obstacles. Instead, it controls the contact to prevent damage to the robot. Obstacle accommodation represents a new robotic paradigm in which obstacles can contact robots at unspecified positions, i.e., a contact point can be at any point on any link. Obstacle accommodation requires analysis in kinematics, motion planning, dynamics, and control. This paper deals with the development of the kinematic constraints and with motion planning under these constraints. We begin by providing a general formulation of the motion constraints due to contact with obstacles. Next, a new inverse kinematics is presented that provides joint motion for robots under contact constraints. Finally, the new motion planning algorithm for robot motion in a cluttered environment is provided. The motion planning algorithm is verified by two examples, one on a linkage robot and the other on a mobile robot.

 

A New Formulation of the Extended Jacobian Method and its Use in Mapping Algorithmic Singularities for Kinematically Redundant Manipulators

Charles A. Klein, Caroline Chu-Jenq, and Shamim Ahmed

pages 50-55

The extended Jacobian method resolves the redundancy of a kinematically redundant manipulator such that a secondary criterion is kept at an optimal value. This paper describes a new formulation of this algorithm that is well suited numerically for systems with multiple degrees of redundancy and for more general choices of the secondary criterion. This formulation is used here for tracing algorithmic singularities, which mark a boundary of operation for any algorithm using the same secondary criterion to resolve the redundancy. Examples of tracing algorithmic singularities are presented for both planar and spatial systems.

Index Terms - kinematically redundant robots, extended Jacobian method, algorithmic singularities.

 

Exploiting Visual Constraints in the Synthesis of Uncertainty-Tolerant Motion Plans

Armando Fox and Seth Hutchinson

pages 56-71

We introduce visual constraint surfaces as a mechanism to effectively exploit visual constraints in the synthesis of uncertainty-tolerant robot motion plans. We first show how Object features, together with their projections onto a camera image plane, define a set of visual constraint surfaces. These visual constraint surfaces can be used to effect visual guarded and visual compliant motions (which are analogous to guarded and compliant motion using force control). We then show how the backprojection approach to fine-motion planning can be extended to exploit visual constraints. Specifically, by deriving a configuration space representation of visual constraint surfaces, we are able to include visual constraint surfaces as boundaries of the directional backprojection. By examining the effect of visual constraints as a function of the direction of the commanded velocity, we are able to determine new criteria for critical velocity orientations, i.e. velocity orientations at which the topology of the directional backprojection might change.

 

The MVP Sensor Planning System for Robotic Vision Tasks

Konstantinos A. Tarabanis, Roger Y. Tsai, and Peter K. Allen

pages 72-85

The MVP model-based sensor planning system for robotic vision is presented. MVP automatically synthesizes desirable camera views of a scene based on geometric models of the environment, optical models of the vision sensors, and models of the task to be achieved. The generic task of feature detectability has been chosen since it is applicable to many robot-controlled vision systems. For such a task, features of interest in the environment are required to simultaneously be visible, inside the field of view, in focus, and magnified as required. In companion papers we analytically characterize the domain of admissible camera locations, orientations, and optical settings for which each of the above feature detectability requirements is satisfied separately. In this paper, we present a technique that poses the vision sensor planning problem in an optimization setting and determines viewpoints that satisfy all previous requirements simultaneously and with a margin. In addition, we present experimental results of this technique when applied to a robotic vision system that consists of a camera mounted on a robot manipulator in a hand-eye configuration. The camera is positioned and the lens is focused according to the results generated by MVP. Camera views taken from the computed viewpoints verify that all feature detectability constraints are indeed satisfied.

 

A Survey of Sensor Planning in Computer Vision

Konstantinos A. Tarabanis, Peter K. Allen, and Roger Y. Tsai

pages 86-104

A survey of research in the area of vision sensor planning is presented. The problem can be summarized as follows: Given information about the environment (e.g., the object under observation, the available sensors) as well as information about the task that the vision system is to accomplish (i.e., detection of certain object features, object recognition, scene reconstruction, object manipulation), develop strategies to automatically determine sensor parameter values that achieve this task with a certain degree of satisfaction. With such strategies, sensor parameters values can be selected and can be purposefully changed in order to effectively perform the task at hand. Sensory systems are then able to operate more flexibly, autonomously, and reliably. This problem has recently become an active area of study with a number of researchers addressing various aspects of the problem. The focus here is on vision sensor planning for the task of robustl detecting object features. For this task, camera and illumination parameters such as position, orientation, and optical settings are determined so that object features are, for example, visible, in focus, within the sensor field of view, magnified as required, and imaged with sufficient contrast. References to, and a brief description of, representative sensing strategies for the tasks of object recogniffon and scene reconstruction are also presented. For these tasks, sensor configurations are sought that will prove most useful when trying to identify an object or reconstruct a scene.

 

Bilateral Controller for Teleoprators with Time Delay via µ-Synthesis

Gray M. H. Leung, Bruce A. Francis, and Jacob Apkarian

pages 105-116

In the standard teleoperator system, force and velocity signals are communicated between a master robot and a slave robot. It is well known that the system can become unstable when even a small time delay exists in the communication channel. In this paper, a method based on the H°°-optimal control and µ-synthesis frameworks is introduced to design a controller for the teleoperator that achieves stability for a prespecified time-delay margin while optimizing performance specifications. A numerical design example is included.

 

The Clause Counter Map: An Event Chaining Algorithm for Online Programmable Logic

John T. Welch

pages 117-125

The clause counter map method (CCM) is a software inference engine for programmable logic systems, including logic controllers and knowledge-based information systems. It provides efficient realizations of synchronous sequential machines using two-valued or three-valued logic. CCM permits the use of general purpose processors for large on-line control models. The CCM interpreter is designed to trade space for time. A redundant state is maintained in a compact map form. Logical events percolate through an otherwise static model. This mode of operation distinguishes the class of event chaining algorithms. Prior on-line methods repeatedly reconstruct or test unchanging portions of the model. In large models, CCM can exceed binary decision machines in speed and require less space. Contemporary modeling languages can be translated into CCM models. Thus event chaining implementation is available for control models defined by relay ladder logic, state machines, function charts, and Petri nets.

 

Modeling of Slip for Wheeled Mobile Robots

R. Balakrishna and Ashitava Ghosal

pages 126-132

Wheeled Mobile Robots (WMRs) are known to be nonholonomic systems, and most dynamic models of WMRs assume that the wheels undergo rolling without slipping. This paper deals with the problem of modeling and simulation of motion of a WMR when the conditions for rolling are not satisfied at the wheels. We use a traction model where the adhesion coefficient between the wheels of a WMR and a hard flat surface is a function of the wheel slip. This traction model is used in conjunction with the dynamic equations of motion to simulate the motion of the WMR. The simulations show that controllers which do not take into account wheel slip give poor tracking performance for the WMR and path deviation is small only for large adhesion coefficients. This work shows the importance of wheel slip and suggests use of accurate traction models for improving tracking performance of a WMR.

Index Terms - Wheeled Mobile Robots, Slip, Modeling, Traction, Adhesion.

 

Error Eliminating Rapid Ultrasonic Firing for Mobile Robot Obstacle Avoidance

Johann Borenstein and Yoram Koren

pages 132-138

This paper introduces error eliminahng rapid ultrasonicfiring (EERUF), a new method for firing multiple ultrasonic sensors in mobile robot applications. EERUF allows ultrasonic sensors to fire at rates that are five to ten times faster than those customary in conventional applications. This is possible because EERUF reduces the number of erroneous readings due to ultrasonic noise by one to two orders of magnitude.

While faster firing rates improve the reliability and robustness of mobile robot obstacle avoidance and are necessary for safe travel a higher speed (e.g., V > 0.3 m/sec), they introduce more ultrasonic noise and increase the occurrence rate of crosstalk. However, EERUF almost eliminates crosstalk, making fast firing feasible. Furthermore, ERRUF's unique noise rejection capability allows multiple mobile robots to collaborate in the same environment, even if their ultrasonic sensors operate at the same frequencies.

We have implemented and tested the EERUF method on a mobile robot and we present experimental results. With EERUF, a mobile robot was able to traverse an obstacle course of densely spaced, pencil-thin (8 mm-diameter) poles at up to 1 m/sec.

