Industrial Robot: Volume 29 Issue 6

Recent trends in the robotization of the Japanese automotive industry

Describes recent trends and developments in the application of robots within the Japanese automotive industry. Highlights the importance of the development of electric servo spot…

Robots help Peugeot meet targets

PSA's plant in Sochaux began building the Peugeot 307 last year, using a brand new body shop where the role of robots is not only to automate processes but also to ensure that…

New bodyshop paves the way to flexible car assembly

Two models of the Vauxhall Vectra passenger car are now manufactured at Ellesmere Port, UK where there is a completely new bodyshop with over 600 Fanuc robots. John Mortimer…

Robotic mailman who does not ring twice, yet

Unique dual gantry robots from ABB handle trays and totes of mail at postal sorting centers. Automation has increased the efficiency and accuracy of distributing mail to…

Robots make a show at the UK automation and machine tool exhibitions

Reviews robotic exhibits at the UK Automation and Robot (AandR) show held alongside the UK's major manufacturing product exhibitions owned by the UK Machine Tool Technologies…

Mobile robots walk into the future

Describes some of the papers presented at an international colloquium on autonomous mobile systems held to celebrate 10 years of the Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and…

A new approach to robotic safety: SafetyBUS p at BMW

Availability, reliability, flexibility and comprehensive diagnostics are the most significant demands placed upon safety systems today. Increasing payloads, work ranges and cycle…

A method for planning industrial robot networks for automotive welding and assembly lines

Automotive robot network planning needs sound methods, new management style, and practices that are based on co‐operation, respect and trust. This is fundamental because…

Gecko, the walls cleaner

The paper discusses commercial cleaning robots available on the market. It introduces Gecko, a virtual prototype of a cleaning robot. Gecko has been conceived, assembling mainly…

Metro Machine agrees to purchase UltraStrip robotic paint removal system

Positive 1D and 2D Systems

ABB'S RobotStudio software enables cost savings in robot-programming

SafetyBUS p interface incorporated within robot controllers

Unique modular guarding system gets its own Web site

Power on – spatter gone

Conferences and Exhibitions

Low cost and rugged electro-magnetic encoders

ABB set to install all-seeing, all-thinking robots at major car manufacturer

Robot gets DNA as life sciences advance

Automotive assembly apparatus

A helping hand- robot for the disabled

Assembling robot

Editorial

SGI sponsors 2002 robocup soccer competition

Note from the publisher

New award launched to recognise advances in artificial intelligence in machines

Whatever became of robotics research?

New initiatives from SafetyBUS p Club

Motoman enters body-in-white welding sector at Honda

CogniTens automated 3D non-contact robotic cell for on-line repetitive part measurements

Total Vehicle Technology: Challenging Current Thinking

Lights out EDM machine

High performance OEM motion controller executes up to eight servoi/stepper programs simultaneously

KUKA robot cell sets eyes on assembly task for Jaguar

TM Robotics cover more ground

New system for quality control in welding and joining

Robot vision

BMW manufacturing donates robots for educational use

Paint spraying robot

Printing on plastic windows

$44 million, robotic coatings facility for F-22 production

Automotive industry – standing on a new threshold of robot use?

Land Rover nominates ABB to supply industrial robots

Chairman's report

Genmark automation Integrates 'black box' technology into its robots

UK manufacturing is investing for the future as 2001 sees record robot sales in the UK

Internet page

Automated robot system welds sub-assemblies faster

ABB engineers achieve breakthrough in automotive production process

Multi-Agent Robotic Systems