Industrial Robot: Volume 5 Issue 4

Unified control systems for industrial robots

E.I. Yurevich, V.A. Obukhov, Yu.D. Andrianov

For the purpose of controlling industrial robots attached to various types of technological equipment the configuration structures and unification principles were investigated and…

Automatic visual inspection in industry

B.G. Batchelor

The fact that you are reading this article indicates that you have optical sensors (eyes). Pick up a pencil from your desk. You will almost certainly locate it visually, guiding…

A compliant hand robot

P.C. Wong

The compliant hand robot was developed for metal stamping press feeding at Fisher and Paykel Ltd., home appliance manufacturer, New Zealand.

Design of a three fingered robot gripper

H.F.M. Van Der Loos

Using an industrial assembly robot to manipulate objects of significantly differing shapes is practically impossible without a universal prehension organ. Robot grippers of great…

Workmates with steel fingers

W. Lützenkirchen

A new phase of automation has already started in the Federal Republic of Germany: industrial robots are ousting men from dangerous work places.

A time and motion method for industrial robots

P.F. Rogers

As competition grows in the robot field and as more sophisticated applications emerge, it has become necessary to accurately predict robot cycle time. Especially in the area of…