Papers through 2000


K. Autumn, Y. Liang, T. Hsieh, W. Zesch, W.-P. Chan,
T. Kenny, R. Fearing, and R.J. Full,
``Adhesive force of a single gecko foot-hair'',
  Nature, ,
vol. 405, pp. 681-685, June 8, 2000.

G. Moy, U. Singh, E. Tan and R.S. Fearing,
``Human Psychophysics for Teletaction System Design'',
  Haptics-e, The Electronic Journal of Haptics Research,  
vol. 1, No. 3, February 18, 2000. 
 
M.D. Berkemeier and R.S. Fearing,
``Tracking Fast Inverted Trajectories of the Underactuated Acrobot'',
  IEEE Trans. on Robotics and Automation  ,
vol. 15, no.4, pp. 740-750, August 1999.
 
M.D. Berkemeier and R.S. Fearing,
``Sliding and Hopping Gaits for the Underactuated Acrobot'',   IEEE 
Trans. on Robotics and Automation  ,
vol. 14, no.4, pp. 629-634, August 1998.
 
F. Tendick, S.S. Sastry, R.S. Fearing, and M. Cohn,
``Applications of Micromechatronics in Minimally Invasive 
Surgery'',   IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics  ,
vol. 3, no.1, pp. 34-42, March 1998.
 
M.D. Berkemeier and R.S. Fearing,
``Determining the Axis of a Surface of Revolution Using Tactile Sensing'',
 IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence ,
vol. 15, no. 10, pp. 1079-1087, Oct. 1993.
 
K.S.J. Pister, M.W. Judy, S.R. Burgett, and R.S. Fearing,
``Microfabricated Hinges'',  Sensors and Actuators A ,
vol. 33, pp. 249-256, 1992.
 
R.S. Fearing and T.O. Binford,
``Using a Cylindrical Tactile Sensor for Determining 
Curvature,'' 
 IEEE Trans. on Robotics and Automation , Dec. 1991.
 
R.S. Fearing,
``Tactile Sensing Mechanisms'',
 Int. Journal 
of Robotics Research , vol. 9, no. 3, June 1990.
 
R.S. Fearing, ``Simplified Grasping and Manipulation 
with Dextrous Robot Hands'',
 IEEE Journal of Robotics and Automation  Vol RA-2, No.4, December 1986.
 
R.S. Fearing and J.M. Hollerbach, ``Basic Solid Mechanics for Tactile
Sensing,'' 
 Int. Journal of Robotics Research , vol. 4, no. 3, Fall
1985.
 Invited Papers 
 
R.S. Fearing,
``A Miniature Mobile Platform on an 
Air Bearing'',   Third Intern. Symp. on Micro Machine and Human Science, 
Oct 14-16, 1992, Nagoya, Japan. 
 
R.S. Fearing,
``A Planar Milli-Robot System on an Air Bearing'',
in  Robotics Research the 7th International Symposium, 
edited by G. Giralt and G. Hirzinger,
pp. 570-581, London: Springer-Verlag 1996.
 Refereed Conference Papers 
 
E. Shimada, J.A. Thompson, J. Yan, R.J. Wood and R.S. Fearing,
``Prototyping Millirobots using Dextrous Microassembly and Folding''
Symposium on Microrobotics,
2000 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition,
DSC-Vol. 69-2, pp. 933-940
Nov. 5-10, 2000, Orlando, FL. 
 
K. H. Chiang and R.S. Fearing,
``A Hybrid Pneumatic/Electrostatic Milli-Actuator,''
2000 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition,
vol. MEMS, Nov. 5-10, 2000, Orlando, FL. 
 
Y. Liang, K. Autumn, S.T. Hsia, W. Zesch,
W.P. Chan, R.S. Fearing, R.J. Full, and T.W. Kenny,
``Adhesion Force Measurements on Single Gecko Setae'',
Technical Digest to the Solid-State Sensors and Actuators
Workshop: p. 33-38, June 2000, Hilton Head SC. 
 
R.S. Fearing, K.H. Chiang, M. Dickinson, D.L. Pick, M. Sitti, and J. Yan,
``Wing Transmission for a Micromechanical Flying Insect'',
  IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation,  
San Francisco, April 24-27, 2000.
 
G. Moy, C. Wagner, and R.S. Fearing,
``A Compliant Tactile Display for Teletaction'',
  IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation,  
San Francisco, April 24-27, 2000.
 