 

On Reorienting Linked Rigid Bodies Using Internal Motions

Gregory C. Walsh and S. Shankar Sastry

pages 139-146

We provide algorithms for reorienting linked rigid bodies floating in space. The dynamics of these systems conserve both linear and angular momentum. The conservation of angular momentum is a nonintegrable or nonholonomic constraint. We derive this constraint by applying Noether's theorem to the Lagrangian of the system. When the total angular momentum is zero, we may dualize the constraint to a control system. The problem of reorienting the satellite becomes a steering problem for a drift free control system. We give explicit solutions for steering a planar skater and a satellite with two rotors. The planar skater has been simulated and animated on a graphics workstation. We also discuss the hardware setup which we built to verify the theoretical results.

 

Sorting Parts by Random Grasping

Dukhyan Kang and Ken Goldberg

pages 146-152

As a low-cost alternative to machine vision, we consider how a modified parallel-jaw gripper can be used to classify parts according to shape by grasping and measuring the diameter: the distance between the jaws. Since more than one part may give rise to the same diameter and the sensor may be corrupted by noise due to surface compliance and backlash, we show how the most probable part can be estimated using a sequence of random grasps with a Bayesian decision procedure. This procedure allows us to define a statistical measure of the "similarity" of a set of parts. Laboratory experiments confirm that the random strategy is effective for sorting parts.

 

A Global Approach to Path Planning for Redundant Manipulators

Sanjeev Seereeram and John T. Wen

pages 152-160

This paper presents 8 new approach to path planning for redundant manipulators. The path planning problem is posed as a finite time nonlinear control problem which can be solved by a Newton-Raphson type algorithm together with an exterior penalty function method. This technique is capable of handling various goal task definitions as well as incorporating both joint and task space constraints. The algorithm has shown promising results in planning joint path sequences to meet Cartesian goal planning and path following. In contrast to local approaches, this algorithm is less prone to problems such as singularities and local minima. Applications to planar 3R and 4R arms, cooperating 3R arms and a spatial 9 DOF arm are included.

 

A Dynamic Programming Approach to Near Minimum-Time Trajectory Planning for Two Robots

Jihong Lee

pages 160-164

A numerical trajectory planning method is proposed which ensures collision-free and near time-optimal motions for two robotic manipulators with limited actuator torques and velocities. Constraints on accelerations of the robots that are derived from the limited torques of actuators are transformed to the constraints on the curvatures of the coordination curve in coordination space. A dynamic programming technique is then provided on the discretized coordination space to derive a collision-free and time-optimal trajectory pair for the robots. A numerical example is included.

 

Comments on "A Sliding Mode Controller with Bound Estimation for Robot Manipulators"

Han Ho Choi, Hyung Kyi Yi, and Myung Jin Chung

pages 165-166

This short note points out that the proofs of the main results in the above paper are not correct. And rigorous proofs through more advanced stability results are presented.

 

 

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON

ROBOTICS AND

AUTOMATION

A PUBLICATIONS OF THE IEEE ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION SOCIETY

APRIL 1995 VOLUME 11 NUMBER 2 IRAUEZ (ISSN 1042-296X)

 

PAPERS

A Petri Net Based Deadlock Prevention Policy for Flexible Manifacturing Systems

J. Ezpeleta, J. M. Colom, and J. Martinez

A Remote Manipulator for Forestry Operation

A. A. Goldenberg, J. Wiercienski, P. Kuzan, C. Szymczyk, R. G. Fenton, and B. Shaver

Efficient Search and Hierarchical Motion Planning by Dynamically Maintaining Single-Source Shortest Paths Trees

M. Barbehenn and S. Hutchinson

On the Mobility and Manipulability of General Multiple Limb Robots

A. Bicchi, C. Melchiorri, and D. Balluchi

Prediction of the Quasistatic Planar Motion of a Contacted Rigid Body

J. C. Trinkle and D. C. Zeng

Sliding Mode Control for Gradient Tracking and Robot Navigation Using Artificial Potential Fields

J. Guldner and V. I. Utkin

Plan Execution Monitoring and Control Architecture for Mobile Robots

F. R. Noreils and R. G. Chatila

 

SHORT PAPERS

Modeling an Object of Revolution by Zooming

J.-M. Lavest, G. Rives, and M. Dhome

Symbolic Construction of Models for Multibody Dynamics

H. G. Kwatny and G. L. Blankenship

Evaluation of Dexterity Measures for a 3-Link Planar Redundant Manipulator Using Constraint Locus

B. W. Choi, J. H. Won, and M. J. Chung

A Weighted Least-Norm Solution Based Scheme for Avoiding Joint Limits for Redundant Joint Manipulators

T. F. Chan and R. V. Dubey

A Reduced-Order Adaptive Velocity Observer for Manipulator Control

M. Erlic and W.-S. Lu

Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for a Unique Solution of Plane Motion and Structure

X. Hu and N. Ahuja

Minimizing User Queries in Interactive Assembly Planning

R. H. Wilson

 

TECHNICAL CORRESPONDENCE

Comments on "A Sliding Mode Controller with Bound Estimation for Robot Manipulators"

M. Tarokh and G. Mcdermott

 

BOOK REVIEW

Parallel Computation Systems for Robotics Algorithms and Architectures

I. Sharf

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Call for Papers

 

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON

ROBOTICS AND

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JUNE 1995 VOLUME 11 NUMBER 3 IRAUEZ (ISSN 1042-296X)

 

PAPERS

Synthesis Using Resource Control Nets for Modeling Shared-Resource Systems

M. D. Jeng and F. DiCesare

Inertial Navigation Systems for Mobile Robots

B. Barshan and H. F. Durrant-Whyte

Time-Minimum Routes in Time-Dependent Networks

K. Fujimura

Closed-Loop Kinematic Calibration of the RSI 6-DOF Hand Controller

J. M. Hollerbach and D. M. Lokhorst

Minimal Linear Combinations of the Inertia Parameters of a Manipulator

S.-K. Lin

Gravitational Stability of Frictionless Assemblies

R. Mattikalli, D. Baraff, P. Khosla, and B. Repetto

Parallel O(Log N) Algorithms for Computation of Manipulator Forward Dynamics

A. Fijany, I. Sharf, and G. M. T. D'Eleuterio

 

SHORT PAPERS

A Normal Form of Singular Kinematics of Robot Manipulators with Smallest Degeneracy

K. Tcho<texinput>\accent'023</texinput>n,

Generalized Inverse Kinematic Functions for the Puma Manipulators

J. Côt<texinput>\'{e}</texinput>, C. M. Gosselin and D. Laurendeau

Computation of Configuration-Space Obstacles Using the Fast Fourier Transform

L. E. Kavraki

Graph-Theoretic Deadlock Detection and Resolution for Flexible Manufacturing Systems

H. Cho, T. K. Kumaran, and R. A. Wysk

Local Optimization of Weighted Joint Torques for Redundant Robotic Manipulators

B. Hu, C. L. Teo, and H. P. Lee

Hybrid Adaptive/Robust Motion Control of Rigid-Link Electrically-Driven Robot Manipulators

C.-Y. Su and Y. Stepanenko

Learning Control for Robot Tasks under Geometric Endpoint Constraints

T. Naniwa and S. Arimoto

Primitives for Smoothing Mobile Robot Trajectories

S. Fleury, P. Sou<texinput>\`e</texinput>res, J.-P. Laumond, and R. Chatila

Real-Time Collision Avoidance for Redundant Manipulators

K. Glass, R. Colbaugh, D. Lim, and H. Seraji

A New Adaptive Control Algorithm for Robot Manipulators in Task Space

G. Feng

Robot Manipulability

K. L. Doty, C. Melchiorri, E. M. Schwartz, and C. Bonivento

 

CORRESPONDENCE

Comments on "A Practical Approach to Job Shop Scheduling Problems"

S. Ramaswamy, D. J. Hoitomt, and P. B. Luh

A Note on"On Single-Scanline Camera Calibration"

H. Zhuang and R. Horaud

Comments on "A Sliding Mode Controller with Bound Estimation for Robot Manipulators"

