Journal Contents: International Journal of Intelligent Mechatronics and Robotics (IJIMR)

Volume 3 (2013)
Issue 1
Article 1
Automatic Operating Process for Zebrafish Embryo Injection (pages 1-15)
Wang Yiliao (Institute of Robotics and Automatic Information System, Nankai University, Nankai, Tianjin, China), Sun Mingzhu (Institute of Robotics and Automatic Information System, Nankai University, Nankai, Tianjin, China), Feng Xizeng (State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Life Science, Nankai University, Nankai, Tianjin, China), Wang Ya Nan (State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Life Science, Nankai University, Nankai, Tianjin, China), Zhao Baoquan (Department of Toxicology and Biochemistry Pharmacy, Academy of Military Medical Science, Beijing, China), Zhao Xin (Institute of Robotics and Automatic Information System, Nankai University, Nankai, Tianjin, China)
Article 2
Sliding Mode Control of a 2D Torsional MEMS Micromirror with Sidewall Electrodes (pages 16-26)
Hui Chen (College of Automation Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China), Manu Pallapa (Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada), Weijie Sun (College of Automation Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China), Zhendong Sun (College of Automation Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China), John T. W. Yeow (Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada)
Article 3
FPGA-Based Object Detection and Motion Tracking in Micro- and Nanorobotics (pages 27-37)
Claas Diederichs (Department of Computing Science, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany), Sergej Fatikow (Department of Computing Science, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany)
Article 4
Piezoresistive Ring-Shaped AFM Sensors with Pico-Newton Force Resolution (pages 38-52)
Zhuang Xiong (CNRS IEMN UMR 8520, NAM6 group, University Lille 1, Villeneuve d’Ascq, Lille, France), Benjamin Walter (CNRS IEMN UMR 8520, NAM6 group, University Lille 1, Villeneuve d’Ascq, Lille, France), Estelle Mairiaux (CNRS IEMN UMR 8520, NAM6 group, University Lille 1, Villeneuve d’Ascq, Lille, France), Marc Faucher (CNRS IEMN UMR 8520, NAM6 group, University Lille 1, Villeneuve d’Ascq, Lille, France), Lionel Buchaillot (CNRS IEMN UMR 8520, NAM6 group, University Lille 1, Villeneuve d’Ascq, Lille, France), Bernard Legrand (CNRS IEMN UMR 8520, NAM6 group, University Lille 1, Villeneuve d’Ascq, Lille, France)
Article 5
An Advance Q Learning (AQL) Approach for Path Planning and Obstacle Avoidance of a Mobile Robot (pages 53-73)
Arpita Chakraborty (Bengal Institute of Technology, Kolkata, West Bengal, India), Jyoti Sekhar Banerjee (Bengal Institute of Technology, Kolkata, West Bengal, India)
Issue 2
Article 1
Comparison of Attitude Determination Methodologies for Implementation with 9DOF, Low Cost Inertial Measurement Unit for Autonomous Aerial Vehicles (pages 1-15)
Man Ho Choi (Robotics and Mechatronics Research Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia), Robert Porter (Robotics and Mechatronics Research Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia), Bijan Shirinzadeh (Robotics and Mechatronics Research Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia)
Article 2
A Neurofuzzy Knowledge Based Architecture for Robotic Hand Manipulation Forces Learning (pages 16-38)
Ebrahim Mattar (College of Engineering, University of Bahrain, Bahrain)
Article 3
Design and Experimental Investigation of a 2-DOF Planar Micro-Positioning Table (pages 39-54)
Yanling Tian (Key Laboratory of Mechanism Theory and Equipment Design of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China), Zhiyong Guo (Key Laboratory of Mechanism Theory and Equipment Design of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China), Fujun Wang (Key Laboratory of Mechanism Theory and Equipment Design of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China), Junlan Li (Key Laboratory of Mechanism Theory and Equipment Design of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China), Dawei Zhang (Key Laboratory of Mechanism Theory and Equipment Design of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China)
Article 4
Robust Adaptive Unscented Particle Filter (pages 55-66)
