1. Guest editorial

   • Constantinos A. Balafoutis
   • Rajnikant V. Patel

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 4

2. On rotation representations in computational robot kinematics

   • Murat Tandirci
   • Jorge Angeles
   • John Darcovich

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 23

3. Parallel VLSI architectures for real-time kinematics of redundant robots

   • Ian D. Walker
   • Joseph R. Cavallaro

   OriginalPaper Pages: 25 - 43

4. A survey of efficient computational methods for manipulator inverse dynamics

   • C. A. Balafoutis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 71

5. Fast parallel Preconditioned Conjugate Gradient algorithms for robot manipulator dynamics simulation

   • Amir Fijany
   • Robert E. Scheid

   OriginalPaper Pages: 73 - 99

6. Real-time computational aspects of multiple manipulator systems

   • N. Kircanski
   • R. Hui
   • A. A. Goldenberg

   OriginalPaper Pages: 101 - 120

7. Computational considerations in the implementation of force control strategies

   • Richard Volpe
   • Pradeep Khosla

   OriginalPaper Pages: 121 - 148

8. Direct adaptive control of robotic systems

   • R. Colbaugh
   • K. Glass
   • H. Seraji

   OriginalPaper Pages: 149 - 178

9. Book reviews

   • Vesna Cvethovic-Zivkovic
   • Spyros Tzafestas
   • Guna Seetharaman

   BookReview Pages: 179 - 187

10. Calendar of events

    Events Pages: 189 - 192