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International Journal of  Robotics and Automation

206

2019  Issue
Editor-In-Chief Prof. Simon X. Yang
Frequency: 6 issues per year
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ISSN (Online): 1925-7090

ISSN (Hardcopy): 0826-8185

ISSN (Open Access): 1925-7090 (OA)



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10.2316/J.2019.206-4335

PATH PLANNING-ORIENTED OBSTACLE AVOIDING WORKSPACE MODELLING FOR ROBOT MANIPULATOR
Yi Cao, Jason Gu, Yi Zang, Xiang Wu, Shijie Zhang, and Mengshi Guo
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-4625

CEH∞F-SLAM: A ROBUST AND JACOBIAN-FREE SOLUTION TO SLAM PROBLEM
Zhu Qiguang, Peng Yingchun, Yuan Mei, and Chen Weidong
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-4986

POSITION–POSTURE TRAJECTORY TRACKING OF A SIX-LEGGED WALKING ROBOT
Gang Chen, and Bo Jin
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-5063

FUZZY SLIDING MODE CONTROL OF 3-DOF SHOULDER JOINT DRIVEN BY PNEUMATIC MUSCLE ACTUATORS
Kai Liu, Yang Wu, Jiaqi Xu, Yangwei Wang, Zhishang Ge, and Yonghua Lu
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-5096

SPACE CLIMBING ROBOT FEET WITH MICRO ARRAY STRUCTURE BASED ON DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD
Xuyan Hou, Yilin Su, Shengyuan Jiang, Pan Cao, Pingping Xue, Tianfeng Tang, Long Li, and Tao Chen
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-5163

INTERPRETATION OF HUMAN AND ROBOT EMBLEMATIC GESTURES: HOW DO THEY DIFFER?
Minhua Zheng, Peter X. Liu, and Max Q.-H. Meng
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-5201

MODEL-FREE ADAPTIVE CONTROL FOR TIME-VARYING TRAJECTORY TRACKING OF NON-LINEAR SYSTEMS
Ce Hao, Yueling Wang, Hongbin Wang, and Zhen Zhou
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-5340

DESIGN FOR SOLVING NEGATIVE STIFFNESS PROBLEM OF REDUNDANT PLANAR ROTATIONAL PARALLEL MECHANISMS
Kangkang Li, Hongzhou Jiang, and Zuo Cui
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-5422

A PSO-TUNED FUZZY LOGIC SYSTEM FOR POSITION TRACKING OF MOBILE ROBOT
Chaojiong Huang, Umar Farooq, Haiying Liu, Jason Gu, and Jun Luo
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Issue: 2  Subscription

10.2316/J.2019.206-4803

STABILIZING CONTROL ALGORITHM FOR NONHOLONOMIC WHEELED MOBILE ROBOTS USING ADAPTIVE INTEGRAL SLIDING MODE
Waseem Abbasi, Fazal ur Rehman, Ibrahim Shah, and Arshad Rauf
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-4945

IDENTIFYING OF STRUCTURE MATERIAL DECAY BASED ON ACCELERATION INFORMATION ENTROPY
Jianxi Yang, Yingxin Zhou, Kai Gao, and Jun Xiong
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-5178

A NEW WORKSPACE ANALYSIS METHOD FOR 6-DOF 3-RRRS PARALLEL MANIPULATORS
R. Ramkumar, C. Karthikeyan, and Anjan K. Dash
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-5179

DIFFERENTIAL FLATNESS ACTIVE DISTURBANCE REJECTION CONTROL APPROACH FOR A CLASS OF NONLINEAR UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS
Congzhi Huang, Chaomin Luo, Yan Li, and Tianyang Zhang
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-5206

THREE-PHASE QUBITS-BASED QUANTUM ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM FOR PATH PLANNING OF AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLES
Junjun Li, Bowei Xu, Yongsheng Yang, and Huafeng Wu
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-5336

STIFFNESS MODELLING OF A LARGE ANTENNA’S SUB-REFLECTOR ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM WITH A MOVABLE BASE
Jiantao Yao, Wenlan Liu, Yundou Xu, Lijian Li, Jianjun Li, and Yongsheng Zhao
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-5477

