Industrial Robot: Volume 45 Issue 1

What are the prospects for robots in the construction industry?

Robert Bogue

This paper aims to address the question posed in the title by considering the present uses and potential future role of robots in the construction industry.

The Pransky interview: Mel Torrie, Founder, CEO and President of Autonomous Solutions, Inc.

Joanne Pransky

The following paper is a “Q&A interview” conducted by Joanne Pransky of Industrial Robot Journal as a method to impart the combined technological, business and personal experience…

State estimation of a robot joint by a novel nonlinear tracking differentiator

Xiao Tu, Yunfei Zhou, Pu Zhao, Xin Cheng

This paper aims to present a method for improving the state estimation of a robot in the presence of noise measurement, which can improve the performance of the robot controller.

Fuzzy logic PD controller for trajectory tracking of an autonomous differential drive mobile robot (i.e. Quanser Qbot)

Ali Alouache, Qinghe Wu

The aim of this paper is to propose a robust robot fuzzy logic proportional-derivative (PD) controller for trajectory tracking of autonomous nonholonomic differential drive…

Mechanism design and kinematic analysis of a robotic manipulator driven by joints with two degrees of freedom (DOF)

He Huang, Erbao Dong, Min Xu, Jie Yang, Kin Huat Low

This paper aims to introduce a new design concept for robotic manipulator driven by the special two degrees of freedom (DOF) joints. Joint as a basic but essential component of…

Intelligent grasping with natural human-robot interaction

Yuliang Zhou, Mingxuan Chen, Guanglong Du, Ping Zhang, Xin Liu

The aim of this paper is to propose a grasping method based on intelligent perception for implementing a grasp task with human conduct.

In-line stereo-camera assisted robotic spot welding quality control system

Cengiz Deniz, Mustafa Cakir

The purpose of this study is to design a robotic inline measurement system for spot welding quality control to achieve process requirement without any operator during the…

A solution to the hand-eye calibration in the manner of the absolute orientation problem

Cengiz Deniz, Mustafa Cakir

This paper aims to introduce a simple hand-eye calibration method that can be easily applied with different objective functions.

Analysis, optimization and prototyping of a parallel RCM mechanism of a surgical robot for craniotomy surgery

Mohammadreza Dehghani, Majid Mohammadi Moghadam, Pourya Torabi

Removing the bone flap is a compulsory step in open skull surgeries and is very cumbersome and time-consuming. Exerting large forces during the milling and cutting of the skull…

Real-time control of triglide robot using sliding mode control method

Muhammet Aydin, Oguz Yakut

The purpose of the study is to design a three-dimensional (3D) triglide parallel robot with a different approach and to control the manufactured robot via sliding mode control…

POLIBOT – POwer Lines Inspection RoBOT

Eduardo José Lima, Marcelo Henrique Souza Bomfim, Miguel Augusto de Miranda Mourão

Several studies have aimed to develop robotic systems which move in transmission lines. Until this moment, all of them have a high weight and cost associated with the equipment…

Real-time velocity scaling and obstacle avoidance for industrial robots using fuzzy dynamic movement primitives and virtual impedances

Iman Kardan, Alireza Akbarzadeh, Ali Mousavi Mohammadi

This paper aims to increase the safety of the robots’ operation by developing a novel method for real-time implementation of velocity scaling and obstacle avoidance as the two…

Improving backdrivability in preoperative manual manipulability of minimally invasive surgery robot

Shuizhong Zou, Bo Pan, Yili Fu, Shuixiang Guo

The purpose of this paper is to propose a control algorithm to improve the backdrivability performance of minimally invasive surgical robotic arms, so that precise manual…

Force control approaches research for robotic machining based on particle swarm optimization and adaptive iteration algorithms

Shouyan Chen, Tie Zhang

The purpose of this paper is to reduce the strain and vibration during robotic machining.

P-like controllers with collision avoidance for passive bilateral teleoperation of a UAV

Huiyu Sun, Guangming Song, Zhong Wei, Ying Zhang

This paper aims to tele-operate the movement of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in the obstructed environment with asymmetric time-varying delays. A simple passive proportional…