Industrial Robot: Volume 28 Issue 6
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The international journal of robotics research and applicationTable of contents
Robots at the heart of fully automated Mini bodyshop
John MortimerA new manufacturing plant has been installed in Oxford, UK, to manufacture the new BMW Mini car. An important aspect of the £230 million investment at the site is the fully…
Ford pioneers force‐controlled robots for transmission assembly
Anna KochanReviews the work that Ford has done in partnership with robot companies to develop production‐quality force‐controlled robots. Reports on the first industrial application of a…
Offline programming and simulation help Boeing use giant automated riveter on C‐17 aircraft
Robert DaleDescribes the extensive use of simulation while planning the programming of a very large robot riveter. The riveter is used to assemble the skin panels and fuselage frames of the…
Hanover round up of machine vision and robotics
Anna KochanReviews the new products and processes that were exhibited at the 2001 Hanover Industry Fair. Reports on new developments in machine vision and robotic technology and identifies a…
Real time generation of humanoid robot optimal gait for going upstairs using intelligent algorithms
Genci Capi, Yasuo Nasu, Leonard Barolli, Kazuhisa Mitobe, Mitsuhiro YamanoGoing upstairs is a common humanoid robot task. In this paper, a genetic algorithm (GA) gait synthesis method for going upstairs and a radial basis function neural network (RBFNN…
Robovie: an interactive humanoid robot
Hiroshi Ishiguro, Tetsuo Ono, Michita Imai, Takeshi Maeda, Takayuki Kanda, Ryohei NakatsuThe authors have developed a robot called “Robovie” that has unique mechanisms designed for communication with humans. Robovie can generate human‐like behaviors by using…
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0143-991xOnline date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Dr Dimitrios Chrysostomou