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Cutting Edge Robotics 2010

Edited by: Vedran Kordic

ISBN 978-953-307-062-9, Hard cover, 440 pages
Publisher: InTech
Publication date: October 2010
Subject: Robotics

Robotics research, especially mobile robotics is a young field. Its roots include many engineering and scientific disciplines from mechanical, electrical and electronics engineering to computer, cognitive and social sciences. Each of this parent fields is exciting in its own way and has its share in different books. This book is a result of inspirations and contributions from many researchers worldwide. It presents a collection of a wide range of research results in robotics scientific community. We hope you will enjoy reading the book as much as we have enjoyed bringing it together for you.

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Table of Contents

1. Motion Control of Robots Based on Sensings of Human Forces and Movements
   Tao Liu, Chunguang Li, Kyoko Shibata and Yoshio Inoue
   844 views, 220 downloads
   
2. Reactive Robot Control with Hybrid Operational Techniques in a Seaport Container Terminal Considering the Reliability
   Satoshi Hoshino and Jun Ota
   831 views, 182 downloads
   
3. Robust Nonlinear Control of a 7 DOF Model-Scale Helicopter Under Wind Gusts Using Disturbance Observers
   Adnan Martini, Frangois Leonard and Gabriel Abba
   610 views, 214 downloads
   
4. Pursiut-Evasion Games in Presence of Obstacles in Unknown Environments: towards an Optimal Pursuit Strategy
   C. Giovannangeli, M. Heymann and E. Rivlin
   671 views, 64 downloads
   
5. Motion Planning by Integration of Multiple Policies for Complex Assembly Tasks
   Natsuki Yamanobe, Hiromitsu Fujii, Tamio Arai and Ryuichi Ueda
   593 views, 109 downloads
   
6. Robotic Strategies to Assist Pilots in Landing and Takeoff of Helicopters on Ships and Offshore
   Alexandre Campos, Jacqueline Quintero, Roque Saltaren, Manuel Ferre and Rafael Aracil
   556 views, 234 downloads
   
7. Optimality Principles and Motion Planning of Human-Like Reaching Movements
   Mikhail M. Svinin, Igor A. Goncharenko, Shigeyuki Hosoe and Yoshihito Osada
   600 views, 120 downloads
   
8. An Experimental Study of Three-Dimensional Passive Dynamic Walking with Flat Feet and Ankle Springs
   Terumasa Narukawa, Kazuto Yokoyama, Masaki Takahashi and Kazuo Yoshida
   670 views, 371 downloads
   
9. Active Knee-Release Mechanism for Passive-Dynamic Walking Machines
   Kalin Trifonov and Shuji Hashimoto
   651 views, 335 downloads
   
10. Simplified Human Hand Models for Manipulation Tasks
    Salvador Cobos, Manuel Ferre, Rafael Aracil, Javier Ortego and M. Angel Sanchez-Uran
    699 views, 199 downloads
    
11. An Impact Motion Generation Support Software
    Teppei Tsujita, Atsushi Konno, Yuki Nomura, Shunsuke Komizunai, Yasar Ayaz and Masaru Uchiyama
    791 views, 169 downloads
    
12. Peltier-Based Freeze-Thaw Connector for Waterborne Self-Assembly Systems
    Shuhei Miyashita, Flurin Casanova, Max Lungarella and Rolf Pfeifer
    668 views, 144 downloads
    
13. Adhesion Forces Reduction by Oscillation and Its Application to Micro Manipulation
    Tetsoyu Watanabe and ZhongWei Jiang
    594 views, 117 downloads
    
14. Passivity Based Control of Hydraulic Linear Arms Using Natural Casimir Functions
    Satoru Sakai
    590 views, 356 downloads
    
15. The Formation Stability of a Multi-Robotic Formation Control System
    Chih-Fu Chang and Li-Chen Fu
    580 views, 108 downloads
    
16. Estimation of Users Request for Attentive Deskwork Support System
    Yusuke Tamura, Masao Sugi, Tamio Arai and Jun Ota
    584 views, 79 downloads
    
17. Adaptive Swarm Formation Control for Hybrid Ground and Aerial Assets
    Laura Barnes, Richard Garcia, Mary Anne Fields and Kimon Valavanis
    594 views, 237 downloads
    
18. 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
    662 views, 527 downloads
    
19. Onboard Mission Management for a VTOL UAV Using Sequence and Supervisory Control
    Florian Adolf and Franz Andert
    924 views, 264 downloads
    
20. Emotion Recognition through Physiological Signals for Human-Machine Communication
    Choubeila Maaoui and Alain Pruski
    960 views, 509 downloads
    
21. Robot Assisted Smile Recovery
    Dushyantha Jayatilake, Anna Gruebler and Kenji Suzuki
    651 views, 181 downloads
    
22. Augmenting Sparse Laser Scans with Virtual Scans to Improve the Performance of Alignment Algorithms
    Rolf Lakaemper
    476 views, 104 downloads
    
23. Sensor Network for Structuring People and Environmental Information
    S. Nishio, N. Hagita, T. Miyashita, T. Kanda, N. Mitsunaga, M. Shiomi and T. Yamazaki
    621 views, 125 downloads
    
24. Minimally Invasive Force Sensing for Tendon-driven Robots
    Alberto Cavallo, Guiseppe De Maria, Ciro Natale and Salvatore Pirozzi
    624 views, 135 downloads
    
25. Tweezers Type Tool Manipulation by a Multifinger Hand Using a High-Speed Visual Servoing
    Satoru Mizusawa, Akio Namiki, Taku Senoo and Masatoshi Ishikawa
    626 views, 162 downloads
    
26. Vision-Based Haptic Feedback with Physically-Based Model for Telemanipulation
    Jungsik Kim and Jung Kim
    588 views, 199 downloads
    
27. Image Sabilization for In Vivo Microscopic Imaging
    Sungon Lee
    628 views, 182 downloads