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List of papers and proceedings

Only the articles written in English are listed here. (That is, articles in Japanese are not included )
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Journal and Proceedings Papers

• Masao Tanaka, Yasuyuki Seguchi and Kazuyuki Hanahara, "An Experimental Study of a Truss-Type Parallel Manipulator", Proceedings of 20th International Symposium on Industrial Robots, 521-528, 1989.10
• Masao Tanaka, Yasuyuki Seguchi and Kazuyuki Hanahara, "Motion/Configuration Control of Truss-Type Parallel Manipulator with High Redundancy (A New Approach by Modular Neural Network)", Proceedings of Japan-U.S.A. Symposium on Flexible Automation, Volume I, 329-336, 1990.7
• Kazuyuki Hanahara, Masao Tanaka and Yasuyuki Seguchi, "Modular Neural Networks for Motion Control of the Truss-Type Redundant Robot Arm", Proceedings of International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space, 153-156, 1990.11
• Yasuyuki Seguchi, Masao Tanaka and Kazuyuki Hanahara, "Criteria-Oriented Configuration Control of Adaptive Structure and Its Modular Neural Network Representation", First Joint U.S./Japan Conference on Adaptive Structures, 402-421, 1990.11
• Masao Tanaka, Yasuyuki Seguchi and Kazuyuki Hanahara, "Kinematics of Adaptive Truss Permitting Nodal Offset (Configuration and Workspace Reach)", Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Volume 2, No.3, 301-327, 1991.7
• Kazuyuki Hanahara, Masao Tanaka and Yasuyuki Seguchi, "Statistical Motion Control of Truss-Type Mechanism with Large Number of Inaccurate Actuators", Computational Mechanics '91 (Theory and Applications), 346-351, 1991.8
• Masao Tanaka and Kazuyuki Hanahara, "Motion Planning of Truss-Type Robot: Acquisition and Representation of Criterion by Modular Neural Network", Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ International Workshop on Intelligent Robots and Systems'91 Volume 2, 829-834, 1991.11
• Masao Tanaka, Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yasuyuki Seguchi, "Configuration Control of the Truss-Type Parallel Manipulator by the Modular Neural Network Model", JSME International Journal Series III, Volume 35, No.1, 89-95, 1992.3
• Kazuyuki Hanahara and Masao Tanaka, "Dynamic Simulation of Truss-Type Flexible Redundant Parallel Mechanism Permitting Nodal Offset", Proceedings of the Japan-U.S.A. Symposium on Flexible Automation, Volume 1, 143-146, 1992.7
• Masao Tanaka and Kazuyuki Hanahara, "Adaptive Design System for Intelligent Structure by Modular Neural Network", Proceedings of the Japan-U.S.A. Symposium on Flexible Automation, Volume 1, 227-230, 1992.7
• Masao Tanaka and Kazuyuki Hanahara, "Stochastic Approach to Static Control of Adaptive Truss under Imperfection of Adjustable Member Lengths", Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Volume 3, No.4, 617-630, 1992.10
• Masao Tanaka and Kazuyuki Hanahara, "Simulation Study of Dynamic Properties and Nodal Offset of Truss-Type Parallel Mechanism", Robotics, Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems, 51-56, 1993
• Masao Tanaka and Kazuyuki Hanahara, "Adaptive Design Capability for Intelligent Truss by Neural Network", Third International Conference on Adaptive Structures, 590-603, 1992.11
• Kazuyuki Hanahara, Yoshihiko Sugiyama and Masao Tanaka, "Analysis of Feasible Design Window (A Neural Network Approach)", Proceedings of the Japan-U.S.A. Symposium on Flexible Automation, Volume II, 885-888, 1994.7
• Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yoshihiko Sugiyama, "Recursive Architecture for Large Scale Adaptive System", Second European Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, 51-54, 1994.10
• Kazuyuki Hanahara, Yoshihiko Sugiyama and Masao Tanaka, "Nodal Offset Allocation and Motion Planning of Adaptive Truss", Fifth International Conference on Adaptive Structures, 592-601, 1994.12
• Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yoshihiko Sugiyama, "The Application of Self-Similarity to a Large Scale Adaptive System: Proposal of Recursive Architecture", Smart Materials and Structures, Vol.4, No.3, 186-194, 1995.9
• Kazuyuki Hanahara, Yoshihiko Sugiyama and Masao Tanaka, "Workspace Analysis of Adaptive Truss as Space Manipulator", Sixth International Conference on Adaptive Structures, 429-438, 1995.11
• Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yoshihiko Sugiyama, "Multi-Dimensional Feasible Region of Design Problem in Terms of Linear Constraints", Proceedings of the Japan-U.S.A. Symposium on Flexible Automation - 1996 -, Volume 1, 633-636, 1996.7
