Industrial Robot: Volume 25 Issue 5
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The international journal of robotics research and applicationTable of contents
The development of Handy 1, a rehabilitation robotic system to assist the severely disabled
Mike Topping, Jane SmithThis paper describes the development and evaluation of the Handy 1 rehabilitation robot which is acknowledged as being the most successful low‐cost, commercially available…
Robots explore underground pipes
Jack HollingumMajor problems facing, particularly, the water and gas industries relate to the thousands of miles of underground transmission pipes, some of which are more than 100 years old and…
Robot‐based thermoplastic fibre placement process
Markus Ahrens, Vishal Mallick, Karl ParfreyThe excellent specific stiffness and strength of carbon fibre reinforced composites make them especially interesting for applications in rotating machines. Unfortunately, these…
The novel, the new and the familiar at UK Robots and Automation Show
Brian RooksA report of exhibits at the Robot and Automation Show held at the NEC, Birmingham at the time of the 25th ISR. It highlights some of the new developments and products on show…
Design and implementation of an aided fruit‐harvesting robot (Agribot)
R. Ceres, J.L. Pons, A.R. Jiménez, J.M. Martín, L. CalderónThis work presents a robot prototype designed and built for a new aided fruit‐harvesting strategy in highly unstructured environments, involving human‐machine task distribution…
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0143-991xOnline date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Dr Dimitrios Chrysostomou