Experimental robotics V. The 5th international symposium, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, June 15--18, 1997 (Q1271334)

The articles of mathematical interest will be reviewed individually. The preceding symposium (4th, 1995) has been announced (see Zbl 0857.93004). Indexed articles: \textit{Hirzinger, G.; Arbter, K.; Brunner, B.; Koeppe, R.}, Towards a new robot generation, 3-21 [Zbl 0932.70005] \textit{Inoue, Hirochika}, Towards evolution of experimental robotics, 22-32 [Zbl 0947.70517] \textit{Kaneko, Makoto; Thaiprasert, Nophawit; Tsuji, Toshio}, Experimental approach on enveloping grasp for column objects, 35-46 [Zbl 0947.70506] \textit{Hirzinger, G.; Butterfaß, J.; Knoch, S.; Liu, H.}, DLR's multisensory articulated hand, 47-55 [Zbl 0947.70504] \textit{Wellman, Parris S.; Peine, William J.; Favalora, Gregg; Howe, Robert D.}, Mechanical design and control of a high-bandwidth shape memory alloy tactile display, 56-66 [Zbl 0947.70522] \textit{Leveroni, Susanna; Shah, Vinay; Salisbury, Kenneth}, Toward dexterous gaits and hands, 67-78 [Zbl 0947.70515] \textit{Konno, Atsushi; Nishiwaki, Koichi; Furukawa, Ryo; Tada, Mitsunori; Nagashima, Koichi; Inaba, Masayuki; Inoue, Hirochika}, Dexterous manipulations of humanoid robot Saika, 79-90 [Zbl 0943.92008] \textit{Caccavale, F.; Natale, C.; Siciliano, B.; Villani, L.}, Experiments of spatial impedance control, 93-104 [Zbl 0947.70535] \textit{Nakawaki, Darrell; Joo, Sangwan; Miyazaki, Fumio}, Optimal control based skill development system for the kip, 105-115 [Zbl 0938.70020] \textit{Morizono, Tetsuya; Kawamura, Sadao}, Toward virtual sports with high speed motion, 116-127 [Zbl 0947.70516] \textit{Featherstone, Roy; Sonck, Stef; Khatib, Oussama}, A general contact model for dynamically-decoupled force/motion control, 128-139 [Zbl 0947.70545] \textit{Foulon, Gilles; Fourquet, Jean-Yves; Renaud, Marc}, Control of a rover-mounted manipulator, 140-151 [Zbl 0945.70007] \textit{Yoshikawa, Tsuneo; Ueda, Hitoshi}, Module-based architecture of world model for haptic virtual reality, 155-166 [Zbl 0947.70548] \textit{Bordegoni, Monica; Cugini, Umberto; Rizzi, Caterina}, Haptic augmented simulation supporting teaching skill to robots, 167-172 [Zbl 0947.70509] \textit{Ellis, R. E.; Zion, P.; Tso, C. Y.}, Interactive visual and force rendering of human-knee dynamics, 173-182 [Zbl 0943.92007] \textit{Maeyama, Shoichi; Ohya, Akihisa; Yuta, Shin'ichi}, Long distance outdoor navigation of an autonomous mobile robot by playback of perceived route map, 185-194 [Zbl 0947.70523] \textit{Jarvis, Ray}, Etherbot -- an autonomous mobile robot on a local area network radio tether, 195-206 [Zbl 0947.70505] \textit{Cozman, Fabio; Krotkov, Eric}, Automatic mountain detection and pose estimation for teleoperation of lunar rovers, 207-215 [Zbl 0947.68558] \textit{Hait, A.; Siméon, T.; Taïx, M.}, A landmark-based motion planner for rough terrain navigation, 216-226 [Zbl 0958.68527] \textit{Salcudean, S. E.; Tafazoli, S.; Hashtrudi-Zaad, K.; Lawrence, P. D.; Reboulet, C.}, Evaluation of impedance and teleoperation control of a hydraulic mini-excavator, 229-240 [Zbl 0947.70534] \textit{Dissanayake, M. W. M. G.; Coates, J. W. R.; Rye, D. C.; Durrant-Whyte, H. F.; Louda, M. A.}, Control of load sway in enhanced container handling cranes, 241-251 [Zbl 0947.70502] \textit{Durrant-Whyte, Hugh; Nebot, Eduardo; Scheding, Steve; Sukkarieh, Sala; Clark, Steve}, The designs of ultra-high integrity navigation systems for large autonomous vehicles, 252-261 [Zbl 0958.93546] \textit{Corke, Peter I.; Winstanley, Graeme J.; Roberts, Jonathan M.}, Modeling and control of a 3500 tonne mining robot, 262-274 [Zbl 0947.70547] \textit{Paromtchik, I. E.; Garnier, Ph.; Laugier, C.}, Autonomous maneuvers of a nonholonomic vehicle, 277-288 [Zbl 0947.70531] \textit{Khatib, M.; Jaouni, H.; Chatila, R.; Laumond, J.-P.}, How to implement dynamic paths, 289-300 [Zbl 0947.70536] \textit{Lamiraux, F.; Laumond, J.-P.}, From paths to trajectories for multi-body mobile robots, 301-309 [Zbl 0947.70546] \textit{Ahmadi, M.; Buehler, M.}, Preliminary experiments with an actively tuned passive dynamic running robot, 313-324 [Zbl 0947.70512] \textit{Serna, M. A.; Avello, A.; Briones, L.; Bustamante, P.}, ROBICEN: A pneumatic climbing robot for inspection of pipes and tanks, 325-334 [Zbl 0947.70513] \textit{Roßmann, Thomas; Pfeiffer, Friedrich}, Control of an eight legged pipe crawling robot, 335-348 [Zbl 0947.70533] \textit{Henriksen, Lars; Ravn, Ole; Andersen, Nils A.