• Kazuyuki Hanahara, Yoshihiko Sugiyama and Hideki Anshita, "Statically Indeterminate Geometry Adaptive Truss with Wire Members", Seventh International Conference on Adaptive Structures, 163-170, 1996.9
• Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yukio Tada, "Optimal Engineering Design Based on Self-Similarity", Proceedings of International Symposium on Optimization and Innovative Design, 142-144, 1997.7
• Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yukio Tada, "Optimal Design of Truss Structure Considering Global Buckling", Proceedings of The Australasian Conference on Structural Optimization, 149-156, 1998.2
• Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yukio Tada, "Design and Motion Planning of Geometry Adaptive Truss with Binary Actuators", Eighth International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies, 309-318, 1997.10
• Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yukio Tada, "Motion Planning of Geometry Adaptive Truss with Binary Actuators Taking Account of Actuating Sequence", Proceedings of the Japan-U.S.A. Symposium on Flexible Automation - 1998 -, Volume II, 539-542, 1998.7
• Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yukio Tada, "Kinematics and Motion Planning of Geometry Adaptive Truss with Wire Member Actuators", Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Intelligent Materials, 152-153, 1998.10
• Kazuyuki Hanahara, Yoshihiko Sugiyama and Masao Tanaka, "Motion Planning of Kinematically Redundant Adaptive Truss (Use of Redundancy for Vibration Reduction)", JSME International Journal Series C, Volume 41, No.4, 852-859, 1998.12
• Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yukio Tada, "Optimal Structural Design Based on Self-Similarity", AIAA Journal, Vol.37, No.1, 110-117, 1999.1
• Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yukio Tada, "Self-Similar Adaptive System for Space Application", Tenth International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies, 339-345, 1999.10
• Kazuyuki Hanahara, Yukio Tada and Yasuhiro An, "Reducing Elastic Vibration of Robot Arm by Means of Redundant DOFs (Experimental Demonstration with 2D Arm)", Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Vibration Conference'99, Vol.2, 917-922, 1999.12
• Kazuyuki Hanahara, Yukio Tada and Masaharu Ukeda, "Distributed Autonomous System Based on Self-Similarity", Proceedings of the 2000 Japan-U.S.A. Symposium on Flexible Automation, Paper No. 2000JUSFA-13083, 2000.7
• Kazuyuki Hanahara, Yukio Tada and Yasuhiro An, "An Optimal Design of 2D Redundant Robot Arm (From the Viewpoint of Motion Planning for Vibration Reduction)", Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Motion and Vibration Control, Volume 1, 109-114, 2000.12
• Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yukio Tada, "Design of Statically Indeterminate Geometry Adaptive Truss with Wire Member Actuators", Eleventh International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies, 227-234, 2000.10
• Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yukio Tada, "A Recursive Structural Design Approach", Proceedings of the Fourth World Congress of Structural and Multi-Disciplinary Optimization, 2001.6
• Kazuyuki Hanahara, Yukio Tada, Masaharu Ukeda and Keiichi Ashida, "A Simulation Environment for Multi-Autonomous System by Means of Multi-Microprocessor", Proceedings of the World Manufacturing Congress 2001, Paper No. 1914-091, 2002.4
• Keiichi Ashida, Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yukio Tada, "A Study on Decentralized Autonomous AGV System (A Reinforcement Learning Approach)", Proceedings of the 2002 Japan-U.S.A. Symposium on Flexible Automation, Volume I, 541-544, 2002.7
• Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yukio Tada, "Motion Control of Mechanical System Having Distributed Actuators", Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Proceedings of the Second World Engineering Congress, 65-70, 2002.7
• Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yukio Tada, "Motion of Variable Geometry Truss for Momentum Management in Spacecraft", AIAA Journal, Vol.40, No.8, 1673-1676, 2002.8
• Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yukio Tada, "A Generalization of Recursive Optimal Design Approach", Proceedings of the Second China-Japan-Korea Joint Symposium on Optimization of Structural and Mechanical Systems, 701-706, 2002.11
• Hanahara, K. and Tada, Y., "Dynamic Behavior of Truss-Type Parallel Mechanism with Actuated Wire Members", Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Advanced Robotics, 1793-1798, 2003.6
• Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yukio Tada, "Dynamics of Geometry Adaptive Truss with Wire Member Actuators", Thirteenth International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies, 403-412, 2002.10
• Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yukio Tada, "An Optimal Design of Wire-Actuated VGT Taking Account of Dynamic Property", Fourteenth International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies, 503-512, 2003.10
• Shigeki Takase, Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yukio Tada, "Generating Robot Arm Motion by Observing Human Arm Motion (An Inverse-Problem Approach)", Proceedings of the 2004 Japan-U.S.A. Symposium on Flexible Automation, Paper No. JS032, 2004.7
• Yukihiro Yoshida, Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yukio Tada, "Multi-Criteria Optimal Design of Robot Arm with Discrete Design Variables (A Knowledge-Oriented Approach to Combinatorial Problem)", Proceedings of the Third China-Japan-Korea Joint Symposium on Optimization of Structural and Mechanical Systems, 601-606, 2004.10
• Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yukio Tada, "Variable Geometry Truss Actuated by Wire Members (Basic Consideration on Practical Actuation Mechanism)", 15th International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies, 2004.10
• Kazuyuki HANAHARA and Yukio TADA, "Taking Account of Non-Recursive Condition in Recursive Optimization (Dealing with Member Buckling in Truss Structure Design)", CD-Rom Proceedings of 6th World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Paper No. 921, 2005.5
• Satoshi Ohno, Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yukio Tada, "Parallel Processing for Recursive Optimal Design of Self-Similar Truss (Computational Efficiency Based on Processor Group Dividing Method)", Proceedings of III European Conference on Computational Mechanics Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems in Engineering, 2006.6
• Kazuyuki HANAHARA and Yukio TADA, "A Recursive Optimization of Pathway Layout for Automated Guided Vehicles", Proceedings of 2006 International Symposium on Flexible Automation, Paper No. 0130-a(S), 2006.7
• K. Hanahara, K. Kakihara, Y. Tada and Y. Usami, "A Prototype of Wire-Actuated Variable Geometry Truss (Design and Kinematics of 2D Experimental System)", Proceedings of ICAST2006: 17th International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies, 187-194, 2006.10
• Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yukio Tada, "Application of Recursive Optimization to Large-Scale Pathway Layout Problem", Proceedings of the First International Conference on Multidisciplinary Design Optimization and Applications, 2007.4
• Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yukio Tada, "Human-Robot Interaction by Means of Hand-Clapping Language (A Feasibility Study)", CD-ROM Proceedings of HCI International 2007, 2007.7
• Kazuyuki Hanahara, Yukio Tada and Takashi Muroi, "Human-Robot Communication by Means of Hand-Clapping (Preliminary Experiment with Hand-Clapping Language)", Proceedings of 2007 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2995-3000, 2007.10
• Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yukio Tada, "Resource-Based Optimal Design of Truss Structure Taking Account of Global and Local Buckling", Proceedings of Fourth International Conference on Theoretical, Applied, Computational and Experimental Mechanics, 2007.12
• K. Hanahara and Y. Tada, "Keeping Object in Specified Region (An Application of Wire-Actuated Variable Geometry Truss)", Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies, 2007.10
• Kazuyuki HANAHARA, Daisuke NAKAO and Yukio TADA, "Robot Motion Generation by Means of Human Motion Observation (Consideration on Kinematic Characteristics of Robot and Human)", Proceedings of 2008 International Symposium on Flexible Automation, Paper No. JS017, 2008.6
• Takao MUROMAKI, Takuma NISHIMURA, Kazuyuki HANAHARA and Yukio TADA, "Characteristic Evaluation of Trial-and-Error Optimal Design Process", Proceedings of 2008 International Symposium on Flexible Automation, Paper No. JS012, 2008.6
• Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yukio Tada, "Human-Robot Communication with Hand-Clapping Language (Consideration from Communication Impedance Matching Viewpoint)", Journal of Computers, Vol.3, No.9, 58-66, 2008.9
• K. Hanahara and Y. Tada, "Variable Geometry Truss with SMA Wire Actuators (Basic Consideration on Kinematical and Mechanical Characteristics)", Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies, 2008.10