Li Xue (School of Automatics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China), Shesheng Gao (School of Automatics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China), Yongmin Zhong (School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, RMIT University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia)
Issue 3
Article 1
Experimental System Identification, Feed-Forward Control, and Hysteresis Compensation of a 2-DOF Mechanism (pages 1-21)
Umesh Bhagat (Robotics and Mechatronics Research Laboratory (RMRL), Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia), Bijan Shirinzadeh (Robotics and Mechatronics Research Laboratory (RMRL), Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia), Leon Clark (Robotics and Mechatronics Research Laboratory (RMRL), Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia), Yanding Qin (Tianjin Key Laboratory of Intelligent Robotics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China), Yanling Tian (School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China), Dawei Zhang (School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin,China)
Article 2
Automatized Decision Making for Autonomous Agents (pages 22-28)
Love Ekenberg (Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden), Mats Danielson (Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden)
Article 3
Computing Nash Equilibria in Non-Cooperative Games: An Agent-Based approach (pages 29-42)
Alfredo Garro (Department of Informatics, Modeling, Electronics and Systems Engineering (DIMES),University of Calabria, Rende CS, Italy)
Article 4
SensFloor® and NaviFloor®: Robotics Applications for a Large-Area Sensor System (pages 43-59)
Axel Steinhage (Future-Shape GmbH, Hoehenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn, Germany), Christl Lauterbach (Future-Shape GmbH, Hoehenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn, Germany)
Article 5
Rolling Prevention Mechanism for Underground Pipe Erosion Inspection Robot with a Real Time Vision System (pages 60-76)
Liqiong Tang (Massey University, New Zealand), Donald Bailey (Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand), Matthieu Jones (Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand)
Article 6
A Robot for Cell Injection: Modeling, Design and Experimental Validation (pages 77-98)
K. Kostadinov (Institute of Mechanics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria), D. Chakarov (Institute of Mechanics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria), A. Shulev (Institute of Mechanics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria), T. Tiankov (Institute of Mechanics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria)
Issue 4
Article 1
Optimization of Focused Wave Front Algorithm in Unknown Dynamic Environment for Multi-Robot Navigation (pages 1-29)
Priyanka Meel (Soft Computing and Expert System Laboratory, ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India), Ritu Tiwari (Soft Computing and Expert System Laboratory, ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India), Anupam Shukla (Soft Computing and Expert System Laboratory, ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India)
Article 2
The Development of a Semi-Autonomous Framework for Personal Assistant Robots - SRS Project (pages 30-47)
R. Qiu (Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK & University of Bedfordshire, Luton, UK), Z. Ji (Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK), N. Chivarov (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria), G. Arbeiter (Fraunhofer IPA, Stuttgart, Germany), F. Weisshardt (Fraunhofer IPA, Stuttgart, Germany), M. Rooker (PROFACTOR GmbH, Steyr, Austria), R. Lopez (Robotnik Automation S.L.L., Valencia, Spain), G. Kronreif (Integrated Microsystems Austria GmbH, Wiener Neustadt, Austria), M. Spanel (Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic), D. Li (University of Bedfordshire, Luton, UK)
Article 3
Elastic Translational Joint for Large Translation of Motion Using Spiral Structures (pages 48-57)
Cheol Woo Ha (KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea), Dong-Yol Yang (KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea)
Article 4
Integrated Sensing Techniques for Assistive Chairs: A Survey towards Sit-to-Stand Problems (pages 58-70)
