Industrial Robot: Volume 40 Issue 4

Advances in robot interfacing technologies

Robert Bogue

The purpose of this paper is to provide details of recent developments in human‐robot interfacing technologies.

An online path planning approach of mobile robot based on particle filter

Yang Gao, Shu‐dong Sun, Da‐wei Hu, Lai‐jun Wang

Path planning in unknown or partly unknown environment is a quite complex task, partly because it is an evolving globally optimal path affected by the motion of the robot and the…

SwarmItFIX: a multi‐robot‐based reconfigurable fixture

Luis de Leonardo, Matteo Zoppi, Li Xiong, Dimiter Zlatanov, Rezia M. Molfino

The use of thin sheets with 3D geometries is growing in quantity, due to current progress towards life‐cycle design and sustainable production, and growing in geometrical…

Control and programming of a multi‐robot‐based reconfigurable fixture

Cezary Zieliński, Włodzimierz Kasprzak, Tomasz Kornuta, Wojciech Szynkiewicz, Piotr Trojanek, Michał Walęcki, Tomasz Winiarski, Teresa Zielińska

Machining fixtures must fit exactly the work piece to support it appropriately. Even slight change in the design of the work piece renders the costly fixture useless. Substitution…

Assisted design of linkage‐driven adaptive soft fingers

Louis‐Alain Larouche, Lionel Birglen

Adaptive grippers are versatile end effectors that mechanically adapt their shapes to the objects they seize, allowing for soft and delicate grasps while still allowing for strong…

Mechanical equilibrium model of rubberless artificial muscle and application to position control of antagonistic drive system

Naoki Saito, Takanori Sato, Takanori Ogasawara, Ryo Takahashi, Toshiyuki Sato

The purpose of this paper is to describe a mechanical equilibrium model of a one‐end‐fixed type rubberless artificial muscle and the feasibility of this model for control of the…

A novel motion generation strategy for robotic tooth brushing simulator

Jie Liu

The purpose of this paper is to develop a robotic tooth brushing simulator mimicking realistic tooth brushing motions, thereby facilitating greater understanding of the generation…

Rapid design and synthesis of robots using standard computer tools

Jaime Martínez Verdú, José María Sabater Navarro, Vicente José González Penella, Nicolás Manuel García Aracil, Ángel Miguel López Buendía

Currently, the majority of designed robots are not well‐matched to their applications because designers do not employ a clear and organized design process. Additionally, the high…

A biped robot with 3T manipulation ability

Chao Liu, Yan‐An Yao

The purpose of this paper is to propose a spatial six‐link RRCCRR (where R denotes a revolute joint, and C denotes a cylindric joint) mechanism to be used as the mechanism body of…

Development of an underwater riser inspection robot

Melquisedec F. Santos, Maurício O. Brito, Cassiano Neves, Luciano L. Menegaldo

The purpose of this paper is to describe a new multi‐sensor robotic system designed for riser, mooring lines and umbilical cables in situ underwater inspection. Due to the…