Industrial Robot: Volume 48 Issue 4

The Pransky interview: Dr Nabil Simaan, Vanderbilt University Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science and Otolaryngology, Thought Leader in Medical 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…

New technologies for robotic tactile sensing and navigation

Rob Bogue

This aims to provide details of new sensor technologies and developments with potential applications in robotic tactile sensing and navigation.

Simultaneous identification of joint stiffness, kinematic and hand-eye parameters of measurement system integrated with serial robot and 3D camera

Jinlei Zhuang, Ruifeng Li, Chuqing Cao, Yunfeng Gao, Ke Wang, Feiyang Wang

This paper aims to propose a measurement principle and a calibration method of measurement system integrated with serial robot and 3D camera to identify its parameters…

A calibration method of redundant actuated parallel mechanism for posture adjustment

Wenmin Chu, Xiang Huang, Shuanggao Li

With the improvement of modern aircraft requirements for safety, long life and economy, higher quality aircraft assembly is needed. However, due to the manufacturing and assembly…

Adaptive neural network-based path tracking control for autonomous combine harvester with input saturation

Yuexin Zhang, Lihui Wang, Yaodong Liu

To reduce the effect of parameter uncertainties and input saturation on path tracking control for autonomous combine harvester, a path tracking controller is proposed, which…

Mobile parallel robot machine for heavy-duty double-walled vacuum vessel assembly

Changyang Li, Huapeng Wu, Harri Eskelinen, Haibiao Ji

This paper aims to present a detailed mechanical design of a seven-degrees-of-freedom mobile parallel robot for the tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding and machining processes in…

Novel fractional hybrid impedance control of series elastic muscle-tendon actuator

Mohammad Javad Fotuhi, Zafer Bingul

This paper aims to develope a novel fractional hybrid impedance control (FHIC) approach for high-sensitive contact stress force tracking control of the series elastic…

Linear-extended-state-observer-based prescribed performance control for trajectory tracking of a robotic manipulator

Bingjie Xu, Shuai Ji, Chengrui Zhang, Chao Chen, Hepeng Ni, Xiaojian Wu

Trajectory tracking error of robotic manipulator has limited its applications in trajectory tracking control systems. This paper aims to improve the trajectory tracking accuracy…

Imitation learning of a wheeled mobile manipulator based on dynamical movement primitives

Zeguo Yang, Mantian Li, Fusheng Zha, Xin Wang, Pengfei Wang, Wei Guo

This paper aims to introduce an imitation learning framework for a wheeled mobile manipulator based on dynamical movement primitives (DMPs). A novel mobile manipulator with the…

Adaptive stable grasping control strategy based on slippage detection

Yang Chen, Fuchun Sun

The authors want to design an adaptive grasping control strategy without setting the expected contact force in advance to maintain grasping stable, so that the proposed control…

A novel series-parallel hybrid robot for climbing transmission tower

Yanzhang Yao, Wei Wang, Yue Qiao, Zhihang He, Fusheng Liu, Xuelong Li, Xinxin Liu, Dehua Zou, Tong Zhang

The purpose of this paper is to describe the design and development of a novel series-parallel robot, which aims to climb on the transmission tower.

Follow-the-leader motion strategy for multi-section continuum robots based on differential evolution algorithm

GuoHua Gao, Pengyu Wang, Hao Wang

The purpose of this paper is to present a follow-the-leader motion strategy for multi-section continuum robots, which aims to make the robot have the motion ability in a confined…

FWMR-II: a modular link-type rope-climbing robot with the finger-wheeled mechanism

Suyang Yu, Changlong Ye, Guanghong Tao, Jian Ding, Yinchao Wang

The rope-climbing robot that can cling to a rope for locomotion has been a popular piece of equipment for some overhead applications due to its high flexibility. In view of…

Design and locomotion analysis of the tetrahedral mobile robot with only revolute joints (TMRR)

Zhirui Wang, Yezhuo Li, Bo Su, Lei Jiang, Ziming Zhao, Yan-An Yao

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a tetrahedral mobile robot with only revolute joints (TMRR). By using rotation actuators, the mechanism of the robot gains favorable…