Hang Lu (Institute for Research in Applicable Computing, University of Bedfordshire, Luton, UK), Dayou Li (Institute for Research in Applicable Computing, University of Bedfordshire, Luton, UK), John Oyekan (Institute for Research in Applicable Computing, University of Bedfordshire, Luton, UK), Carsten Maple (Institute for Research in Applicable Computing, University of Bedfordshire, Luton, UK)
Volume 2 (2012)
Issue 1
Article 1
Adaptive Control of Bilateral Teleoperation with Time Delay (pages 1-27)
Ali Shahdi (McMaster University, Canada), Shahin Sirouspour (McMaster University, Canada)
Article 2
Kinematics Analysis of 6-DOF Parallel Micro-Manipulators with Offset U-Joints: A Case Study (pages 28-40)
Mohsen Moradi Dalvand (Monash University, Australia), Bijan Shirinzadeh (Monash University, Australia)
Article 3
Analysis of Direct Sensor-to-Embedded Systems Interfacing: A Comparison of Targets’ Performance (pages 41-56)
Lars E. Bengtsson (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Article 4
On the Development of an Ants-Inspired Navigational Network for Autonomous Robots (pages 57-71)
Paulo A. Jiménez (Monash University, Australia), Yongmin Zhong (RMIT University, Australia)
Article 5
Modeling and Designing an Intelligent Controller using Bond Graph for a Satellite Controlled by Magnetic Actuators (pages 72-90)
Majid Habibi (K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran), Alireza B. Novinzadeh (K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran)
Issue 2
Article 1
A Novel Trans-Scale Precision Positioning Stage Based on the Stick-Slip Effect (pages 1-14)
Bowen Zhong (Harbin Institute of Technology, China), Liguo Chen (Soochow University, China), Zhenhua Wang (Soochow University, China), Lining Sun (Harbin Institute of Technology, China)
Article 2
On the Forces Between Micro and Nano Objects and a Gripper (pages 15-33)
Galin Valchev (Institute of Mechanics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria), Daniel Dantchev (Institute of Mechanics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria), Kostadin Kostadinov (Institute of Mechanics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria)
Article 3
Nanorobot-Based Handling and Transfer of Individual Silicon Nanowires (pages 34-46)
Malte Bartenwerfer (University of Oldenburg, Germany), Sergej Fatikow (University of Oldenburg, Germany)
Article 4
Development of a Compact 1-D Micromanipulator with Flexure Manufactured Using Rapid Prototyping (pages 47-57)
Su Zhao (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Yan Naing Aye (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Cheng Yap Shee (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Wei Tech Ang (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Article 5
Development of a Novel Robotic Catheter Manipulating System with Fuzzy PID Control (pages 58-77)
Xu Ma (Kagawa University, Japan), Shuxiang Guo (Kagawa University, Japan, and Harbin Engineering University, China), Nan Xiao (Kagawa University, Japan), Jian Guo (Kagawa University, Japan), Shunichi Yoshida (Kagawa University, Japan), Takashi Tamiya (Kagawa University, Japan), Masahiko Kawanishi (Kagawa University, Japan)
Article 6
Robust Integral of NN and Error Sign Control for Nanomanipulation Using AFM (pages 78-90)
Qinmin Yang (Zhejiang University, China), Jiangang Lu (Zhejiang University, China)
Issue 3
Article 1
Fabrication of Nanoelectrodes by Cutting Carbon Nanotubes Assembled by Di-Electrophoresis Based on Atomic Force Microscope (pages 1-13)
Zengxu Zhao (Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China), Xiaojun Tian (Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China), Zaili Dong (Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China), Ke Xu (Shenyang Jianzhu University, China)
Article 2
Numerical Simulation of Digital Microfluidics Based on Electro-Dynamic Model (pages 14-23)
Liguo Chen (Soochow University, China), Mingxiang Ling (Harbin Institute of Technology, China), Deli Liu (Harbin Institute of Technology, China)
Article 3
Selective Pick-and-Place of Thin Film by Robotic Micromanipulation (pages 24-37)
