Industrial Robot: Volume 17 Issue 4
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The international journal of robotics research and applicationTable of contents
The heavyweight of the robot industry
The Scottish robot company Lamberton has established a niche market for itself in heavy duty handling. Major contracts have been forthcoming from Europe, the USA and Japan with…
Robot simulation system comes to Britain
A powerful CAD solid modelling system for simulating robotic and other flexible automation systems, and for automatic off‐line generation of programs has been introduced to the…
SCARAs prove economic for coupling assembly
French robot company Staubli has developed a new turret‐type robot gripper, the first examples of which are being used in a FFr1 million cell for the assembly of couplings. Anna…
Robots finish off for Rockwell
One of the UK heaviest concentrations of advanced manufacturing technology is to be found at Rockwell Maudsley producing front spindles for Ford USA. Whilst in the minority…
Frog leaps from grid to grid
Industries like electronics are a natural for the Dutch‐developed Free Ranging on Grid (FROG) AGV, it is simply a matter of choosing the floor tile colour. But even heavy…
Putting on the glaze with robots
The sanitaryware industry is a small user of robots, but the arrival of the electric drive spray glazing robot has hightened activity. DeVilbiss' UK Engineering Systems has…
BAe goes for TIG welding by robot
TIG welding of titanium Airbus components by robot is five times faster and gives more consistent quality, according to British Aerospace.
Robot assembly of pliable hoses
Dr‐Ing. M. Schweizer, T. Weisener, T.F. HerkommerA technique has been developed at IPA Stuttgart which allows automated assembly of elastomer and thermoplastic hoses. The development work includes both experimental and…
Cross‐border robot systems supplier
Carl LuttrellA Canadian company, FH Welding Machines, is a signficant supplier to the major US and US‐based Japanese automobile builders. Many of their systems incorporate robots.
Choosing the right weld sensor
Robbie BirrelThere is a baffling number of sensors suitable for the automatic control of welding. Research at The Welding Institute (TWI) should help industry to make the right choice of…
Making light of laser cutting
We reported 18 months ago on Darchem Engineering's purchase of a KUKA six‐axis robot to carry out laser cutting with a 250 watt Nd‐YAG laser using fibre optic delivery. Since then…
Locomotion solutions for mobile robots
Guido BelforteThis review discusses various means of locomotion developed in a number of countries and concludes with the description of a mobile robot developed at the Technical University of…
The impossible takes a little longer
Cambridge Consultants undertakes systems integration work in high speed packing and flexible assembly. And, as Brian Rooks found out its own developments and cooperation with two…
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0143-991xOnline date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Dr Dimitrios Chrysostomou