PAPERS

● Properties of Vibration with Fractional Derivative Damping of Order 1/2（96-4037）

Susumu SAKAKIBARA

● Analysis of the Robustness Margin of SISO Control Systems with Plant Parametric Uncertainty（96-5034）

Abderrahim ABBAS and Mostafa S. HABIB

● Stability and Instability of an Earth Satellite with a Cylindrical Shield in the Newtonian Central Force Field for Accuracy（96-5037）

Zheng-Ming GE, Fu-Neng KU and Hsien-Keng CHEN

● A Design Method of VSS Observer for Continuous-Time Systems with Output Uncertainties（96-4020）

Keigo WATANABE

● Design and Analysis of a Manually Powered Wheelchair Capable of Traversing Steps by Pneumatic Actuation（96-4025）

Masatake SHIRAISHI, Touru TAKEUCHI and Shinichi AOSHIMA

● Self-Localization for an Electric Wheelchair（97-4005）

Hongbo WANG, Takakazu ISHIMATSU and Jamal Tariq MIAN

● Basic Study on Measurement of 2-D Surface Profile（2nd Report, Measurement Error Analysis）（96-4030）

Zongtao GE, Wei GAO and Satoshi KIYONO

● Monitoring of Tool Wear States in Turning Based on Wavelet Analysis（95-4059）

Weiguo GONG, Toshiyuki OBIKAWA, Takahiro SHIRAKASHI and Weihong LI

● Constant Speed Control of the Quick Return Mechanism Driven by a DC Motor（95-5082）

Rong-Fong FUNG and Ken-Wang CHEN

● Robust Control Design with Application to a Seeker Scan Loop System（96-5044）

Ho-Pyeong LEE

● Fuzzy PWM Control of the Positions of a Pneumatic Robot Cylinder Using High Speed Solenoid Valve（96-5058）

Ming-chang SHIH and Chuen-guey HWANG

● Control Scheme for a Five-Axis Machine Tool Based on Coordinate Transformation（96-5032）

Chih-Ching LO

● Force Control of Kinematically Constrained Mechanisms in the Presence of Contact Point Disturbances（96-4009）

H. LAKHANI, Yoshiaki OHKAMI and Saburo MATUNAGA

● Adaptive Terminal Sliding Mode Tracking Control for Rigid Robotic Manipulators with Uncertain Dynamics（96-5065）

Man ZHIHONG and Xinghuo YU

● Characteristics of the Variable Lead Screw Mechanism with 3° Conic Frustum Meshing Elements（95-5083）

Shen-Tarng CHIOU and Fei-Ya CHEN

● Displacement Analysis of Pantograph Mechanisms with Superelastic Hinges（95-1394）

Mikio HORIE, Futoshi KOBAYASHI, Kozo IKEGAMI and Shinji OKABE

● Characteristics of Electrolytic Copper Powder Compaction by Differential Speed Rolling（96-4029）

Saiji MASAKI, Tetsuya HIROHATA and Toshio HAGA

● Development of Drop-Hammer Compression Apparatus with Controlled Stopping Device and Its Application to Bonding Test（97-4003）

Minoru YAMASHITA, Manabu GOTOH and Eiichi FUJITA

● An Architecture for Form Feature Modeling for Concurrent, Cooperative and Consistent Product Design（97-4004）

Kazuaki IWATA, Masahiko ONOSATO, Koji TERAMOTO and Man-Seung SEO

● Protein Synthesis Algorithm and a New Metaphor for Selecting Optimum Tools（96-4052）

A.M.M. Sharif ULLAH, Akishige YANO and Masahiro HIGUCHI