Bruno Sauvet (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France), Mohamed Boukhicha (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France), Adrian Balan (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France), Gilgueng Hwang (Laboratoire de Photonique et de Nanostructures, CNRS, France), Dario Taverna (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France), Abhay Shukla (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France), Stéphane Régnier (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France)
Article 4
Integration of Symbolic Task Planning into Operations within an Unstructured Environment (pages 38-57)
Renxi Qiu (Cardiff University, UK), Alexandre Noyvirt (Cardiff University, UK), Ze Ji (Cardiff University, UK), Anthony Soroka (Cardiff University, UK), Dayou Li (University of Bedfordshire, UK), Beisheng Liu (University of Bedfordshire, UK), Georg Arbeiter (Fraunhofer IPA, Germany), Florian Weisshardt (Fraunhofer IPA, Germany), Shuo Xu (Shanghai University, China)
Article 5
An Automated Approach for Adaptive Control Systems (pages 58-71)
Mohamed Khalgui (Istituto di Tecnologie Industriali e Automazione, National Council of Research, Italy & University of Carthage, Tunisia), Olfa Mosbahi (University of Carthage, Tunisia), Emanuele Carpanzano (Istituto di Tecnologie Industriali e Automazione, National Council of Research, Italy), Anna Valente (Istituto di Tecnologie Industriali e Automazione, National Council of Research, Italy)
Issue 4
Article 1
Dynamic Performance Evaluation of a Parallel Manipulator with Non Axial Symmetrical Characteristics by Computing the Respective Actuating Joint Capability (pages 1-14)
Yongjie Zhao (Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Shantou University, & Shantou Institute for Light Industrial Equipment Research, Shantou City, Guangdong, China), Yanling Tian (School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, Tianjin, China)
Article 2
Design of a Highly Dynamic Hydraulic Actuator?for Active Damping Systems in Machine Tools (pages 15-26)
C. Brecher (Department of Machine Tools, Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany), S. Bäumler (Department of Machine Tools, Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany), B. Brockmann (Department of Machine Tools, Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany)
Article 3
Mathematical Model of a CNC Rotary Table Driven by a Worm Gear (pages 27-40)
Ryuta Sato (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan)
Article 4
Stylus-Based Tele-Touch System using a Surface Acoustic Wave Tactile Display (pages 41-57)
Hiroki Takada (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama-City, Japan), Ryo Tamon (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama-City, Japan), Masaya Takasaki (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama-City, Japan), Takeshi Mizuno (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama-City, Japan)
Article 5
Modeling and Adaptive Tracking Control of a Quadrotor UAV (pages 58-81)
Mostafa Mohammadi (Department of Electrical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran), Alireza Mohammad Shahri (Department of Electrical Engineering, Iran University, Tehran, Iran), Zahra Boroujeni (Department of Electrical Engineering, Iran University, Tehran, Iran)
Volume 1 (2011)
Issue 1
Article 1
Open Loop Force Control of Piezo-Actuated Stick-Slip Drives (pages 1-19)
Christoph Edeler (University of Oldenburg, Germany), Sergej Fatikow (University of Oldenburg, Germany)
Article 2
Optimal Robot Path Planning with Cellular Neural Network (pages 20-39)
Yongmin Zhong (Curtin University of Technology, Australia), Bijan Shirinzadeh (Monash University, Australia), Xiaobu Yuan (University of Windsor, Canada)
Article 3
Impedance Control of a Spherical Parallel Platform (pages 40-60)
Luca Carbonari (Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy), Luca Bruzzone (University of Genova, Italy), Massimo Callegari (Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy)
Article 4
Stiffness Modeling and Analysis of Passive Four-Bar Parallelogram in Fully Compliant Parallel Positioning Stage (pages 61-78)
X. Jia (Tianjin University, China), Y. Tian (Tianjin University, China), D. Zhang (Tianjin University, China), J. Liu (Hebei University of Technology, China)
Issue 2
Article 2