H. H. Choi and C.-Y. Su

Author's Reply to "Comments on `A Sliding Mode Controller with Bound Estimation for Robot Manipulators'" by M. Tarokh and G. Mcdermott

C.-Y. Su

 

BOOK REVIEW

Visual Servoing

J. Funda

 

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON

ROBOTICS AND

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AUGUST 1995 VOLUME 11 NUMBER 4 IRAUEZ (ISSN 1042-296X)

 

PAPERS

A Dynamic Fault Tolerance Framework for Remote Robots

M. L. Visinsky, J. R. Cavallaro, and I. D. Walker

The Kinematics of Multi-Fingered Manipulation

D. J. Montana

Specifying and Achieving Passive Compliance Based on Manipulator Structure

M. H. Ang, Jr. and G. B. Andeen

Alignment Using an Uncalibrated Camera System

B. H. Yoshimi and P. K. Allen

On the Geometry of Contact Formation Cells for Systems of Polygons

A. O. Farahat, P. F. Stiller, and J. C. Trinkle

Design and Development of High-Performance Torque-Controlled Joints

D. Vischer and O. Khatib

First-Order Stability Cells of Active Multi-Rigid-Body Systems

J. C. Trinkle, A. O. Farahat, and P. F. Stiller

Formal Models for Control of Flexible Manufacturing Cells: Physical and System Model

S. B. Joshi, E. G. Mettala, J. S. Smith, and R. A. Wysk

Diagonalized Lagrangian Robot Dynamics

A. Jain and G. Rodriguez

Base-Invariant Symmetric Dynamics of Free-Flying Manipulators

A. Jain and G. Rodriguez

 

SHORT PAPERS

Manipulating Algebraic Parts in the Plane

A. S. Rao and K. Y. Goldberg

Automatic Maintenance of Robot Programs

L. J. Everett and T. W. Ives

Efficient Computation of Articulated-Body Inertias Using Successive Axial Screws

S. McMillan and D. E. Orin

Adaptive Control of Robotic Manipulators Including Motor Dynamics

J. Yuan

Observer Based Control for Elastic Joint Robots

M. Jankovic

 

BOOK REVIEWS

Control of Robot Manipulators

Reviewed by Y. Nakamura

 

 

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON

ROBOTICS AND

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OCTOBER 1995 VOLUME 11 NUMBER 5 IRAUEZ (ISSN 1042-296X)

 

PAPERS

A Design for a Visual Motion Transducer

A. Blake, G. Hamid, and L. Tarassenko

Map-Based Navigation for a Mobile Robot with Omnidirectional Image Sensor COPIS

Y. Yagi, Y. Nishizawa, and M. Yachida

Simultaneous Calibration of a Robot and a Hand-Mounted Camera

H. Zhuang, K. Wang, and Z. S. Roth

The Singularity Analysis of an In-Parallel Hand Controller for Force-Reflected Teleoperation

C. L. Collins and G. L. Long

Toward Automatic Robot Instruction from Perception - Temporal Segmentation of Tasks from Human Hand Motion

S. B. Kang and K. Ikeuchi

Finding the Shortest Path of a Disc Among Polygonal Obstacles Using a Radius-Independent Graph

Y.-H. Liu and S. Arimoto

Performability Studies of Automated Manufacturing Systems with Multiple Part Types

N. Viswanadham, K. R. Pattipati, and V. Gopalakrishna

An Implicit Loop Method for Kinematic Calibration and Its Application to Closed-Chain Mechanisms

C. W. Wampler, J. M. Hollerbach, and T. Arai

 

SHORT PAPERS

Six Degree-of-Freedom Hand/Eye Visual Tracking with Uncertain Parameters

N. P. Papanikolopoulos, B. J. Nelson, and P. K. Khosla

A Trajectory-Based Computational Model for Optical Flow Estimation

K. Chaudhury and R. Mehrotra

Uncertainty in Object Pose Determination with Three Light-Stripe Range Measurements

K. Kemmotsu and T. Kanade

Allocation Sequences of Two Processes Sharing a Resource

B. Gaujal, M. Jafari, and G. Alpan

An Approach to Sliding Mode-Based Impedance Control

Z. Lu, S. Kawamura, and A. A. Goldenberg

Shear Force Feedback Control of Flexible Robot Arms

Z.-H. Luo, N. Kitamura, and B.-Z. Guo

A Class of Output Feedback Globally Stabilizing Controllers for Flexible Joints Robots

R. Ortega, R. Kelly, and A. Loría

Point-To-Point Quasi-Static Motion Planning for Flexible-Link Manipulators

F. Xi and R. G. Fenton

 

CORRESPONDENCE

Comments on "A Linear Solution to the Kinematic Parameter Identification of Robot Manipulator" and Some Modifications

S.-W. Shih, Y.-P. Hung, and W.-S. Lin

 

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON

ROBOTICS AND

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DECEMBER 1995 VOLUME 11 NUMBER 6 IRAUEZ (ISSN 1042-296X)

 

PAPERS

The Kinematics of Hyper-Redundant Robot Locomotion

G. S. Chirikjian and J. W. Burdick

Kinematically Optimal Hyper-Redundant Manipulator Configurations

G. S. Chirikjian and J. W. Burdick

A Multisteering Trailer System: Conversion into Chained Form Using Dynamic Feedback

D. Tilbury, O. J. Sordalen, L. Bushnell, and S. S. Sastry

An Efficient Algorithm to Find a Shortest Path for a Car-Like Robot

G. Desaulniers and F. Soumis

Direct Motion Stereo for Passive Navigation

S. Negahdaripour, B. Y. Hayashi, and Y. Aloimonos

Design and Control of a Force-Reflecting Teleoperation System with Magnetically Levitated Master and Wrist

S. E. Salcudean, N. M. Wong, and R. L. Hollis

Contact Transition Control with Semiactive Soft Fingertips

P. N. Akella and M. R. Cutkosky

On Computing Three-Finger Force-Closure Grasps of Polygonal Objects

J. Ponce and B. Faverjon

 

SHORT PAPERS

The Stability of a Flexible Link with a Tip Rotor and a Compressive Tip Load

K. Yamanaka, G. R. Heppler, and K. Huseyin

A Recursive Singularity-Robust Jacobian Generalized Inverse

K.. Kreutz-Delgado and D. Agahi

Map-Based Localization Using the Panoramic Horizon

F. Stein and G. Medioni

Motion Planning for Many Degrees of Freedom: Sequential Search with Backtracking

K. K. Gupta and Z. Guo

A Force-Controlled Pneumatic Actuator

D. Ben-Dov and S. E. Salcudean

An Analysis of Some Fundamental Problems in Adaptive Control of Force and Impedance Behavior: Theory and Experiments

S. K. Singh and D. O. Popa

 

CORRESPONDENCE

A Note on "A Linear Solution to the Kinematic Parameter Identification of Robot Manipulators"

H. Zhuang and Z. S. Roth

 

LIST OF REVIEWERS

 

1995 INDEX

 

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON

ROBOTICS AND

AUTOMATION

A PUBLICATIONS OF THE IEEE ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION SOCIETY

FEBRUARY 1996 VOLUME 12 NUMBER 1 IRAUEZ (ISSN 1042-296X)

 

PAPERS

The Real-Time Supervisory Control of an Experimental Manufacturing Cell

B. A. Brandin

Scheduling Design Activities with a Pull System Approach

U. D. Belhe and A. Kusiak

Optimal Sequencing of Double-Gripper Gantry Robot Moves in Tightly-Coupled Serial Production Systems

Q. Su and F. F. Chen

A Complete Algorithm for Designing Planar Fixtures Using Modular Components

R. C. Brost and K. Y. Goldberg

Structural Properties and Classification of Kinematic and Dynamic Models of Wheeled Mobile Robots

G. Campion, G. Bastin, and B. D'Andréa-Novel

Mobile Robot Self-Location Using Model-Image Feature Correspondence

R. Talluri and J. K. Aggarwal

Internal Force-Based Impedance Control for Cooperating Manipulators

R. G. Bonitz and T. C. Hsia

Measurement and Modeling of McKibben Pneumatic Artificial Muscles

C.-P. Chou and B. Hannaford

Motion of an Uncalibrated Stereo Rig: Self-Calibration and Metric Reconstruction

Z. Zhang, Q.-T. Luong, and O. Faugeras

A Self-Calibration Technique for Active Vision Systems

S. D. Ma

 

