Industrial Robot: Volume 45 Issue 4

Vision-assisted robotic welding

Robert Bogue

This paper aims to provide details of vision-assisted robotic welding technologies and their applications.

The Pransky interview: Daniel Theobald, Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer, Vecna Robotics

Joanne Pransky

The following article 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…

Biomechanical design analysis and experiments evaluation of a passive knee-assisting exoskeleton for weight-climbing

Bo Li, Bo Yuan, Shuai Tang, Yuwen Mao, Dongmei Zhang, Changyun Huang, Bilian Tan

This paper aims to investigate weight-climbing assistance strategy for the biomechanical design of passive knee-assisting exoskeleton (PKAExo) and evaluate a designed PKAExo which…

Experiments on learning-based industrial bin-picking with iterative visual recognition

Kensuke Harada, Weiwei Wan, Tokuo Tsuji, Kohei Kikuchi, Kazuyuki Nagata, Hiromu Onda

This paper aims to automate the picking task needed in robotic assembly. Parts supplied to an assembly process are usually randomly staked in a box. If randomized bin-picking is…

Development of master-slave magnetic anchoring vision robotic system for single-port laparoscopy (SPL) surgery

Haibo Feng, Yanwu Zhai, Yili Fu

Surgical robot systems have been used in single-port laparoscopy (SPL) surgery to improve patient outcomes. This study aims to develop a vision robot system for SPL surgery to…

Optimization-based gait planning and control for biped robots utilizing the optimal allowable ZMP variation region

Hongbo Zhu, Minzhou Luo, Jingzhao Li

The purpose of this study is to present an optimization-based gait planning method for biped robots according to the conditions of terrain, which takes fully the relationship…

A neural network based monitoring system for safety in shared work-space human-robot collaboration

Hemant Rajnathsing, Chenggang Li

Human–robot collaboration (HRC) is on the rise in a bid for improved flexibility in production cells. In the context of overlapping workspace between a human operator and an…

Uncertainty analysis and evaluation of measurement of the positioning repeatability for industrial robots

Yang Chuangui, Liu Xingbao, Yue Xiaobin, Mi Liang, Wang Junwen, Xia Yangqiu, Yu Hailian, Chen Heng

This paper aims to solve the nonlinear problem in the uncertainty evaluation of the measurement of the positioning repeatability (RP) of industrial robots and provide guidance to…

An efficient robot payload identification method for industrial application

Yunfei Dong, Tianyu Ren, Ken Chen, Dan Wu

This paper aims to improve the accuracy of robot payload identification and decrease the complexity in its industrial application by developing a new method based on the actuator…

A flexible self-adaptive underactuated hand with series passive joints

Chao Luo, Wenzeng Zhang

This paper aims to propose a novel hand to bridge the gap between the traditional rigid robot hands and the soft hands to obtain a better grasping performance.

A novel hybrid closed-loop control approach for dexterous prosthetic hand based on myoelectric control and electrical stimulation

Li Jiang, Qi Huang, Dapeng Yang, Shaowei Fan, Hong Liu

The purpose of this study is to present a novel hybrid closed-loop control method together with its performance validation for the dexterous prosthetic hand.

Hot-line assembly strategy for connection fittings in 110kV intelligent substation

Mingdong Tang, Youlin Gu, Shigang Wang, Qinghua Liang, Xiaoxi Wang

The purpose of this paper is to provide a safe control strategy for aloft hot-line assembly of connection fittings in 110kV intelligent substations, which is significant to…

Combined S-curve feedrate profiling and input shaping for glass substrate transfer robot vibration suppression

Chongxu Liu, Youdong Chen

The glass substrate transfer robot uses flexible arm and fork to transport the glass substrate which will generate vibration. To reduce the settling time and increase…

Fuzzy control-based bolt tightening for power cable maintenance robot

Wei Jiang, Zhiyuan Zhou, Yu Yan, Gongping Wu, Lianqing Yu, Hong Jun Li, Wei Chen

In response to the poor reliability of live maintenance robots in semi-structured environments and the difficulty of monitoring their operation status, this paper aims to propose…