ROBUST H-INFINITY AUXILIARY DRIVING HEADING CONTROL FOR A UUV IN LOW SPEED MODE
Wei Zhang, Yanbin Ten, Shilin Wei, Shouyi Hu, and Zheping Yan
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-5495

STRUCTURAL SYNTHESIS OF A CLASS OF RECONFIGURABLE PARALLEL MANIPULATORS BASED ON OVER-CONSTRAINED MECHANISMS
Guanyu Huang, Dan Zhang, Sheng Guo, and Haibo Qu
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-5545

TRAJECTORY TRACKING CONTROL WITH SPECIFIED POSTURE FOR PLANAR FOUR-LINK REAL UNDERACTUATED MANIPULATOR
Xuzhi Lai, Haoqiang Chen, Yawu Wang, Yan Yuan, and Min Wu
Abstract
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Issue: 3  Subscription

10.2316/J.2019.206-0114

SEGMENTATION METHOD OF HIGH-RESOLUTION REMOTE SENSING IMAGE FOR FAST TARGET RECOGNITION
Chenming Li, Hongmin Gao, Yao Yang, Xiaoyu Qu, and Wenjing Yuan
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0134

HIGH-RESOLUTION REMOTE SENSING IMAGE SEGMENTATION METHOD BASED ON SReLU
Chenming Li, Xiaoyu Qu, Yao Yang, Hongmin Gao, Yongchang Wang, Dan Yao, and Wenjing Yuan
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-5129

INVERSE MOTION METHOD FOR THE STABILIZATION OF UNDERACTUATED INERTIA WHEEL PENDULUM
Ancai Zhang, Jinhua She, Jianlong Qiu, Chaomin Luo, Chengdong Yang, and Fawaz E. Alsaadi
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-5142

ANYTIME RECTANGLE EXPANSION A* ALGORITHM FOR TIME-LIMITED PATHFINDING
An Zhang, Chong Li, and Wenhao Bi
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-5291

RELIABILITY-BASED MULTI-ROBOT ROUTE PLANNING
Ugur Yayan and Ahmet Yazici
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-5383

A REFLECTION-BASED RF SOURCE LOCALIZATION ALGORITH
Saeid Haidari, Hadi Moradi, Mahmoud Shahabadi, S.M. Mehdi Dehghan
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-5388

CHEWING-CYCLE TRAJECTORY PLANNING FOR A DENTAL TESTING CHEWING ROBOT
Guifei Wang, Ming Cong, Xiang Ren, Haiying Wen, and Wenlong Qin
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-5399

MOTION CHARACTERISTIC EVALUATION OF AN AMPHIBIOUS SPHERICAL ROBOT
Yanlin He, Shuxiang Guo, Liwei Shi, Huiming Xing, Zhan Chen, and Shuxiang Su
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-5461

POLICY GRADIENT-BASED INVERSE KINEMATICS REFINEMENT FOR TENDON-DRIVEN SERPENTINE SURGICAL MANIPULATOR
Jie Chen and Henry Lau
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-5494

A NEW METHOD FOR LIMB SINGULARITY ANALYSIS OF PARALLEL MANIPULATORS
Semaan Amine, Ossama Mokhiamar, and Stephane Caro
Abstract
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Issue: 4  Subscription

10.2316/J.2019.206-0028

MONITORING-BASED VISUAL SERVOING OF WHEELED MOBILE ROBOTS
Chenghao Yin, Baoquan Li, Wuxi Shi, and Ning Sun
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0031

EFFECTIVE ALGORITHMS TO FIND A MINIMUM-TIME YET HIGH SMOOTH ROBOT JOINT TRAJECTORY
Hang Dong, Ming Cong, and Heping Chen
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0041

KINEMATIC PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF A CABLE-DRIVEN REDUNDANT ACTUATED PARALLEL MANIPULATOR
Guohua Cui, Jian Liu, Haiqiang Zhang, and Dan Zhang
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0088

MULTI-OBJECTIVE TRAJECTORY PLANNING OF ROBOT MANIPULATOR IN A MOVING OBSTACLE ENVIRONMENT
Ying Huang, Minrui Fei, and Wenju Zhou
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0122