• Kazuyuki HANAHARA, Keisuke TAKAHIRO and Yukio TADA, "Dynamic Characteristics of Variable Geometry Truss with SMA Wire Actuators", Proceedings of the 13th Asia-Pacific Vibration Conference, CD-ROM, 2009.11
• Takao Muromaki, Kazuyuki Hanahara, Takuma Nishimura, Yukio Tada, Shigeyuki Kuroda and Tadahisa Fukui, "Multi-Objective Shape Design of Crane-Hook Taking Account of Practical Requirement", ISCM II - EPMESC XII 2009, Paper No. 269, 2009.12
• Takuma Nishimura, Takao Muromaki, Kazuyuki Hanahara, Yukio Tada, Shigeyuki Kuroda and Tadahisa Fukui, "Damage Factor Estimation of Crane-Hook (A Database Approach with Image, Knowledge and Simulation)", Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Reliable Engineering Computing (Robust Design - Coping with Hazards, Risk and Uncertainty), 623-636, 2010.3
• Takao Muromaki, Kazuyuki Hanahara, Takuma Nishimura and Yukio Tada, "Generating Optimal Solution Taking Account of Designer's Preference (An Application to Structural Design)", Proceedings of 2010 International Symposium on Flexible Automation, Paper No. JPS-2495, 2010.7
• Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yukio Tada, "Global Buckling Has to be Taken into Account for Optimal Design of Large-Scale Truss Structure", Proceedings of the 9th World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Paper No. 142_1, 2011.6
• Takao Muromaki, Kazuyuki Hanahara, Yukio Tada and Takuma Nishimura, "Estimation of Loading Conditions of Failed Crane-hook (An Image-based Approach with Knowledge and Simulation)", International Journal of Reliability and Safety, Vol.6, No.1/2/3, 130-147, 2012.1
• T. Muromaki, K. Hanahara, Y. Tada, S. Kuroda and T. Fukui, "Estimating load condition having caused structure failure and an optimal design taking account of the estimated result", Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Reliable Engineering Computing (Practical Applications and Practical Challenges), 387-406, 2012.6
• Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yukio Tada, "Inverse Kinematics of SMA-Wire Actuated Variable Geometry Truss", Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Structural Control, Paper No. 172, 2012.6
• Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yukio Tada, "Practicality Assessment of SMA-Wire Actuated Variable Geometry Truss", Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies, Paper No. 011, 2011.10
• Takao Muromaki, Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yukio Tada, "Multi-Criteria Shape Design of Crane-Hook Taking Account of Estimated Load Condition", Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Vol.51, No.5, 707-725, 2014.9
• Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yukio Tada, "Adaptive Structural Shape Refinement by Means of SMA Wire (Verification of Basic Idea via Simulation Studies)", International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies, Paper No. 43, 2014.10
• Kazuyuki Hanahara, "Incremental Forward Kinematics of Wire-Suspended Parallel Mechanical System (A Many-Worlds Interpretation Approach)", Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, Vol.7, Issue 4, 041021-1 - 041021-16, 2015.11
• Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yukio Tada, "Structural Damage Identification by Means of Neural Network (Evaluation of Identification Capability)", Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Paper No. 1396, 2015.6
• Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yukio Tada, "Proposal of Clustering Approach Based on Structural Mechanics (An Application of Multi-Dimensional Truss)", Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Advanced Engineering Computing and Applications in Sciences, 83-87, 2015.7
• Kazuyuki Hanahara, "Incremental Inverse Kinematics of Wire-Suspended Parallel Mechanical System Taking into Account Many-Worlds Situation", Mechanical Engineering Research, Vol.5, No.2, 24-36, 2015.8
• Xuan Zhang, Kazuyuki Hanahara and Yukio Tada, "Dynamic Characteristics of Hanging Truss Having SMA Wires (Vibration Isolation and Absorption Points of View)", International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies, Paper No. 071, 2015.10
• Kazuyuki Hanahara, Xuan Zhang and Yukio Tada, "Dynamic Simulation of Adaptive Truss Consisting of Various Types of Truss Members", Mechanical Engineering Research, Vol.6, No.1, 75-87, 2016.6
• Takao Muromaki, Yuki Minami, Atsushi Suda, Kazuyuki Hanahara, "An Improvement of Stress-Ratio Method by Using Excess and Deficiency Information on the Stress", Proceedings of Asian Congress of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization 2016, Paper No. 68, 2016.5