SHORT PAPERS

A Sensor Used for Measurements in the Calibration of Production Robots

L. J. Everett and T. W. Ives

Tracking Control of a Conveyor Belt: Design and Experiments

M. C. Tsai and C. H. Lee

Approximate Inverse Dynamics and Passive Feedback for Flexible Manipulators with Large Payloads

C. J. Damaren

High-Resolution Beam Forming for Ultrasonic Arrays

P. Webb and C. Wykes

Twin-Head Six-Axis Force Sensors

M. Kaneko

 

IEEE COPYRIGHT FORM

 

 

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON

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AUTOMATION

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APRIL 1996 VOLUME 12 NUMBER 2 IRAUEZ (ISSN 1042-296X)

 

SPECIAL ISSUE ON ASSEMBLY AND TASK PLANNING FOR MANUFACTURING

 

GUEST EDITORIAL

S. Lee, D. Lyons, C. Ramos, and J. Troccaz

 

Section I

Optimizing Robot Motion Strategies for Assembly with Stochastic Models of the Assembly Process

R. Sharma, S. M. LaValle, and S. Hutchinson

Minimal Precedence Constraints for Integrated Assembly and Execution Planning

V. N. Rajan and S. Y. Nof

Integrating Sensing, Task Planning, and Execution for Robotic Assembly

C.-P. Tung and A. C. Kak

Section II

Integration and Learning in Supervision of Flexible Assembly Systems

L. M. Camarinha-Matos, L. S. Lopes, and J. Barata

P3: A Process Planner for Manufacturability Analysis

C. C. Hayes

PRIAM: Polite Rescheduler for Intelligent Automated Manufacturing

T. K. Tsukada and K. G. Shin

Interleaving Assembly Planning and Design

G. J. Kim, S. Lee, and G. A. Bekey

Section III

An Experience-Based Assembly Sequence Planner for Mechanical Assemblies

A. Swaminathan and K. S. Barber

A Hierarchical Petri Net Framework for the Representation and Analysis of Assembly

J. P. Thomas, N. Nissanke, and K. D. Baker

Task Primitives for the Discrete Event Modeling and Control of 6-DOF Assembly Tasks

B. J. McCarragher

Finding All Stable Orientations of Assemblies with Friction

R. Mattikalli, D. Baraff, and P. Khosla

Boundary Models for Assembly Knowledge Representation

J. P. Thomas, N. Nissanke, and K. D. Baker

Automatic Generation of Goal Regions for Assembly Tasks in the Presence of Uncertainty

S.-F. Su, C. S. G. Lee, and W. Hsu

Section IV

Task Curve Planning for Painting Robots - Part I: Process Modeling and Calibration

P. Hertling, L. Hog, R. Larsen, J. W. Perram, and H. G. Petersen

Complete Algorithms for Feeding Polyhedral Parts Using Pivot Grasps

A. Rao, D. J. Kriegman, and K. Y. Goldberg

Reliability and Flexibility - A Mutually Exclusive Problem for Robotic Assembly?

M. S. Wilson

Robust Path Planning in the Plane

F. De la Rosa, C. Laugier, and J. Nájera

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Call for Papers-1997 International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Call for Papers-American Nuclear Society Seventh Topical Meeting on Robotics and Remote Systems

 

 

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON

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AUTOMATION

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JUNE 1996 VOLUME 12 NUMBER 3 IRAUEZ (ISSN 1042-296X)

 

PAPERS

Design and Evaluation of Real-Time Communication for FieldBus-Based Manufacturing Systems

K. G. Shin and C.-C. Chou

A Nonlinear Model of a Harmonic Drive Gear Transmission

T. D. Tuttle and W. P. Seering

Modeling and Feedback Control of Mobile Robots Equipped with Several Steering Wheels

B. Thuilot, B. d'Andréa-Novel, and A. Micaelli

Deadlock-Free Schedules for Automated Manufacturing Workstations

S. E. Ramaswamy and S. B. Joshi

A Unified Approach to Space Robot Kinematics

S. K. Saha

Dextrous Hand Grasping Force Optimization

M. Buss, H. Hashimoto, and J. B. Moore

Position Tracking Control for Robot Manipulators Driven by Induction Motors Without Flux Measurements

J. Hu, D. M. Dawson, and Y. Qian

Intelligent Planning and Control for Multirobot Coordination: An Event-Based Approach

N. Xi, T.-J. Tarn, and A. K. Bejczy

Constrained Cartesian Motion Control for Teleoperated Surgical Robots

J. Funda, R. H. Taylor, B. Eldridge, S. Gomory, and K. G. Gruben

 

SHORT PAPERS

A Modified Model Reference Adaptive Control Scheme for Rigid Robots

A. Datta and M.-T. Ho

Characteristic of Optimal Solutions in Kinematic Resolutions of Redundancy

J. Park, W.-K. Chung, and Y. Youm

A Method of Acoustic Landmark Extraction for Mobile Robot Navigation

J. H. Ko, W. J. Kim, and M. J. Chung

Pattern Reconfiguration in Swarms-Convergence of a Distributed Asynchronous and Bounded Iterative Algorithm

G. Beni and P. Liang

Radial Basis Function Network Architecture for Nonholonomic Motion Planning and Control of Free-Flying Manipulators

D. Gorinevsky, A Kapitanovsky, and A. Goldenberg

An Efficient Algorithm for the Model-Based Adaptive Control of Robotic Manipulators

H. Kawasaki, T. Bito, and K. Kanzaki

 

CORRESPONDENCE

Comments on "A New Adaptive Control Algorithm for Robot Manipulators in Task Space"

H. H. Choi, M. J. Chung, and G. Feng

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Call for Papers

 

 

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON

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AUGUST 1996 VOLUME 12 NUMBER 4 IRAUEZ (ISSN 1042-296X)

 

PAPERS

A Continuous-Flow Model for Unreliable Production Networks of the Finite Queue Type

Y. A. Phillis, and V. S. Kouikoglou

Virtual-Reality-Based Point-and-Direct Robotic Inspection in Manufacturing

C. Wang and D. J. Cannon

Competitive Robot Mapping with Homogeneous Markers

X. Deng and A. Mirzaian

A Local Measure of Fault Tolerance for Kinematically Redundant Manipulators

R. G. Roberts and A. A. Maciejewski

Toward Obtaining All Possible Contacts-Growing A Polyhedron by its Location Uncertainty

J. Xiao and L. Zhang

Probabilistic Roadmaps for Path Planning in High-Dimensional Configuration Spaces

L. E. Kavraki, P. Svestka, J.-C. Latombe, and M. H. Overmars

Specification of Force-Controlled Actions in the ``Task Frame Formalism''-A Synthesis

H. Bruyninckx and J. De Schutter

 

SHORT PAPERS

Performance Analysis of a New Electroplating Line Configuration with a Linear Induction Motor Based Material Mover

R. Desiraju, H.-M. Wang, and J. L. Sanders

Rigid Model-Based Neural Network Control of Flexible-Link Manipulators

L.-C. Lin and T.-W. Yih

On the Role of High-Gain Feedback in P-Type Learning Control of Robot Arms

P. Lucibello

Stability of PID Control for Industrial Robot Arms

P. Rocco

Fast Construction of Force-Closure Grasps

C.-P. Tung and A. C. Kak

A New Laboratory Simulator for Study of Motion of Free-floating Robots Relative to Space Targets

S. K. Agrawal, G. Hirzinger, K. Landzettel, and R, Schwertassek

Hybrid Position/Force Control of Flexible-Macro/Rigid-Micro Manipulator Systems

T. Yoshikawa, K. Harada, and A. Matsumoto

Composite Adaptive Control of Constrained Robots

J. Yuan

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Call for Papers-8th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR'97)

 

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OCTOBER 1996 VOLUME 12 NUMBER 5 IRAUEZ (ISSN 1042-296X)

 

SPECIAL SECTION ON VISION-BASED CONTROL OF ROBOT MANIPULATORS

 