AUTOMATIC MONITORING SYSTEM FOR SOIL PARAMETERS WITH A DATA LOGGER
Mengqun Zhai, Gerong Dang, Lvwen Huang, and Lumeng Hua
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0141

AUTONOMOUS CAD MODEL–BASED INDUSTRIAL ROBOT MOTION PLANNING PLATFORM
Amit K. Bedaka, Chyi-Yeu Lin, and Shen-Tung Huang
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0164

AUTOMATIC PREDICTION OF LEAVE CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS BASED ON NIR SPECTROSCOPY WITH MACHINE LEARNING
Di Wang, Fengchun Tian, Zhiqin Zhu, and Wenjie Pan
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-5441

MOTION CONTINUITY AND BRANCH IDENTIFICATION OF TWO-DOF SEVEN-BAR PLANAR PARALLEL MANIPULATORS AND LINKAGES
Jun Wang, Kwun-Lon Ting, Yajing Gong, and Hongxiu He
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-5572

OUTPUT FEEDBACK ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF DYNAMICALLY POSITIONED SURFACE VESSELS: A DISTURBANCE OBSERVER-BASED CONTROL APPROACH
Mohamadreza Homayounzade and Milad Alipour
Abstract
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Issue: 5  Subscription

10.2316/J.2019.206-0032

MULTI-WAYPOINT-BASED PATH PLANNING FOR FREE-FLOATING SPACE ROBOTS
Suping Zhao, Bruno Siciliano, Zhanxia Zhu, Alejandro Guti´rrez-Giles, and Jianjun Luo
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0092

A FAST PATH PLANNING METHOD OF ROBOT FOR SURVEILLANCE MISSIONS BASED ON CHAOS
Salah Nasr, Hassen Mekki, and Kais Bouallegue
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0108

SCALABLE AND OCCLUSION-AWARE MULTI-CUES CORRELATION FILTER FOR ROBUST STEREO VISUAL TRACKING
Zheng Zhu, Wei Zou , and Feng Zhang
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0116

AN IMPROVED VISION-BASED SLAM APPROACH INSPIRED FROM ANIMAL SPATIAL COGNITION
Jianjun Ni, Yan Chen, Kang Wang, and Simon X. Yang
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0117

AN IMPROVED IMMUNE-INSPIRED SELF-HEALING APPROACH BASED ON SWARM AGGREGATION ALGORITHM FOR MULTI-ROBOT SYSTEM
Jianjun Ni, Min Tang, Yangju Liu, Oghenemuero Gordon, and Chengming Luo
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0171

ENERGY OPTIMAL ADAPTION AND MOTION PLANNING OF A 3-RRS BALANCED MANIPULATOR
Zhongxing Yang and Dan Zhang
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0172

HYBRID MOTION CONTROL OF CABLE-DRIVEN HYPER REDUNDANT ROBOT CONSIDERING KINEMATIC AND TENSION OPTIMIZATION
Cheng Wei, Haiyu Gu, Shengxin Sun, and Yang Zhao
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0216

SOFT ACTOR-CRITIC REINFORCEMENT LEARNING FOR ROBOTIC MANIPULATOR WITH HINDSIGHT EXPERIENCE REPLAY
Tao Yan, Wenan Zhang, Simon X. Yang, and Li Yu
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0231

VISION-BASED MOBILE ROBOT LEADER–FOLLOWER CONTROL USING MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL
Tongying Guo, Haichen Wang, Yong Liu, Ming Li, and Ying Wang
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-5213

ROBOTIC OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE IN A PARTIALLY OBSERVABLE ENVIRONMENT USING FEATURE RANKING
Waseem Gharbieh and Amjed Al-Mousa
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Issue: 6  Subscription

10.2316/J.2019.206-0016

CAD-BASED VIEWPOINT ESTIMATION OF TEXTURE-LESS OBJECT FOR PURPOSIVE PERCEPTION USING DOMAIN ADAPTATION
Changjian Gu, Chaochen Gu, Kaijie Wu, Liangjun Zhang and Xinping Guan
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0058

