Industrial Robot: Volume 29 Issue 5
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The international journal of robotics research and applicationTable of contents
Coping with an unstructured world
Bruce DaviesDiscusses the merits of using soft actuation systems to create compliant robot mechanisms and the problems associated with controlling such robots.
Optimize your robot’s performance by selecting the right force/torque sensor system
Dwayne PerryDescribes the processes required for the selection of the correct force/torque sensor system for a robot end effector. Covers six axis force/torque sensors and methods for…
Robots give rides at Hanover Fair
Anna KochanReports from the Hanover Fair on new developments in robotic automation, outlines the latest robot hardware and software innovations to be launched on the market, and describes…
Robots, vision systems and automatic gages streamline brake drum and rotor manufacturing
Ron PotterRobot‐equipped machining cells with vision and gauging systems efficiently improve throughput and reduce ergonomic concerns. This paper examines Webb Wheel Products’ installation…
Does your robot really know where it is?
Monica SchofieldIndustrial robots are not accurate enough to be used without heavy investment in fixtures and manual programming to correct for positional variations, but this situation could be…
The humanoid robot scene in Japan
Yoshihiro KusudaSince the advent of Honda’s ASIMO and Sony’s AIBO, robot fever has broken out in the general public of Japan. However no significant business has yet materialized, except in the…
Wide and deep growth for Motoman in Europe
Brian RooksMotoman Europe has opened new facilities at its UK operation in Banbury. During the ceremony news was given of the company’s market share in both the UK and all of Europe. Details…
CAD‐based automated robot trajectory planning for spray painting of free‐form surfaces
Heping Chen, Weihua Sheng, Ning Xi, Mumin Song, Yifan ChenAutomatic trajectory generation for spray painting is highly desirable for today’s automotive manufacturing. Generating paint gun trajectories for free‐form surfaces to satisfy…
Industrial applications of automatic manipulation of flexible materials
Mozafar Saadat, Ping NanFlexible materials are used extensively in a wide range of industrial applications including the manufacture and assembly of garment and footwear products, the packaging industry…
Kinematics, design and control of the 6‐PSU platform
Brian R. Hopkins, Robert L. WilliamsThe Department of Mechanical Engineering at Ohio University has designed, constructed, and controlled a new 6‐dof in‐parallel‐actuated platform, a combination and modification of…
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0143-991xOnline date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Dr Dimitrios Chrysostomou