The international journal of the Robotics Society of Japan. Published jointly with the Robotics Society of Japan. Advanced Robotics is the international bimonthly journal of the Robotics Society of Japan. The journal meets the demand for an international interdisciplinary journal which integrates publication of all aspects of research on robotics science and engineering with special emphasis being placed on work done in Japan. Although founded as the International Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, researchers in every country are welcomed to submit papers for publication in the journal. Advanced Robotics publishes original research papers, short communications, reviews and reports. Issues contain papers on the analysis, design, implementation and use of robots in various areas such as manipulators, locomotion, sensors, actuators, materials, control, intelligence, language, software, man-machine systems and system architecture. The journal also covers aspects of social and managerial analysis and policy regarding robots.