MULTI-LEGGED ROBOT BASED ON SINGLE CONTINUOUS DRIVING BIONIC LEG
Hongbin Zang, Dengfeng Zhao and Lianguan Shen
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0073

A SUPERPIXEL-BASED AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION METHOD FOR POLARIMETRIC SAR IMAGE
Jinghong Han, Haijiang Wang, Mengqing Gao, and Min Sun
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0078

MOTION PLANNING FOR AN OUTDOOR MOBILE ROBOT ON A PROBABILISTIC COSTMAP
Sayed M.H. Jafri and Rahul Kala
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0160

ROBUST NONLINEAR CONTROL AND ESTIMATION OF A PRRR ROBOT SYSTEM
Mohammad Al-Shabi, Khaled S. Hatamleh, Stephen A. Gadsden, Bassel Soudan and A. Elnady
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0161

NON-LINEAR DIRECT JOINT CONTROL FOR MANIPULATOR HANDLING A FLEXIBLE PAYLOAD WITH INPUT CONSTRAINTS
Shuyang Liu, Reza Langari and Yuanchun Li
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0174

A VISION-BASED KINEMATIC TRACKING CONTROL SYSTEM USING ENHANCED-PRM FOR DIFFERENTIAL WHEELED MOBILE ROBOT
Raouf Fareh, Tamer Rabie, Said Grami and Mohammed Baziyad
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0220

A FRAMEWORK FOR HUMAN–ROBOT INTERACTION IN COLLABORATIVE MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENTS
Ran Zhao and Daniel Sidobre
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0244

A VISUAL SERVO CONTROL SYSTEM COMBINING PARALLEL STRUCTURE WITH DUAL-LENS ZOOM
Huyin Zhang, Wei Dong, Chi Guo, Siran Shu and Wenwei Zuo
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0252

REVIEW ON SUB-SYNCHRONOUS OSCILLATIONS IN WIND FARMS: ANALYSIS METHOD, STUDY SYSTEM, AND DAMPING CONTROL
Junjie Ma, Fang Liu, Min Wu and Lin Jiang
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0301

COMPREHENSIVE FAULT-TOLERANT CONTROL OF LEADER–FOLLOWER UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAVS) FORMATION
Xiaoshan Ma, Wenhan Dong and Bingqian Li
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0315

IMPROVED GENETIC ALGORITHMS BASED ON DATA-DRIVEN OPERATORS FOR PATH PLANNING OF UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLE
Junfeng Xin, Jiabao Zhong, Jinlu Sheng, Penghao Li and Ying Cui
Abstract
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Issue: Open Access Papers  

10.2316/J.2019.206-0052

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VISUAL DETECTION SYSTEM FOR AMPHIBIOUS ROBOTS
Yanlin He, Xu Zhang, Lianqing Zhu, Guangkai Sun, and Junfei Qiao
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0072

AN INTERACTION-AWARE PREDICTIVE MOTION PLANNER FOR UNMANNED GROUND VEHICLES IN DYNAMIC STREET SCENARIOS
Junxiang Li, Bin Dai, Xiaohui Li, Ruili Wang, Xin Xu, Bohan Jiang, and Yi Di
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0144

DAMAGE IDENTIFICATION OF BRIDGE SYSTEM BASED ON A HYBRID ALGORITHM
Jingzhou Xin, Hong Zhang, Jianting Zhou, Xiaogang Li, and Hu Ma
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0193

A REVIEW ON HUMAN–EXOSKELETON COORDINATION TOWARDS LOWER LIMB ROBOTIC EXOSKELETON SYSTEMS
Yue Ma, Xinyu Wu, Jingang Yi, Can Wang, and Chunjie Chen
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0211

DEVELOPMENT OF AN ACTIVE HELICAL DRIVE SELF-BALANCING IN-PIPE ROBOT BASED ON COMPOUND PLANETARY GEARING
Tao Ren, Yin Zhang, Yujia Li, and Lin Xian
Abstract
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0233

COGNITIVE RADIO RESOURCE ALLOCATION BASED ON THE IMPROVED QUANTUM GENETIC ALGORITHM
Bin Han, Hong Jiang, Ying Luo, and Jinzhi Zhou
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0260