}, Autonomous vehicle interaction with in-door environments, 349-360 [Zbl 0947.70532] \textit{Faibish, S.; Bacakoglu, H.; Goldenberg, A. A.}, An experimental system for automated paper recycling, 361-372 [Zbl 0947.70500] \textit{Vandorpe, J.; Van Brussel, H.; De Schutter, J.; Xu, H.; Moreas, R.}, Positioning of the mobile robot LiAS with line segments extracted from 2D range finder data using total least squares, 373-384 [Zbl 0947.70537] \textit{Hanebeck, U. D.; Schmidt, G.}, Mobile robot localization based on efficient processing of sensor data and set-theoretic state estimation, 385-396 [Zbl 0947.70520] \textit{Fernández, Sabin; Mayora, Kepa; Basurko, Jon; Gómez-Elvira, Javier; García, Ricardo; González, Carlos; Selaya, Javier}, i. ARES manipualtion subsystem, 399-409 [Zbl 0947.70510] \textit{Popović, M. R.; Goldenberg, A. A.}, Modeling of nonlinear friction in complex mechanisms using spectral analysis, 410-422 [Zbl 0947.70511] \textit{Canfield, Stephen L.; Reinholtz, Charles F.}, Development of the carpal robotic wrist, 423-434 [Zbl 0947.70503] \textit{Merlet, J.-P.}, First experiments with MIPS 1 (Mini in-parallel positioning system), 435-442 [Zbl 0947.70508] \textit{Hayward, V.; Gregorio, P.; Astley, O.; Greenish, S.; Doyon, M.; Lessard, L.; McDougall, J.; Sinclair, I.; Boelen, S.; Chen, X.; Demers, J.-G.; Poulin, J.; Benguigui, I.; Almey, N.; Makuc, B.; Zhang, X.}, Freedom-7: A high fidelity seven axis haptic device with application to surgical training, 445-456 [Zbl 1001.90517] \textit{Mitsuishi, Mamoru; Watanabe, Hiroyoshi; Kubota, Hiroyuki; Iizuka, Yasuhiro; Hashizume, Hiroyuki}, Tele-micro-surgery: Analysis and tele-micro-blood-vessel suturing experiment, 457-470 [Zbl 1001.92527] \textit{Nakamura, Yoshihiko; Onuma, Kensuke; Kawakami, Hiroo; Nakamura, Tsutomu}, Active forceps for endoscopic surgery, 471-480 [Zbl 1001.92525] \textit{Davies, Brian}, Synergistic robots in surgery-surgeons and robots working co-operatively, 481-489 [Zbl 1001.92526] \textit{Troisfontaine, N.; Bidaud, Ph.; Dario, P.}, Control experiments on two SMA based micro-actuators, 490-499 [Zbl 0947.70501] \textit{Lahdhiri, Tarek; ElMaraghy, Hoda A.}, Optimal nonlinear position tracking control of a two-link flexible-joint robot manipulator, 503-514 [Zbl 0935.70008] \textit{Prisco, G. M.; Madonna, D.; Bergamasco, M.}, Motion control of tendon driven robotic fingers actuated with DC torque motors: Analysis and experiments, 515-531 [Zbl 0947.70518] \textit{Bilodeau, Glen; Papadopoulos, Evangelos}, Experiments on a high performance hydraulic manipulator joint: Modelling for control, 532-543 [Zbl 0947.70524] \textit{Hosoda, Koh; Asada, Minoru}, Adaptive visual servoing for various kinds of robot systems, 547-558 [Zbl 0958.93541] \textit{Tsakiris, D. P.; Kapellos, K.; Samson, C.; Rives, P.; Borrelly, J.-J.}, Experiments in real-time vision-based point stabilization of a nonholonomic mobile manipulator, 570-581 [Zbl 0947.70521] \textit{Kapellos, K.; Simon, D.; Granier, S.; Rigaud, V.}, Distributed control of a free-floating underwater manipulation system, 582-593 [Zbl 0954.93517] \textit{Martinoli, A.; Franzi, E.; Matthey, O.}, Towards a reliable set-up for bio-inspired collective experiments with real robots, 597-608 [Zbl 0947.70526] \textit{Jung, David; Cheng, Gordon; Zelinsky, Alexander}, Experiments in realising cooperation between autonomous mobile robots, 609-620 [Zbl 0947.70507] \textit{Kotai, Keith; Rus, Daniela}, Self-reconfigurable robots for navigation and manipulation, 621-632 [Zbl 0947.70514] \textit{Beltrán Escavy, José; Arai, Tamio; Nakamura, Akio; Kakita, Shinjiro; Ota, Jun}, Human-robot interface system with robot group control for multiple mobile robot systems, 633-644 [Zbl 0958.68524] \textit{Araújo, Rui; de Almeida, A. T.}, Exploration-based path-learning by a mobile robot on an unknown world, 647-658 [Zbl 0958.68525] \textit{Laschi, Cecilia; Taddeucci, Davide; Dario, Paolo}, An anthropomorphic model of sensory-motor co-ordination of manipulation for robots, 659-674 [Zbl 0947.70525] \textit{Lloyd, John E.; Pai, Dinesh K.}, Extracting robotic part-mating programs from operator interaction with a simulated environment, 675-686 [Zbl 0947.70519] \textit{Liu, Jiming; Tang, Y. Y.; Khatib, Oussama}, Modeling and learning robot manipulation strategies, 687-700 [Zbl 0958.68526]