ISSN 0169-1864 (Print); ISSN 1568-5535 (Online)
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd
President's message: celebrating our 20th anniversary pp. 463-464(2) Author: Ejiri, Masakazu
Robotics Research in Japan: its history for three decades Memorial edition of DVD for the 20th Anniversary of the Robotics Society of Japan pp. 465-473(9) Author: Hasegawa, Tsutomu
Preface pp. 475-476(2) Authors: Tadokoro, Satoshi; Amano, Hisanori
Development of a robot system for nuclear emergency preparedness pp. 477-479(3) Authors: Mano, Takahisa; Hamada, Shoichi
Development of a robotic system for nuclear facility emergency preparedness — observing and work-assisting robot system pp. 481-484(4) Authors: Yuguchi, Yasuhiro; Satoh, Yoshifumi
'SWAN': a robot for nuclear disaster prevention support pp. 485-488(4) Authors: Hosoda, Yuuji; Yamamoto, Hiroshi; Hattori, Makoto; Sakairi, Hiroshi; Iwamoto, Tarou; Oowada, Masataka; Kanno, Akihiro; Saitou, Yuuji
Development of a work robot with a manipulator and a transport robot for nuclear facility emergency preparedness pp. 489-492(4) Authors: Isozaki, Yoshifumi; Nakai, Kimikazu
Development of a radiation-proof robot pp. 493-496(4) Authors: Oka, Kiyoshi; Shibanuma, Kiyoshi
Development of remote surveillance squads for information collection on nuclear accidents pp. 497-500(4) Authors: Kobayashi, Tadayoshi; Miyajima, Kazutoshi; Yanagihara, Satoshi
Environmental monitoring robots for nuclear emergencies pp. 501-504(4) Author: Otaki, Masato
Disaster restoration work for the eruption of Mt Usuzan using an unmanned construction system pp. 505-508(4) Authors: Hiramatsu, Yuji; Aono, Takashi; Nishio, Masami
Development of mobile robots for rescue operations pp. 509-512(4) Authors: Hirose, Shigeo; Fukushima, Edwardo F.
Utilization of fluid power for rescue operations and robots pp. 513-516(4) Authors: Kitagawa, Ato; Tsukagoshi, Hideyuki
A mobile robot for collecting disaster information and a snake robot for searching pp. 517-520(4) Author: Matsuno, Fumitoshi
Analysis of wake-up motion for an articulated mobile robot pp. 521-524(4) Authors: Nunobiki, Masayuki; Okuda, Koichi; Hasegawa, Motoyoshi
A human body search system by a man–machine controlled group of robots in a rescue operation pp. 525-528(4) Authors: Kobayashi, Shigeru; Takamori, Toshi
Application of a 'limb mechanism' robot to rescue tasks pp. 529-532(4) Authors: Mae, Yasushi; Arai, Tatsuo; Inoue, Kenji; Miyawaki, Kunio
Rescue robot CUL: walking system based on a 'Robotic Follower' pp. 533-536(4) Authors: Tokuda, Kenichi; Osuka, Koichi; Mori, Yoshihiro; Yano, Shinsuke
A portable parallel motion platform for urban search and surveillance in disasters pp. 537-540(4) Authors: Tadokoro, Satoshi; Kobayashi, Shigeru
Development of a rescue robot with a multi-sensor hand system pp. 541-544(4) Author: Masuda, Ryosuke
Two attempts at linking robots with disaster information: InfoBalloon and gareki engineering pp. 545-548(4) Authors: Onosato, Masahiko; Watasue, Taro
An intelligent data carrier system as an information assistant in rescue pp. 549-552(4) Authors: Kurabayashi, Daisuke; Asama, Hajime; Noda, Ken-Ichi; Hashimoto, Hiroshi
Fire robots developed by the Tokyo Fire Department pp. 553-556(4) Author: Miyazawa, Kazuyoshi
A vertically moving robot able to grip handrails for fire-fighting pp. 557-560(4) Author: Amano, Hisanori
Development of underwater search and rescue remotely operated vehicles pp. 561-564(4) Author: Matsumoto, Nozomu
Rescue Robot Contest - to expand the range of rescue research pp. 565-568(4) Author: Osuka, Koichi
RoboCupRescue international research project pp. 569-572(4) Author: Tadokoro, Satoshi