EDITORIAL

Introduction to the Special Section on Vision-Based Control of Robot Manipulators

G. D. Hager and S. Hutchinson

 

SPECIAL SECTION PAPERS

A Tutorial on Visual Servo Control

S Hutchinson, G. D. Hager and P. I. Corke

Dynamic Effects in Visual Closed-Loop Systems

P. I. Corke and M. C. Good

Relative End-Effector Control Using Cartesian Position Based Visual Servoing

W. J. Wilson, C. C. Williams Hulls, and G. S. Bell

An Active Visual Estimator for Dexterous Manipulation

A. A. Rizzi and D. E. Koditschek

Force and Vision Resolvability for Assimilating Disparate Sensory Feedback

B. J. Nelson and P. K. Khosla

Robust Visual Servoing in 3-D Reaching Tasks

E. Grosso, G. Metta, A. Oddera, and G. Sandini

 

SPECIAL SECTION SHORT PAPERS

Visual Servoing in Robotics Scheme Using a Camera/Laser-Stripe Sensor

D. Khadraoui, G. Motyl, P. Martinet, J. Gallice, and F. Chaumette

Subspace Methods for Robot Vision

S. K. Nayar, S. A. Nene, and H. Murase

Robust Asymptotically Stable Visual Servoing of Planar Robots

R. Kelly

Visual Servoing with Hand-Eye Manipulator-Optimal Control Approach

K. Hashimoto, T. Ebine, and H. Kimura

 

REGULAR ISSUE PAPERS

Myoelectric Teleoperation of a Complex Robotic Hand

K. A. Farry, I. D. Walker, and R. G. Baraniuk

Scheduling Flexible Manufacturing Systems For Apparel Production

R. N. Tomastik, P. B. Luh, and G. Liu

Modular Modeling Using Petri Nets

L. Wang and X. Xie

 

REGULAR ISSUE SHORT PAPERS

View-Invariant Regions and Mobile Robot Self-Localization

K. T. Simsarian, T. J. Olson, and N. Nandhakumar

Effect of the Dynamic Interaction on Coordinated Control of Mobile Manipulators

Y. Yamamoto and X. Yun

Estimating Precise Edge Position by Camera Motion

K. Kato, H. Ishiguro, and S. Tsuji

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Call for Papers-8th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR'97)

 

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON

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DECEMBER 1996 VOLUME 12 NUMBER 6 IRAUEZ (ISSN 1042-296X)

 

EDITORIAL

R. A. Volz

 

PAPERS

Single Machine Scheduling with Chain Structured Precedence Constraints and Separation Time Windows

C. Chu and J.-M. Proth

Deadlock Avoidance Policies for Automated Manufacturing Cells

S. A. Reveliotis and P. M. Ferreira

Heuristic Solutions for Loading in Flexible Manufacturing Systems

B. Srivastava and W.-H. Chen

Measurement and Correction of Systematic Odometry Errors in Mobile Robots

J. Borenstein and L. Feng

Effects of Input Shaping on Two-Dimensional Trajectory Following

W. E. Singhose and N. C. Singer

Growth Distances: New Measures for Object Separation and Penetration

C. J. Ong and E. G. Gilbert

On the Stability of Grasped Objects

W. S. Howard and V. Kumar

 

TECHNICAL CORRESPONDENCE

Camera Calibration with a Near-Parallel (Ill-Conditioned) Calibration Board Configuration

H. Zhuang and W.-C. Wu

 

BOOK REVIEW

Sensors for Mobile Robots

A. Halme

 

List of Reviewers

 

1996 INDEX

 

Abstracts

 

Single Machine Scheduling with Chain Structured Precedence Constraints and Separation Time Windows

Chengbin Chu and Jean-Marie Proth

pages 835-844

We consider a single machine scheduling problem which we studied to improve the efficiency of an automated medical laboratory. In this problem, there are not only chain-structured precedence constraints, but also minimal and maximal times separating sucessive jobs in the same chain (separation time windows). The criterion to be minimized is the makespan. Potential applications are not restricted to medical analysis. This proble often arises in systems where chemical processes are involved. Therefore the problem studied in this paper is important in practice. We prove that the problem is nonpolynomial (NP)-complete. As a consequence, we propose three heuristics for large size problems and a branch and bound based algorithm for small size problems. Computational results are reported.

 

Deadlock Avoidance Policies for Automated Manufacturing Cells

Spiridon A. Reveliotis and Placid M. Ferreira

pages 845-857

Athough the typical process-layout manufacturing environment is susceptible to deadlocks, the problem of deadlock resolution in this context has only lately been undertaken by the scientific community. Previous studies have found that deadlock avoidance methodologies seem to be the most appropriate for this particular context. Unfortunately, in the general case these methods suffer from high computational complexity which results in heuristic solutions and/or reduced performance. Taking the position that any solution to the problem should be scalable and provably correct, this paper proposes an analytical framework for designing deadlock avoidance policies for a subclass of resource allocation system (RAS). Specifically, this subclass is characterized by the fact that jobs in the system are defined by determinsitc job-step sequences with every step in the sequence requiring a single unit of the system resources. Job-step models are appropriate for the study of the deadlock problem in the context of the automated manufacturing cell (AMC). The funcionality of the framework is demonstrated by using it to prove the correctness of two avoidance policies; the resource upstream neighborhood (RUN) policy, developed in the authors' research program and first presented in [10], and the B-K deadlock avoidance algorithm (BKDAAA), presented in [3]. An interesting relationship existing between RUN and BKDAA policies is also identified and explored.

 

Heuristic Solutions for Loading in Flexible Manufacturing Systems

Bhutarendu Srivastava and Wun-Hwa Chen

pages 858-868

Production planning in flexible manufacturing system deals with the efficient organization of the production resources in order to meet a given production schedule. It is a complex problem and typically lead to several hierarchical subproblems that need to be solved sequentially or simultaneously. Loading is one of the planning subproblems that has to addressed. It involves assigning the necessary operations and tools among the various machines in some optimal fashion to achieve the production of all selected part types. In this paper, we first formulate the loading problem as a 0-1 mixed integer and then propose loading problem as a 0-1 mixed integer program and then propose heuristic procedures based on Lagrangian relaxation and tabu search to solve the problem. Computational results are presented for all algorithms and finaly, conslusions drawn based on the results are discussed.

 

Measurement and Correction of Systematic Odometry Errors in Mobile Robots

Johan Borenstein and Liqiang Fong

pages 869-880

 

Effects of Input Shaping on Two-Dimensional Trajectory Following

William E. Singhose and Neil C. Singer

pages 881-887

Input shaping is a method of reducing residual vibration in computer-controlled machines. Input shaping is implemented by convolving the desired command signal with a sequence of impulses. The result of the convolutions is then used to drive the system. Because input shaping alters the commanded trajectory, it has had questionable utility for trajectory following applications such as painting, cutting, and scanning. The effects of input shaping on trajectory following were investigated by simulating the response of a fourth-order system with orthogonal modes and conducting experiments on an XY positioning stage. For nearly all values of experimental parameters, input shaping improved trajectory following.