AN IMPROVED SPECTRAL CLUSTERING ALGORITHM FOR LARGE-SCALE WIND FARM POWER PREDICTION
Baohua Qiang, Tian Zhao, Wu Xie, Hong Zheng, Haoning Sun, and Jinlong Chen
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0302

AN OVERVIEW OF ASSISTIVE DEVICES FOR BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE
Menghan Hu, Yuzhen Chen, Guangtao Zhai, Zhongpai Gao, and Lei Fan
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10.2316/J.2019.206-0330

ANALYSIS OF POWER SOURCE OF MULTIROTOR UAVs
Yuehao Yan , Zhiying Lv , Jinbiao Yuan, and Jigui Chai
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10.2316/J.2019.206-4831

LEADER-FOLLOWER FORMATION CONTROL OF MULTI-ROBOTS BASED ON BEARING-ONLY OBSERVATIONS
Qing Han, Shudong Sun, and Hao Lang
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10.2316/J.2019.206-5582

STUDY ON RUST DETECTION OF RC STRUCTURE BASED ON ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSED EDDY CURRENT
Jia Jia, Jun Cheng, Yuanheng Zhang, Senhua Zhang, and Xiaogang Li
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First published in 1986, the International Journal of Robotics and Automation was one of the inaugural publications in the field of robotics. This journal covers contemporary developments in theory, design, and applications focused on all areas of robotics and automation systems, including new methods of machine learning, pattern recognition, biologically inspired evolutionary algorithms, fuzzy and neural networks in robotics and automation systems, computer vision, autonomous robots, human-robot interaction, microrobotics, medical robotics, mobile robots, biomechantronic systems, autonomous design of robotic systems, sensors, communication, and signal processing.

Founding Editor-In-Chief

Prof. Tien C. (Steve) Hsia
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of California Davis
USA

Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Simon X. Yang
Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS) Lab
University of Guelph
Guelph
Ontario
N1G 2W1
Canada

Associate Editors

Prof. Adel M. Alimi
University of Sfax
Tunisia

Prof. Otman A. Basir
University of Waterloo
Canada

Prof. Mohammad Biglarbegian
University of Guelph
Canada

Prof. Hicham Chaoui
Carleton University
Canada

Prof. Raffaele Di Gregorio
University of Ferrara
Italy

Dr. Michael Farmer
University of Michigan Flint
USA

Prof. Gian Luca Foresti
University of Udine
Italy

Prof. Reza Fotouhi
University of Saskatchewan
Canada

Prof. Stephen A. Gadsden
University of Guelph
Canada

Prof. Jason Gu
Dalhousie University
Canada

Prof. Wail Gueaieb
University of Ottawa
Canada

Prof. Maki K. Habib
The American University in Cairo
Egypt

Dr. Hani H. Hagras
University of Essex
UK

Prof. Fakhri Karray
University of Waterloo
Canada

Prof. Howard Li
University of New Brunswick
Canada

Prof. Ming Liu
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
PRC

Prof. Peter X. Liu
Carleton University
Canada

Prof. Chaomin Luo
Mississippi State University
USA

Dr. S. G. Ponnambalam
University Malaysia Pahang
Malaysia

Prof. Bijan Shirinzadeh
Monash University
Australia

Prof. E. Tatlicioglu
Izmir Institute of Technology
Turkey

Prof. Ying Wang
Kennesaw State University
USA

Prof. Jun Wu
Tsinghua University
PRC

Prof. Xinyu Wu
Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology
PRC

Prof. J. Wu
University of Windsor
Canada

Prof. Xin Xu
National University of Defence Technology
PRC

Prof. Huaicheng Yan
East China University of Science and Technology
PRC

Prof. Dan Zhang
York University
Canada

Prof. Anmin Zhu
Shenzhen University
PRC

Prof. Daqi Zhu
Shanghai Maritime University
PRC

Editorial Board

Prof. Klaus Schilling
University of Wuerzburg
Germany

Prof. Tzyh Jong Tarn
Washington University in St. Louis
USA

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