Characterisation: this volume presents the latest contribution to the theory and practice of modern robotics given by the world recognised scientists from Australia, Canada, Europe, Japan and USA. Inhalt: Author(s): Roth, Vukobratovic, Waldron, Merlet, Heiman, Miller, Tchn, Ceccarelli, Horie, Mazur, Parenti-Castelli, Kaneko, Platonov, Osyczka, Dahan, Khatib, Ferreira, Velinsky, Zimmerman, Stepan, Zozlowski, Angeles, Glazunov, Ouezdou, Knapczyk, Guinot, Takanobu, Nazarczuk, Mianowski, Takanishi, Berus, Briskin, Zielinska, Frik, Pfeiffr, Bessonov, Morecki, Fracwek, Zeghoul, Hirai, Gefford, Schraft, Bicker, Bidaud, Schiehlen, Viba, Blajer, Ravani - total - 132 authors.