 

Growth Distances: New Measures for Object Separation and Penetration

Chong Jin Ong and Elmer G. Gilbert

pages 888-903

 

On the Stability of Grasped Objects

W. Stamps Howard and Vijay Kumar

pages 904-917

 

 

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON

ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION

 

February 1997, Volume 13, Issue 01

 

PAPERS

Hierarchical Production Controls in a Stochastic Two-Machine Flowshop with a Finite Internal Buffer

S. P. Sethi, Q. Zhang, and X. Y. Zhou [p. 1]

 

A Structure-Oriented Approach to Assembly Sequence Planning

S. Chakrabarty and J. Wolter [p. 14]

 

Impact of Fieldbus on Communication in Robotic Systems

S. Cavalieri, A. Di Stefano, and O. Mirabella [p. 30]

 

Nonlinear Path Control in Automated Vehicle Guidance

E. Freund and R. Mayr [p. 49]

 

A Framework for Robot Motion Planning with Sensor Constraints

R. Sharma and H. Sutanto [p. 61]

 

Object Motion and Structure Recovery for Robotic Vision Using Scanning Laser Range Sensors

P. W. Smith, N. Nandhakumar, and C.-H. Chien [p. 74]

 

Toward Automatic Robot Instruction from Perception--Mapping Human Grasps to Manipulator Grasps

S. B. Kang and K. Ikeuchi [p. 81]

 

Stable Control of a Simulated One-Legged Running Robot with Hip and Leg Compliance

M. Ahmadi and M. Buehler [p. 96]

 

Adaptive Model-Based Hybrid Control of Geometrically Constrained Robot Arms

L. L. Whitcomb,, S. Arimoto, T. Naniwa, and F. Ozaki [p. 105]

 

Scaling Laws for Linear Controllers of Flexible Link Manipulators Characterized by Nondimensional Groups

M. Ghanekar, D. W. L. Wang, and G. R. Heppler [p. 117]

 

 

SHORT PAPERS

Mechanical Filtering Effect of Elastic Cover for Tactile Sensor

M. Shimojo [p. 128]

 

Autonomous Mobile Robot Global Motion Planning and Geometric Beacon Collection Using Traversability Vectors

J. A. Janét, R. C. Luo, and M. G. Kay [p. 132]

 

Nonlinear Adaptive Control for Flexible-Link Manipulators

J. H. Yang, F. L. Lian, and L. C. Fu [p. 140]

 

Translating Relay Ladder Logic for CCM Solving

J. T. Welch [p. 148]

 

 

CALLS FOR PAPERS

Seventh Topical Meeting on Robotics and Remote Systems

[p. 154]

 

Special Issue on Virtual Reality in Robotics and Automation

[p. 155]

 

 

IEEE Copyright Form

[p. 159]

 

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IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON

ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION

A PUBLICATION OF THE IEEE ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION SOCIETY

October 1997, Volume 13, Number 05

 

PAPERS

Least Inventory Control of Multistorage Systems with Non-Stochastic Unknown Inputs
F. Blanchini, F. Rinaldi, and W. Ukovich[p. 633]
Design of Assembly Systems for Modular Products
D. W. He and A. Kusiak[p. 646]
A Linear Space of Admittance Control Laws that Guarantees Force-Assembly with Friction
J. M. Schimmels[p. 656]
A Framed-Quadtree Approach for Determining Euclidean Shortest Paths in a 2-D Environment
D. Z. Chen, R. J. Szczerba, and J. J. Uhran, Jr.[p. 668]
Ultrasound-Based Robot Position Estimation
H. W. Wehn and P. R. Bélanger[p. 682]
Selective Stabilization of Images Acquired by Unmanned Ground Vehicles
Y. S. Yao and R. Chellappa[p. 693]
Postural Stability of a Human Riding a Unicycle and Its Emulation by a Robot
Z. Sheng and K. Yamafuji[p. 709]
Time-Optimal Motion of Two Omnidirectional Robots Carrying a Ladder Under a Velocity Constraint
Z. Chen, I. Suzuki, and M. Yamashita[p. 721]
Optimal Robot Excitation and Identification
J. Swevers, C. Ganseman, D. Bilgin Tükel, J. De Schutter, and H. Van Brussel[p. 730]
Removing Singularities of Resolved Motion Rate Control of Mechanisms, Including Self-Motion
K. A. O'Neil, Y.-C. Chen, and J. Seng[p. 741]

 

SHORT PAPERS

Petri Nets for Modeling Automated Manufacturing Systems with Error Recovery
M. D. Jeng[p. 752]
Dynamic Global Path Planning with Uncertainty for Mobile Robots in Manufacturing
H. Hu and M. Brady[p. 760]
Minimum Effort Inverse Kinematics for Redundant Manipulators
A. S. Deo and I. D. Walker[p. 767]
Nonholonomic Behavior in Redundant Robots Under Kinematic Control
A. De Luca and G. Oriolo[p. 776]
Robust Control of Robot Manipulators Based on Dynamics Decomposition
G. Liu and A. A. Goldenberg[p. 783]

 

TRA v14.1 Feb98

PAPERS

Simulating
Pursuit
with Machine Experiments with Robots and Artificial Vision
J. Dias, C. Paredes, I. Fonseca, H. Araujo, J. Batista, and A. T. Almeida
[p. 1]

Multiresolution Rough Terrain Motion Planning
D. K. Pai and L.-M. Reissell
[p. 19]

The Use of Optical Flow for Road Navigation
A. Giachetti, M. Campani, and V. Torre
[p. 34]

Real-Time Obstacle Avoidance Using Central Flow Divergence, and Peripheral Flow
D. Coombs, M. Herman, T.-H. Hong, and M. Nashman
[p. 49]

Measuring Range using a Triangulation Sensor with Variable Geometry
J. Clark, A. M. Wallace, and G. L. Pronzato
[p. 60]

An Optimal Control Approach to Robust Control of Robot Manipulators
F. Lin and R. D. Brandt
[p. 69]

Analysis and Design of a Six-DOF Parallel Manipulator, Modeling, Singular Configurations, and Workspace
E.-M. Dafaoui, Y. Amirat, J. Pontnau, and C. François
[p. 78]

Singular Inverse Kinematic Problem for Robotic Manipulators: A Normal Form Approach
K. Tchon and R. Muszynski
[p. 93]

Precision Object Manipulation with a Multifingered Robot Hand
P. Michelman
[p. 105]

Modeling of Friction Using Spectral Analysis
M. R. Popovic and A. A. Goldenberg
[p. 114]

Numerical Convolution on the Euclidean Group with Applications to Workspace Generation
G. S. Chirikjian and I. Ebert-Uphoff
[p. 123]

Wireless Communications and a Priority Access Protocol for Multiple Mobile Terminals in Factory Automation
S. Jiang
[p. 137]

Cyclic Scheduling of a Hoist with Time Window Constraints
H. Chen, C. Chu, and J.-M. Proth
[p. 144]


SHORT PAPERS

Kinematic Calibration of an Active Head-Eye System
M. Li
[p. 153]

Active Self-Calibration of Robotic Eyes and Hand-Eye Relationships with Model Identification
G.-Q. Wei, K. Arbter, and G. Hirzinger
[p. 158]

Analysis of Probabilistic Roadmaps for Path Planning
L. E. Kavraki, M. N. Kolountzakis, and J.-C. Latombe
[p. 166]

A Method of Progressive Constraints for Nonholonomic Motion Planning
P. Ferbach
[p. 172]

Improving Regulation of a Single-Link Flexible Manipulator with Strain Feedback
S. S. Ge, T. H. Lee, and G. Zhu
[p. 179]

Controllability of Grasps and Manipulations in Multi-Fingered Hands
N. Brook, M. Shoham, and J. Dayan
[p. 185]

TRA v14.2 Apr98

PAPERS

Dempster-Shafer Theory for Sensor Fusion in Autonomous Mobile Robots
R. R. Murphy
[p. 197]

Motion Planning of Intelligent Manipulation by a Parallel Two-Fingered Gripper Equipped with a Simple Rotating Mechanism
H. Terasaki and T. Hasegawa
[p. 207]

ALLIANCE: An Architecture for Fault Tolerant Multirobot Cooperation
L. E. Parker
[p. 220]

Dynamic Analysis of Mobility and Graspability of General Manipulation Systems
D. Prattichizzo and A. A. Bicchi
[p. 241]

Guaranteed Solution of Direct Kinematic Problems for General Configurations of Parallel Manipulators
O. Didrit, M. Petitot, and E. Walter
[p. 259]

Modeling and Analysis of Sequential Processes that Cooperate Through Buffers
L. Recalde, E. Teruel, and M. Silva
[p. 267]

Active Antenna for Contact Sensing
M. Kaneko, N. Kanayama, and T. Tsuji
[p. 278]

High Precision X-Ray Stereo for Automated 3-D CAD-Based Inspection
J. A. Noble, R. Gupta, J. Mundy, A. Schmitz, and R. I. Hartley
[p. 292]

Decomposition Heuristics for Robust Job-Shop Scheduling
E.-S. Byeon, S. D. Wu, and R. H. Storer
[p. 303]


SHORT PAPERS

The Mobile Robot Surrogate Method for Developing Autonomy
M. R. Masliah and R. W. Albrecht
[p. 314]