J. Yan, P.K. Scott, and R.S. Fearing, 
``Inclusion Probing: Signal Detection and Haptic Playback of 2D FEM
and Experimental Data'', in press,   Proc. ASME IMECE DSC-5 '99  ,
Nashville, TN Nov. 14-19, 1999.
 
W. Zesch and R.S. Fearing, 
``Alignment of Microparts Using Force Controlled Pushing,''
  SPIE Conf. on Microrobotics and
Micromanipulation,  Nov. 2-5 1998, Boston, MA, USA.
 
G. Moy and R. Fearing,
``Effects of Shear Stress in Teletaction and Human Perception'',
  Seventh Annual Symp. on Haptic Interfaces
for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems,
ASME IMECE,  Anaheim, CA Nov. 1998.
 
U. Singh and R. Fearing,
``Tactile After-Images from Static Contact'',   Seventh Annual
Symp. on Haptic Interfaces
for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems,
ASME IMECE,  Anaheim, CA Nov. 1998.
 
R.S. Fearing, G. Moy, and E. Tan,
``Some Basic Issues in Teletaction'',   IEEE Int. Conf. Robotics
and Automation  , Albuquerque, NM April 1997.
 
H. Furuichi and R.S. Fearing,
``A Planar Capacitive Micro Positioning Sensor'',   7th Int. Symp.
on Micro Machine and Human Science, 
pp. 85-90, Nagoya, Japan, Oct. 2-4, 1996.
 
B. Gray and R.S. Fearing,
``A Surface Micromachined Microtactile Sensor Array'',   IEEE Int. Conf.
Robotics and Automation  , Minneapolis, MN April 1996.
 
R.S. Fearing,
``Survey of Sticking Effects for Micro-Parts'',
 IEEE Int. Conf. Robotics and Intelligent Systems IROS '95 ,
Pittsburgh, PA August 7-9, 1995.
 
E.J. Nicolson and R.S. Fearing,
``The Reliability of Curvature Estimates from Linear Elastic Tactile Sensors'',
 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation , Nagoya, Japan, May 1995.
 
M.D. Berkemeier and R.S. Fearing
``Control Experiments on an Underactuated Robot with Application to Legged
Locomotion'',
 EEE Int. Conf. Robotics and Automation , San Diego, CA May 10-12, 1994,
pp. 149-154.
 
E.J. Nicolson and R.S. Fearing,
``Sensing Capabilities of Linear Elastic Cylindrical Fingers'',
 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems ,
Yokohama, Japan, July 1993.
 
E.J. Nicolson and R.S. Fearing,
``Compliant Control of Threaded Fastener Insertion'',
 IEEE Int. Conf. Robotics and Automation , Atlanta, GA May 3-5, 1993.
 
M.B. Cohn, M. Lam, and R.S. Fearing,
``Tactile Feedback for Teleoperation'',   SPIE Conf.
1833, Telemanipulator Technology, 
Boston, MA, Nov. 15-16, 1992.
 
S.R. Burgett, K.S.J. Pister, and R.S. Fearing,
``Three Dimensional Structures Made with Microfabricated Hinges'',
 DSC-Vol. 40 Micromechanical Systems, 
ASME Winter Annual Meeting,  Anaheim, CA Nov. 8-13, 1992.
 
M.D. Berkemeier and R.S. Fearing,
``Control of a Two-Link Robot to Achieve Sliding and Hopping Gaits'',
 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation , Nice France, May, 1992.
 
E.J. Nicolson and R.S. Fearing,
``Dynamic Modelling of a Part Mating Problem: Threaded Fastener Insertion'',
 IEEE Workshop on Intelligent Robots and Systems , Osaka, Japan, Nov. 3-5, 1991.
 
R.S. Fearing,
``Control of a Micro-Organism as a Prototype Micro-Robot'',
 2nd Int. Symp. on Micromachines and Human Sciences , Nagoya, Japan,
Oct. 8-9, 1991.
 
K.S.J. Pister, M.W. Judy, S.R. Burgett, and R.S. Fearing,
``Microfabricated Hinges: 1 mm Vertical Features 
with Surface Micromachining'',
 IEEE Transducers `91 , San Francisco, CA June 1991.
 
M.D. Berkemeier and R.S. Fearing,
``Determining the Axis of a Surface of Revolution Using Tactile Sensing'',
 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation ,
Cincinnati, OH May 1990.
 
E.M. Sladek and R.S. Fearing, 
``The Dynamic Response of a Tactile Sensor'',
 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, 
Cincinnati, OH May 1990.
 