Random Weighting Estimation of One-sided Confidence Intervals in Discrete Distributions (pages 18-26)
Yalin Jiao (Northwestern Polytechnical University, China), Yongmin Zhong (RMIT University, Australia), Shesheng Gao (Northwestern Polytechnical University, China), Bijan Shirinzadeh (Monash University, Australia)
Article 3
Dynamic Modeling, Simulation and Velocity Control of Rocker-Bogie Rover for Space Exploration (pages 27-41)
Pushpendra Kumar (Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India), Pushparaj Mani Pathak (Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India)
Article 4
Processing of 3D Unstructured Measurement Data for Reverse Engineering (pages 42-51)
Yongmin Zhong (RMIT University, Australia)
Article 5
Research Note: Modeling and Simulation of Digital Systems Using Bond Graphs (pages 52-61)
Majid Habibi (K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran), Alireza B. Novinzadeh (K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran)
Issue 3
Article 1
Modeling, Simulation and Motion Cues Visualization of a Six-DOF Motion Platform for Micro-Manipulations (pages 1-17)
Umar Asif (National University of Sciences & Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan), Javaid Iqbal (College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Rawalpindi, Pakistan)
Article 2
Bond Graph Modeling and Computational Control Analysis of a Rigid-Flexible Space Robot in Work Space (pages 18-30)
Amit Kumar (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India), Pushparaj Mani Pathak (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India), N. Sukavanam (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India)
Article 3
Experimental Study of Laser Interferometry Based Motion Tracking of a Flexure-Based Mechanism (pages 31-45)
Umesh Bhagat (Monash University, Australia), Bijan Shirinzadeh (Monash University, Australia), Yanling Tian (Tianjian University, China)
Article 4
Analysis and Implementation for a Walking Support System for Visually Impaired People (pages 46-62)
Eklas Hossain (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA), Md Raisuddin Khan (International Islamic University of Malaysia, Malaysia), Riza Muhida (International Islamic University of Malaysia, Malaysia), Ahad Ali (Lawrence Technological University, USA)
Article 5
Which is Better?: A Natural or an Artificial Surefooted Gait for Hexapods (pages 63-72)
Innchyn Her (National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan), Kazi Mostafa (National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan), Jonathan M. Her (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Issue 4
Article 1
Design and Validation of Force Control Loops for a Parallel Manipulator (pages 1-18)
Giuseppe Carbone (University of Cassino, Italy), Enrique Villegas (University of Cassino, Italy), Marco Ceccarelli (University of Cassino, Italy)
Article 2
High Performance Control of Stewart Platform Manipulator Using Sliding Mode Control with Synchronization Error (pages 19-43)
Dereje Shiferaw (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee and Graphic Era University, India), Anamika Jain (Graphic Era University, India), R. Mitra (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India)
Article 3
Kinematics and Dynamics Modeling of a New 4-DOF Cable-Driven Parallel Manipulator (pages 44-60)
Hamoon Hadian (Isfahan University of Technology, Iran), Yasser Amooshahi (Isfahan University of Technology, Iran), Abbas Fattah (University of Delaware, USA)
Article 4
Kinematic Isotropic Configuration of Spatial Cable-Driven Parallel Robots (pages 61-86)
Hamoon Hadian (Isfahan University of Technology, Iran), Abbas Fattah (University of Delaware, USA)
Article 5
Experimental Investigations on the Contour Generation of a Reconfigurable Stewart Platform (pages 87-99)
G. Satheesh Kumar (Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India), T. Nagarajan (Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP), Malaysia)
Article 6
Parallel Architecture Manipulators for Use in Masticatory Studies (pages 100-122)
Madusudanan Sathia Narayanan (University at Buffalo, USA), Srikanth Kannan (University at Buffalo, USA), Xiaobo Zhou (University at Buffalo, USA), Frank Mendel (University at Buffalo, USA), Venkat Krovi (University at Buffalo, USA)