Industrial Robot: Volume 3 Issue 3

Three Dimension Accuracy Measurement Methods for Robots

R.H. McEntire

Commercially, there are several part manipulators (robots) available today. The major task of these robots is to position parts accurately in space or to orient its gripper so as…

The Cerebellum Analogue Approach to Robot Sequence Control

J.F. Young, J.J. Walker

The programmable sequence‐control systems used for most of the industrial robots available at the present time are basically simple and straight‐forward. While these are very…

ASEA Robot System‐Expanding the Range of Industrial Applications

B. Weichbrodt

A new robot system has been industrially developed for applications far beyond materials handling. The combination of CNC‐microcomputer control, all‐electrical DC‐drives, and a…

Computerized Control of a Continuous Path Robot

C. Richiardi

A method to provide control of continuous type robots by means of a process minicomputer was developed and patented by FIAT‐SPE in 1974. The minicomputer acts as a robot…

Methods of Object Centering and it's Application

M.W. Zbigniew

The paper presents a method of centering flat objects. An objects position can be computed in a fraction of a second with great accuracy. The method makes the construction of…