K.S.J. Pister, R.S. Fearing, and R.T. Howe,
``A Planar Air Levitated Electrostatic Actuator System'',
 IEEE Workshop on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, 
Napa Valley, CA Feb. 12-14 1990.
 
S. Gopalswamy and R.S. Fearing,
``Grasping of Polyhedral Objects with Slip'',
 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, 
Scottsdale AZ, May 1989.
 
R.S. Fearing and T.O. Binford,
``Using a Cylindrical Tactile Sensor for Determining 
Curvature,'' 
 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation ,
Philadelphia, PA, April 1988.
 
R.S. Fearing, ``Some Experiments with Tactile Sensing during Grasping,''
 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation ,
Raleigh, NC, April 1987.
 
J.B. Chen, B.S. Armstrong, R.S. Fearing, J.W. Burdick, ``Satyr and the Nymph:
Software Archetype for Real Time Robotics'', 
 IEEE-ACM Joint Computer Conference ,
Dallas, TX November 1986.
 
R.S. Fearing, A. Rise, and T.O. Binford, ``A Tactile Sensing Finger Tip
for a Dextrous Hand,'' 
 SPIE Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Computer Vision, 
Cambridge, MA October 1986.
 
J.B. Chen, R.S. Fearing, B.S. Armstrong, and J.W. Burdick, ``NYMPH:
A Multiprocessor for Manipulation Applications'', 
 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, 
San Francisco, CA April, 1986.
 
R.S. Fearing ``Implementing a Force Strategy for Object Re-orientation,''
 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, 
San Francisco, CA April, 1986.
 
R.S. Fearing, ``Simplified Grasping and Manipulation 
with Dextrous Robot Hands'',
 Proceedings of the American Control Conference ,
San Diego, CA, June 1984.
 
R.S. Fearing and J.M. Hollerbach, ``Basic Solid Mechanics for Tactile
Sensing,'' 
 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation ,
Atlanta GA, March 1984.
 Chapters in Books 
 
K. Boehringer, R.Fearing, and K. Goldberg,
``Microassembly'', in   Handbook of Industrial Robotics  ,
edited by S. Y. Nof, Purdue University,
p. 1045-1066, 2nd Ed., John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
 
R.S. Fearing,
``Micro-Actuators for Micro-Robots: Electric and Magnetic'',
in   Micromechanical Systems: Principles and Technology  ,
edited by T. Fukuda and W. Menz,
Elsevier Science B.V.: Amsterdam 1998.
 
R.S. Fearing,
``Micro Structures and Micro Actuators for Implementing
Sub-millimeter Robots'',
in  Precision Sensors, Actuators and Systems ,
edited by H.S. Tzou and T. Fukuda,
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht The Netherlands, 1992.
 
R.S. Fearing,
``Planar Elasticity for Tactile Sensing'',
in  Tactile Sensing , edited by H.R. Nicholls,
pp. 75-93, World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, 1992.
 
R.S. Fearing,
``Basic Linear Elasticity'',
in  Tactile Sensing , edited by H.R. Nicholls,
pp. 277-290, World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, 1992.
 
R.S. Fearing,
``Tactile Sensing for Shape Interpretation'',
in  Dextrous Robot Hands , edited by S.T. Venkataraman and T. Iberall,
Springer-Verlag, New York: 1990.
 Technical Reports 
 
M.D. Berkemeier and R.S. Fearing,
``Determining the Axis of a Surface of Revolution Using Tactile Sensing'',
UCB/ERL Memorandum M89/117, October 1989. 
 
E.M. Sladek and R.S. Fearing, 
``The Dynamic Response of a Tactile Sensor'',
UCB/ERL Memorandum M89/138, December 1989. 
 
R.S. Fearing, ``Simplified Grasping and Manipulation 
with Dextrous Robot Hands'',
MIT AI Memo 809, November 1984.
 
R.S. Fearing and J.M. Hollerbach, ``Basic Solid Mechanics for Tactile
Sensing,'' 
MIT AI Memo 771, March 1984.
 
R.S. Fearing, ``Exploration of the Dextrous Hand Control Problem'',
GE CR&D Technical Information Series Report 82CRD337, December 1982.
 Other Papers  
 
R.S. Fearing,
``Powering 3 Dimensional Microbots: Power Density Limitations'',   Workshop
WS5 on Micromechatronics and Micro Robotics,
IEEE Int. Conf.
on Robotics and Automation,  May 16-20, 1998, Leuven Belgium.