Robot Motion Planning on N-Dimensional Star Worlds Among Moving Obstacles
R. A. Conn and M. Kam
[p. 320]

Closed-Form Forward Position Kinematics for a (3-1-1-1)2 Fully Parallel Manipulator
H. Bruyninckx
[p. 326]

Steering a Class of Redundant Mechanisms Through End-Effector Generalized Forces
A. De Luca, R. Mattone, and G. Oriolo
[p. 329]

On the Existence and Characteristics of Solution Paths at Algorithmic Singularities
K. A. O'Neil, Y.-C. Chen, and J. Seng
[p. 336]

Neural Network Based Fault Detection in Robotic Manipulators
A. T. Vemuri, M. M. Polycarpou, and S. A. Diakourtis
[p. 342]

Synthesis of Fault-Tolerant Supervisor for Automated Manufacturing Systems: A Case Study on Photolithographic Process
K.-H. Cho and J.-T. Lim
[p. 348]

Bottlenecks in Markovian Production Lines: A Systems Approach
S.-Y. Chiang, C.-T. Kuo, and S. M. Meerkov
[p. 352]


CORRESPONDENCE

Corrections to "Numerical Convolution to the Euclidean Group with Applications to Workspace Generation"
G. S. Chirikjian and I. Ebert-Uphoff
[p. 360]

TRA v14.3 Jun98

PAPERS

Predictable Scheduling of a Job Shop Subject to Breakdowns
S. V. Mehta and R. M. Uzsoy
[p. 365]

Distributed Tool Sharing in Flexible Manufacturing Systems
T. K. Tsukada and K. G. Shin
[p. 379]

SANDROS: A Dynamic Graph Search Algorithm for Motion Planning
P. C. Chen and Y. K. Hwang
[p. 390]

Moving Obstacle Detection From a Navigating Robot
D. Nair and J. K. Aggarwal
[p. 404]

Vision-Based Motion Planning and Exploration Algorithms for Mobile Robots
C. J. Taylor and D. J. Kriegman
[p. 417]

Multivalued Distance Maps for Motion Planning on Surfaces with Moving Obstacles
R. Kimmel, N. Kiryati, and A. M. Bruckstein
[p. 427]

Stochastic Similarity for Validating Human Control Strategy Models
M. C. Nechyba and Y. Xu
[p. 437]

Learning Impedance Control for Robotic Manipulators
C.-C. Cheah and D. Wang
[p. 452]

The Bounds and Realization of Spatial Stiffnesses Achieved with Simple Springs Connected in Parallel
S. Huang and J. M. Schimmels
[p. 466]

Error Analysis and Planning Accuracy for Dimensional Measurement in Active Vision Inspection
C. C. Yang, M. M. Marefat, and F. W. Ciarallo
[p. 476]


SHORT PAPERS

Synthesis of Sequential Controller in the Presence of Conflicts and Free Choices
G. Alpan and M. A. Jafari
[p. 488]

Active Self-Calibration of Hand-Mounted Laser Range Finders
G.-Q. Wei and G. Hirzinger
[p. 493]

When is an Obstacle a
Perfect
Obstacle?
A. Mukerjee, S. Sharma, and R. B. Agrawal
[p. 497]

Closed Form Forward Kinematics Solution to a Class of Hexapod Robots
J. Yang and Z. J. Geng
[p. 503]


CORRESPONDENCE

Comments on "On the Kinematics of Robot Heads"
S. Spiess and M. Vincze
[p. 509]

TRA v14.4 Aug98

PAPERS

Manufacturing Flexibility Measurement: A Fuzzy Logic Framework
N. C. Tsourveloudis and Y. A. Phillis
[p. 513]

Visually Guided Object Grasping
R. Horaud, F. Dornaika, and B. Espiau
[p. 525]

On the Symmetric Localization Problem
J. B. Gou, Y. Chu, and Z. X. Li
[p. 533]

Design and Experimental Validation of an Odometric and Goniometric Localization System for Outdoor Robot Vehicles
P. Bonnifait and G. Garcia
[p. 541]

Practical Pushing Planning for Rearrangement Tasks
O. Ben-Shahar and E. Rivlin
[p. 549]

Fault Tolerance for Kinematically Redundant Manipulators: Anticipating Free-Swinging Joint Failures
J. D. English and A. A. Maciejewski
[p. 566]

On the Generation of Smooth Three-Dimensional Rigid Body Motions
M. Zˇefran, V. Kumar, and C. B. Croke
[p. 576]

Desingularization of Nonredundant Serial Manipulator Trajectories Using Puiseux Series
J. E. Lloyd
[p. 590]

An Analytical and Experimental Investigation of a Jet Pipe Controlled Electropneumatic Actuator
P. D. Henri, J. M. Hollerbach, and A. Nahvi
[p. 601]


SHORT PAPERS

Hand/Eye Calibration for Electronic Assembly Robots
H. Zhuang
[p. 612]

Simultaneous Robot-World and Hand-Eye Calibration
F. Dornaika and R. Horaud
[p. 617]

An Evidential Approach to Map-Building for Autonomous Vehicles
D. Pagac, E. M. Nebot, and H. Durrant-Whyte
[p. 623]

Sliding and Hopping Gaits for the Underactuated Acrobot
M. D. Berkemeier and R. S. Fearing
[p. 629]

Force Reflecting Telemanipulators with Time-Delay: Stability Analysis and Control Design
A. Eusebi and C. Melchiorri
[p. 635]

Unified Formulation of Robotic Systems with Holonomic and Nonholonomic Constraints
X. Yun and N. Sarkar
[p. 640]

Redesign of Hybrid Adaptive/Robust Motion Control of Rigid-Link Electrically-Driven Robot Manipulators
C.-Y. Su and Y. Stepanenko
[p. 651]


TRA v14.5 Oct98

PAPERS

Shortest Distance Paths for Wheeled Mobile Robots
J. C. Alexander, J. H. Maddocks, and B. A. Michalowski
[p. 657]

Finding the Optimal Driving Path of a Car Using the Modified Constrained Distance Transformation
S.-C. Pei and J.-H. Horng
[p. 663]

Topological Property for Collision-Free Nonholonomic Motion Planning: The Case of Sinusoidal Inputs for Chained Form Systems
S. Sekhavat and J.-P. Laumond
[p. 671]

Nonholonomic Control of a Three-DOF Planar Underactuated Manipulator
H. Arai, K. Tanie, and N. Shiroma
[p. 681]

Mobility of Bodies in Contact--Part I: A 2nd-Order Mobility Index for Multiple-Finger Grasps
E. Rimon and J. W. Burdick
[p. 696]

Mobility of Bodies in Contact--Part II: How Forces are Generated by Curvature Effects
E. Rimon and J. W. Burdick
[p. 709]

Synthesis of Robot Dynamic Behavior for Environmental Interaction
G. Prokop and F. Pfeiffer
[p. 718]

Modeling, Identification, and Control of a Pneumatically Actuated, Force Controllable Robot
J. E. Bobrow and B. W. McDonell
[p. 732]

Live-Constraint-Based Control for Contact Transitions
N. Sarkar, X. Yun, and R. Ellis
[p. 743]

FOVEA: A Foveated Vergent Active Stereo Vision System for Dynamic Three-Dimensional Scene Recovery
W. N. Klarquist and A. C. Bovik
[p. 755]

Designing Robots for Optimal Performance During Repetitive Motion
S. K. Agrawal and T. Veeraklaew
[p. 771]

Potential-Based Modeling of Three-Dimensional Workspace for Obstacle Avoidance
J.-H. Chuang
[p. 778]

An Improvement of the Lagrangean Relaxation Approach for Job Shop Scheduling: A Dynamic Programming Method
H. Chen, C. Chu, and J.-M. Proth
[p. 786]

A Correct and Scalable Deadlock Avoidance Policy for Flexible Manufacturing Systems
M. A. Lawley, S. A. Reveliotis, and P. M. Ferreira
[p. 796]


SHORT PAPERS

Autonomous Road Vehicle Guidance from Autobahnen to Narrow Curves
R. Behringer and N. Müller
[p. 810]

