[robotics-worldwide] [journals] Robotica Contents 32(1), Jan 2014

[Gregory S Chirikjian]

Volume 32 Part 1 January 2014

A psychophysical evaluation of haptic controllers: viscosity perception of soft
environments,
Hyoung Il Son, Hoeryong Jung, Doo Yong Lee, Jang Ho Cho
and Heinrich H. Bülthoff        1

Two different tools for three-dimensional mapping: DE-based scan matching and feature-based loop detection,
Fernando Martín, Rudolph Triebel, Luis Moreno and Roland Siegwar        19

Vision-based autonomous hovering for a miniature uad-rotor,
J. E. Gomez-Balderas, S. Salazar, J. A. Guerrero and R. Lozano        43

Experimental tests of a sliding mode controller for trajectory tracking of a car-like mobile robot,
F. Hamerlain, T. Floquet and W. Perruquetti        63

Immune–wavelet optimization for path planning of large-scale robots,
Saeid Asadi, Vahid Azimirad, Ali Eslami and Saeid Karimian Eghbal        77

UAV-borne X-band radar for collision avoidance,
Allistair Moses, Matthew J. Rutherford, Michail Kontitsis and Kimon P. Valavanis        97

Beacon selection and calibration for the efficient localization of a mobile robot,
Jaehyun Park and Jangmyung Lee        115

I am a warm robot: the effects of temperature in physical human–robot interaction,
Eunil Park and Jaeryoung Lee        133

Fast and effi cient visible trajectories planning for the Dubins UAV model in 3D built-up environments,
Oren Gal and Yerach Doytsher        143

Laser interferometry measurements based calibration and error propagation
identifi cation for pose estimation in mobile robots,
Paulo A. Jiménez and Bijan Shirinzadeh        165