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Vol. 9: Yamane, K.
Simulating and Generating Motions of Human Figures
176 p. 2004 [978-3-540-20317-9]
Vol. 8: Baeten, J.; De Schutter, J.
Integrated Visual Servoing and Force Control { The
Task Frame Approach
198 p. 2004 [978-3-540-40475-0]
Vol. 7: Boissonnat, J D.; Burdick, J.; Goldberg, K.;
Hutchinson, S. (Eds.)
Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics V
577 p. 2004 [978-3-540-40476-7]
Vol. 6: Jarvis, R.A.; Zelinsky, A. (Eds.)

Robotics Research { The Tenth International Symposium
580 p. 2003 [978-3-540-00550-6]
Vol. 5: Siciliano, B.; Dario, P. (Eds.)
Experimental Robotics VIII { Proceedings of the 8th
International Symposium ISER02
685 p. 2003 [978-3-540-00305-2]
Vol. 4: Bicchi, A.; Christensen, H.I.;
Prattichizzo, D. (Eds.)
Control Problems in Robotics
296 p. 2003 [978-3-540-00251-2]
Vol. 3: Natale, C.
Interaction Control of Robot Manipulators {
Six-degrees-of-freedom Tasks
120 p. 2003 [978-3-540-00159-1]
Vol. 2: Antonelli, G.
Underwater Robots { Motion and Force Control of
Vehicle-Manipulator Systems
268 p. 2006 [978-3-540-31752-4]
Vol. 1: Caccavale, F.; Villani, L. (Eds.)
Fault Diagnosis and Fault Tolerance for Mechatronic
Systems { Recent Advances
191 p. 2003 [978-3-540-44159-5]
Printing: Krips bv, Meppel
Binding: Stürtz, Würzburg