Territorial Multi-Robot Task Division
M. Schneider-Fontan and M. J. Mataric
[p. 815]

Structural Network Modeling and Control of Rigid Body Robots
S. S. Ge and C. C. Hang
[p. 823]

Theory of Two-Dimensional Transformations
Y. J. Kanayama and G. W. Krahn
[p. 827]

Quadratic Normal Forms of Redundant Robot Kinematics with Application to Singularity Avoidance
K. Tchon
[p. 834]

Constrained Optimal Fitting of Three-Dimensional Vector Patterns
G. Calafiore and B. Bona
[p. 838]

TRA v14.6 Dec98

PAPERS

On Constraints in Assembly Planning
R. E. Jones, R. H. Wilson, and T. L. Calton
[p. 849]

Geometric Algorithms for Workpiece Localization
Z. Li, J. Gou, and Y. Chu
[p. 864]

Genetic Reinforcement Learning Approach to the Heterogeneous Machine Scheduling Problem
G. H. Kim and C. S. G. Lee
[p. 879]

Adaptive Motor Control to Aid Mobile Robot Trajectory Execution in the Presence of Changing System Parameters
M. D. Adams
[p. 894]

Minimum Uncertainty Explorations in the Self-Localization of Mobile Robots
G. Borghi and V. Caglioti
[p. 902]

Optimal Motion Planning for Multiple Robots Having Independent Goals
S. M. LaValle and S. A. Hutchinson
[p. 912]

Behavior-Based Formation Control for Multirobot Teams
T. Balch and R. C. Arkin
[p. 926]

Adaptive Augmented State Feedback Control for an Experimental Planar Two-Link Flexible Manipulator
M. Bai, D. H. Zhou, and H. Schwarz
[p. 940]

Planning for Camera-Guided Robotic Radiosurgery
A. Schweikard, M. Bodduluri, and J. R. Adler
[p. 951]


SHORT PAPERS

Experimental Results from Internal Odometry Error Correction with the OmniMate Mobile Robot
J. Borenstein
[p. 963]

Vision-Based Navigation by a Mobile Robot with Obstacle Avoidance Using Single-Camera Vision and Ultrasonic Sensing
A. Ohya, A. Kosaka, and A. Kak
[p. 969]

A Phase Management Framework for Event-Driven Dextrous Manipulation
J. M. Hyde and M. R. Cutkosky
[p. 978]

TRA v15.1 Feb99

Editorial
R. A. Volz
[p. 1]

PAPERS

Accommodating FMS Operational Contingencies Through Routing Flexibility
S. A. Reveliotis
[p. 3]

Optimal Workload Allocation Between a Job Shop and an FMS
U. A. W. Tetzlaff and E. Pesch
[p. 20]

On the Variance of the Production Output of Transfer Lines
P. Ciprut, M.-O. Hongler, and Y. Salama
[p. 33]

Ordinal Comparison of Heuristic Algorithms Using Stochastic Optimization
C.-H. Chen, S. D. Wu, and L. Dai
[p. 44]

Feature-Based Reverse Engineering of Mechanical Parts
W. B. Thompson, J. C. Owen, H. J. de St. Germain, S. R. Stark, Jr., and T. C. Henderson
[p. 57]

A VLSI Sorting Image Sensor: Global Massively Parallel Intensity-to-Time Processing for Low-Latency Adaptive Vision
V. Brajovic and T. Kanade
[p. 67]

Fusing Range and Intensity Images for Mobile Robot Localization
J. Neira, J. D. Tardos, J. Horn, and G. Schmidt
[p. 76]

An Experiment in Autonomous Navigation of an Underground Mining Vehicle
S. Scheding, G. Dissanayake, E. M. Nebot, and H. Durrant-Whyte
[p. 85]

Adaptation of Orienting Behavior: From the Barn Owl to a Robotic System
M. Rucci, G. M. Edelman, and J. Wray
[p. 96]

Computing Reduced Equations for Robotic Systems with Constraints and Symmetries
J. P. Ostrowski
[p. 111]

Modeling and Controlling Variation Propagation in Mechanical Assemblies Using State Transition Models
R. Mantripragada and D. E. Whitney
[p. 124]

A Single Closed-Loop Kinematic Chain Approach for a Hybrid Control of Two Cooperating Arms with a Passive Joint: An Application to Sawing Task
H.-J. Yeo, I. H. Suh, B.-J. Yi, and S.-R. Oh
[p. 141]

Development of a Micro-Manipulation System Having a Two-Fingered Micro-Hand
T. Tanikawa and T. Arai
[p. 152]

Qualitative Test and Force Optimization of 3-D Frictional Form-Closure Grasps Using Linear Programming
Y.-H. Liu
[p. 163]

A 3-D Modular Gripper Design Tool
R. G. Brown and R. C. Brost
[p. 174]


SHORT PAPERS

A Note on Scheduling the Two-Machine Flexible Flowshop
T. C. E. Cheng and G. Wang
[p. 187]

A Methodology for Modeling and Adaptive Planning of Disassembly Processes
E. Zussman and M. Zhou
[p. 190]

TRA v15.2 Apr99

PAPERS

Motion Planning for All-Terrain Vehicles: A Physical Modeling Approach for Coping with Dynamic and Contact Interaction Constraints
M. Cherif
[p. 198]

Development and Experimental Validation of an Adaptive Extended Kalman Filter for the Localization of Mobile Robots
L. Jetto, S. Longhi, and G. Venturini
[p. 215]

High Speed Target Pursuit and Asymptotic Stability in Mobile Robotics
M. D. Adams
[p. 226]

2-1/2-D Visual Servoing
E. Malis, F. Chaumette, and S. Boudet
[p. 234]

Three-Dimensional Odor Compass
H. Ishida, A. Kobayashi, T. Nakamoto, and T. Moriizumi
[p. 247]

Cooperation Control of Multiple Manipulators with Passive Joints
Y.-H. Liu, Y. Xu, and M. Bergerman
[p. 254]

Almost Smooth Time-Invariant Control of Planar Space Multibody Systems
R. Mukherjee and M. Kamon
[p. 264]

Spatio-Geometric Impedance Control of Gough-Stewart Platforms
E. D. Fasse and C. M. Gosselin
[p. 277]

Six-DOF Impedance Control Based on Angle/Axis Representations
F. Caccavale, C. Natale, B. Siciliano, and L. Villani
[p. 285]

Neural Network Output Feedback Control of Robot Manipulators
Y. H. Kim and F. L. Lewis
[p. 297]

Adaptive Control of Mixed Rigid/Flexible Joint Robot Manipulators Based on Virtual Decomposition
W.-H. Zhu and J. De Schutter
[p. 306]

Locally Controllable Manipulation by Stable Pushing
K. M. Lynch
[p. 314]

An Effective Approach for Job-Shop Scheduling with Uncertain Processing Requirements
P. B. Luh, D. Chen, and L. S. Thakur
[p. 324]


SHORT PAPERS

Gross Motion Characteristics of Articulated Mobile Robots with Pure Rolling Capability on Smooth Uneven Surfaces
B. J. Choi and S. V. Sreenivasan
[p. 336]

LANA: A Lane Extraction Algorithm that Uses Frequency Domain Features
C. Kreucher and S. Lakshmanan
[p. 339]

On the Use of Linear Camera-Object Interaction Models in Visual Servoing
B. Allotta and C. Colombo
[p. 346]

On the Trajectory Planning of a Planar Elastic Manipulator Under Gravity
P. K. Sarkar, M. Yamamoto, and A. Mohri
[p. 353]

Identification of Generalized Friction for an Experimental Planar Two-Link Flexible Manipulator Using Strong Tracking Filter
M. Bai, D. H. Zhou, and H. Schwarz
[p. 358]

Decoupled Nonlinear Three-Term Controllers for Robot Trajectory Tracking
M. Tarokh
[p. 365]

Regulation of Manipulators in Generic Task Space: An Energy Shaping Plus Damping Injection Approach
R. Kelly
[p. 377]

Fault-Tolerant Robust Supervisor for Discrete Event Systems with Model Uncertainty and Its Application to a Workcell
S.-J. Park and J.-T. Lim
[p. 382]


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