JRSJ (July 2004, Vol.22 No.05) Special issue "Special Project for Earthquake Disaster Mitigation in Urban Areas
-Development of Advanced Robots and Information System for Disaster Response-"

	�yPreface�z	On special issue "Special Project for Earthquake Disaster Mitigation in Urban Areas -Development of Advanced Robots and Information System for Disaster Response-"	Keiji Nagatani	pp.1
	�yReview�z	Mission and Overview of DDT Project	Satoshi Tadokoro	pp.2-3
	�yReview�z	Development of Aerial Information Gathering Methods at a Disaster Area -Introduction of Research in "DDT: Aerial Robot Group"-	Hiroaki Nakanishi�EKoichi Inoue�EAkira Sato	pp.4-7
	�yReview�z	Automatic Acquisition Technology on Earthquake Struck Environment -Introduction of the DDT "Environment Modeling Group" Researches-	Takashi Tsubouchi	pp.8-11
	�yReview�z	Search in Narrow Space by Snake-Like Robots -Introduction of Research in "DDT: Snake-Like Robot Group"-	Koichi Osuka	pp.12-15
	�yReview�z	Development of Distributed Systems for Information Acquisition and Transmission in the Disaster-Striken Area -Introduction of Research and Development by the Dai-Dai-Toku Information Acquisition Group-	Masahiko Onosato	pp.16-19
	�yReview�z	Sensing Technologies for Search and Victim-Simulated Dummy -Introduction of the DDT "Sensing Group" Researches-	Yasuhiro Masutani	pp.20-23
	�yReview�z	Interface Design for Rescue Robot Operation -Introduction of Research Outcomes from the Human-Interface Group of the DDT Project-	Yasuyoshi Yokokohji	pp.24-27
	�yReview�z	Test Field of Rescue Robot Systems in DDT Project -Introduction of IRS Kawasaki Laboratary -	Yasuyoshi Yokokohji	pp.28-29
	�yReview�z	Test Field toward the Practical Use of Rescue Robot Systems in DDT Project -Introduction of IRS Kobe Laboratry -	Taro Watasue�EMasahiko Onosato�ESatoshi Tadokoro	pp.30-31
	�yReview�z	Development of Integrated Earthquake Disaster Simulation System	Michinori Hatayama	pp.32-35
	�yReview�z	NRIFDJ Research Works on Earthquake Disaster in Urban Aria	Hisanori Amano�EShinsaku Zama�EMinoru Yamada	pp.36-39
	�yReview�z			pp.40-44
	�yReview�z	Yumekobo Education in Kanazawa Institute of Technology -The Study of the RoboCup Project-	Kosei Demura�EYasuki Asano�EYoichi Hattori	pp.45-50
	�yCover�z			pp.51
	�yEditor's Notes�z			pp.51
	�yPaper�z	Development of Robotic Floor Cleaning System for High-Rise Buildings	Shigeki Tajima�EHajime Aoyama�ETetsutaro Seki�EKazuyoshi Ishikawa�EKazutaka Yokota�EKoichi Ozaki�ESumio Yamamoto	pp.53-60
	�yPaper�z	Leverage and Parallelogram Mechanism for Robotic Assist in Open MRI Guided Surgery Kinematics, Workspace Analysis, and Stiffness Evaluation	Yoshihiko Koseki�ENoriho Koyachi�ETatsuo Arai�EKiyoyuki Chinzei	pp.61-67
	�yPaper�z	Tension Calculation Method for Tension Driven Force Display	Shoichi Hasegawa�EMasaharu Inoue�ESeahak Kim�EMakoto Sato	pp.68-73
	�yPaper�z	Novel Fingertip Equipped with Soft Skin and Hard Nail for Dexterous Multi-Fingered Robotic Manipulation	Kouji Murakami�ETsutomu Hasegawa	pp.74-82
	�yPaper�z	Study on 3D Active Cord Mechanism with Helical Rotational Motion	Toshio Takayama�EShigeo Hirose	pp.83-93
	�yPaper�z	Participation of Interactive Humanoid Robots in Human Society-Application to Foreign Language Education-	Takayuki Kanda�ETakayuki Hirano�EDaniel Eaton�EHiroshi Ishiguro	pp.94-105
	�yPaper�z	Proposal of a Forward Kinematics Calculating Method, a Control Law \\ of Parallel Link Manipulators, and Stability Analysis of the Control System \\Taking Advantage of Characteristic of the Jacobian	Koichi Osuka�EHitoshi Kubo�EYuki Minase�EKazuro Ueshima�EYoichi Nakamura	pp.106-113
	�yPaper�z	Performance Limitation on ZMP Feedback Control of Humanoid Robot	Napoleon Nazir�EShigeki Nakaura�EMitsuji Sampei	pp.114-123
	�yPaper�z	A Study of the Image Display System for Teleoperation of a Bulldozer through the Evaluation of the Performance of the Control of Height and Angle of the Blade	Takafumi Ienaga�EMasahiko Minamoto�EKatsuya Matsunaga�EMakoto Otsuru�EKazunori Shidoji�EKazuaki Goshi�EYuji Matsuki	pp.124-129
	�yComprehensive Paper�z	A Study of Reinforcement Learning for Redundant Robots-New Framework of Reinforcement Learning that Utilizes Body Image-	Kazuyuki Ito�EFumitoshi Matsuno�EAkio Gofuku	pp.130-147

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