Industrial Robot: Volume 17 Issue 1
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The international journal of robotics research and applicationTable of contents
The Apple Mac of the robot industry
Starting life as a technology‐driven educational robot manufacturer, UMI has grown into a market‐led robot systems supplier. The man behind it, George Novelli, talked to Brian…
Guiding the user to continuous‐path control
Lothar Rossol, Kenneth A. StoddardContinuous‐path motion means moving a robot arm from A to B to C without stopping. Some of the concepts for generating such motions in present‐day robots are presented here, and…
A world‐wide Champion solution
The Champion Sparking Plug company has designed a robot spark‐plug insulator manufacturing cell, of which 50 are now operating in the USA and UK. Brian Rooks went to see the…
Robot aids press feeding
GEC Alsthom's generator division in the east of France, is setting up an automated press facility using robot and vision aids. Anna Kochan reports.
IGM gets the cash to expand
A successful flotation on the Vienna stockmarket is providing IGM with the financial muscle to develop its robot welding operation. David West, managing director of its UK…
Automation bridges the skills gap
Automotive subcontractor Ketlon turned to robot automation of machine tools to beat labour shortages and hold down costs. Project engineer John Russell talked to Jack Hollingum.
Now robot inserts all fixed windows
Wolfgang KlinkerGerman robot manufacturer KUKA has built three identical assembly systems for Ford, worth an estimated DM 25 million. Each will insert fixed screens in the Escort‐replacement…
French robot population grows in 1989
Industrial Robot reviews the 1989 French robot statistics which this year are more comprehensive than ever.
A telerobot for the nuclear industry
The nuclear industry has not been a massive user of the industrialrobot. AEA Technology hope to change that with NEATER, developed in cooperation with Staubli Unimation.
Group of four tackle the Warrior
Robot welding of large multiple pass welds is being achieved at Vickers Defence Systems following a collaborative project.
Cleaning up a messy process
A look at robotically controlled systems for the application of adhesives and sealing materials.
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0143-991xOnline date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Dr Dimitrios Chrysostomou