Industrial Robot: Volume 28 Issue 5

An intelligent operating room of the future – an interview with the University of California Los Angeles Medical Center

Based on an interview with the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, which is currently building a new facility to include an intelligent operating room…

ROBODOC achieves pinless registration

The ROBODOC¹ Surgical Assistant System provides computer assisted planning and execution of bone milling for total hip arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty procedures. One key…

Robotics revolutionizing surgery: the Intuitive Surgical “Da Vinci” system

The introduction of laparoscopy in surgery offered clear advantages to patients. Surgeons, however, had to deal with various types of problems inherent to the essential…

Technology requirements for robotic surgery

The new computer‐enhanced operating environment is making a compelling impact on healthcare: improving efficiency in the operating room (OR) with better communications…

Flexibot – a multi‐functional general purpose service robot

Rehab Robotics Ltd and Staffordshire University have been at the leading edge of research and development in the field of rehabilitation robotics for the past 15 years. During…

Digital surgery: the future of medicine and human‐robot symbiotic interaction

Describes the development and application of the haptic whole arm manipulator (WAM) robotic arm in surgical operations. Discusses the fusion of 2D and 3D body images with the…

The trend of robot technology in semi‐conductor and LCD industry

Today, most of the high technology products around us require high performance semiconductors, and information technology (IT) is fully utilized in these products. The IT…

FlexPicker with PickMaster revolutionizes picking operations

For many years, ABB has been setting the standard for flexible automation in a wide range of industries. Combining pace with precision, the IRB 340 FlexPicker, for example, is…

Tooth arrangement for the manufacture of a complete denture using a robot

The successful application of robots in surgery and other medical fields prompts us that robots can also play an important role in oral restoration. The traditional way of…

Robot auto‐marking and auto‐cutting of shipbuilding panels based on a compensation algorithm

Flexible automation robotic systems and off‐line programming methods have recently received much attention. Studies the problem of robot auto‐marking and auto‐cutting of…

Rotational TIG filler system offers improved productivity and quality to automated welding applications

Human Biomechanics and Injury Prevention

Suction cups for robots and pick-and-place machines

An all-rounder for machinery safety, the 1000 Series safety light curtain

Robotic arm for surgical tasks

System and method for augmentation of surgery

New robots take to the floor at Hepworth

Method and apparatus for robotic surgery

Computerised boundary estimation in medical images

Tokyo University's Susumu Tachi regards world through robot eyes

Robotic and computer-aided surgery in the operating room of 2010

Flexibot – the development of a new robotic concept

Tabletop robot

Robot with multi-joint arms

Internet page

Consumer goods industries pick a winner in packing technology

Control of Movement for the Physically Disabled

Fault Detection and Diagnosis in Industrial Systems Advanced Textbooks in Control and Signal Processing

TM SCARA fastens on to the market

Special-needs variable-pressure switch

Diary

Stainless steel interlocks protect workers from machinery hazards in aggressive environments and washdown areas

Neos Robotics and Specma Automation win 65 million SEK order for next century production systems

Robotic endoscope

Co-ordinate positioning machine

Toy fairs in America feature robots

Robot manipulator

Robots with good bedside manners, and par 3 handicaps?

Global alliance allows three manufacturers to better serve customers around the world

Joe Engelberger retires

Robots taking human form