Industrial Robot: Volume 37 Issue 3
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The international journal of robotics research and applicationTable of contents - Special Issue: CLAWAR and mobile robots
Robots at the International Robot Exhibition 2009 in Tokyo
Yoshihiro KusudaThe purpose of this paper is to review the International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo, Japan 2009, with emphasis on new trend of Japanese robot industry.
Robotic watercraft make a big splash at the unmanned vehicle show
Richard BlossThe purpose of this paper is to review the 2009 AUVSI Conference and Show held in Washington, DC with emphasis on unmanned vehicles or service robots, their application on the…
Foldable magnetic wheeled climbing robot for the inspection of gas turbines and similar environments with very narrow access holes
Wolfgang Fischer, Gilles Caprari, Roland Siegwart, Igor Thommen, Wolfgang Zesch, Roland MoserThe purpose of this paper is to describe the design and prototype implementation of a miniature climbing robot with magnetic adhesion, developed for the inspection of gas turbines…
Design principle based on maximum output force profile for a musculoskeletal robot
Ryuma Niiyama, Yasuo KuniyoshiThe purpose of this paper is to focus on an engineering application of the vertebrate musculoskeletal system. The musculoskeletal system has unique mechanisms such as bi‐articular…
Cable‐crawler – robot for the inspection of high‐voltage power lines that can passively roll over mast tops
Maleachi Bühringer, Jan Berchtold, Melanie Büchel, Claus Dold, Michael Bütikofer, Mevina Feuerstein, Wolfgang Fischer, Christian Bermes, Roland SiegwartThe purpose of this paper is to describe the design and prototype implementation of the “Cable Crawler”, a mobile teleoperated robot for the inspection of high‐voltage power lines…
Experiment of maneuverability of flexible mono‐tread mobile track and differential‐type tracked vehicle
Takafumi Haji, Tetsuya Kinugasa, Koji Yoshida, Hisanori Amano, Koichi OsukaThe purpose of this paper is to compare the maneuverability of flexible mono‐tread mobile track (FMT) and usual differential‐type tracked vehicle (DTV) through some experiments. A…
Fast lane tracking for autonomous urban driving using hidden Markov models and multiresolution Hough transform
Kemal Kaplan, Caner Kurtul, H. Levent AkinLane tracking is one of the most important processes for autonomous vehicles because the navigable region usually stands between the lanes, especially in urban environments. A…
Modeling and implementation of a fully autonomous soccer robot based on omni‐directional vision system
S. Hamidreza Kasaei, S. Mohammadreza Kasaei, S. Alireza Kasaei, S. Amir Hassan Monadjemi, Mohsen TaheriThe purpose of this paper is to design and implement a team of middle size soccer robots to conform RoboCup middle‐size league.
Design of a climbing robot for cylindro‐conic poles based on rolling self‐locking
Jean‐Christophe Fauroux, Joël MorillonThe purpose of this paper is to describe designing Pobot V2, a robot capable to climb poles with a cylindrical or conical shape.
Type and dimension synthesis of a portable all‐position welding robot
Yu Liu, Jing Zhao, Shu‐Jun Chen, Zhen‐Yang LuThe purpose of this paper is to develop a portable all‐position welding robot for the welding of intersected pipes.
A fuzzy strategy for the robotic folding of fabrics with machine vision feedback
Georgios T. Zoumponos, Nikos A. AspragathosSome areas of the apparel industry, such as folding and sewing, are still labor intensive. The purpose of this paper is to present a new fuzzy visual servoing strategy for the…
Development of an industrial pipeline inspection robot
Mahmoud Tavakoli, Lino Marques, Aníbal T. de AlmeidaThe purpose of this paper is to describe design and development of a pole climbing robot (PCR) for inspection of industrial size pipelines. Nowadays, non‐destructive testing (NDT…
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- Dr Dimitrios Chrysostomou