Industrial Robot: Volume 25 Issue 1

Automation of high throughput screening

Advanced software is the key to successful laboratory automation. This article first describes a process known as high throughput screening used in the discovery of new drugs. The…

Flexible automation solutions for today’s bakeries

Discusses process automation in bakery manufacturing. States that although automation has occurred in the preparation and process areas, packaging has remained a manual operation…

Cleanroom robots become cleaner and more reliable

Reviews the application of industrial robots in cleanroom environments. Outlines how trends in electronics design are increasing the demand for cleanroom robots. Reviews how…

Human scale robots have a role to play in British hospitals

Discusses the use of robots in pharmaceutical laboratories for repetitive tasks and dealing with dangerous substances such as radioisotopes. Presents a project undertaken by BNFL…

Laser‐interferometry‐based tracking for dynamic measurements

The accurate measurement of the position and orientation of a robot end‐effector is the most critical issue for calibrating of robotic devices. Calibration methods provide tools…

Robot metrology and calibration systems ‐ a market review

Robot calibration and metrology systems vary widely in performance, but, as a general rule, they are considered to be expensive systems that are normally beyond the budget of the…

Passive compliance versus active compliance in robot‐based automated assembly systems

Industrial robots have found great potential in applications to assembly‐line automation. Programmable robot‐based assembly systems are often needed, in particular for…

Modelling and Control of Robot Manipulators

Control System Design and Simulation

World Industrial Robots 1997: IFR statistics 1986-1996 and forecast to 2000

Faster arc welding robot promises increased productivity

Japan - will robot market be worth one trillion yen in 2010?

Robots clean up

USA - FANUC Robotics lands industry's largest robotic arc welding and laser cutting order from Formet Industries

USA - state-of-the-art robot to help in Chernobyl clean-up

USA - Robotic Vision Systems' subsidiary acquires Trigon Technologies

British Steel proposes laser welded tailored blanks to UK car industry

KUKA win 1 million assembly line contract

Robotic laboratory

New MagnaTran 7 robot from Brooks Automation increases cluster tool throughput performance by up to 60 per cent

Robots weld large booms

Robot reliability

CRS's F3 robot given European launch

Submersible robot

Robot's applications extend from handling through polishing to light milling

Flexible palletising system increases productivity

ISR heads for UK in 1998 alongside new automation exhibition

Cincinnati Milacron robot line to be 'reborn'

The future of cleanroom robots

China - Yaskawa to increase China robot production

Canada - Spar Aerospace signs $170 million contract to build space robot

USA - Fanuc Robotics North America promotes top executives

Meta scores major success with first showing of Laser Probe

Internet page

Tecnomatix receives orders worth $1 million from Fiat Group

Solutions for precision storage and retrieval

Dual-arm robot offers 2x increase in wafer throughput

ATM robots improve quality and throughput for major Danish custom moulder

Powder plasma arc-welding - PPAW

Robot handler for weapons

Motoman's SK45 robot ideal for material handling applications

Robotic arm cleans nuclear waste

Diary

Special purpose press shop robots from KUKA