Industrial Robot: Volume 51 Issue 2

Political tensions and technological innovation driving the military robot business

Robert Bogue

The purpose of this paper is to provide a detailed insight into the global military robot industry with an emphasis on products and their applications.

LiDAR-based SLAM for robotic mapping: state of the art and new frontiers

Xiangdi Yue, Yihuan Zhang, Jiawei Chen, Junxin Chen, Xuanyi Zhou, Miaolei He

In recent decades, the field of robotic mapping has witnessed widespread research and development in light detection and ranging (LiDAR)-based simultaneous localization and…

UDS-SLAM: real-time robust visual SLAM based on semantic segmentation in dynamic scenes

Jun Liu, Junyuan Dong, Mingming Hu, Xu Lu

Existing Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) algorithms have been relatively well developed. However, when in complex dynamic environments, the movement of the dynamic…

SLAM-RAMU: 3D LiDAR-IMU lifelong SLAM with relocalization and autonomous map updating for accurate and reliable navigation

Bushi Chen, Xunyu Zhong, Han Xie, Pengfei Peng, Huosheng Hu, Xungao Zhong, Qiang Liu

Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) play a crucial role in industrial and service fields. The paper aims to build a LiDAR-based simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) system…

Towards an obstacle detection system for robot obstacle negotiation

Han Wang, Quan Zhang, Zhenquan Fan, Gongcheng Wang, Pengchao Ding, Weidong Wang

To solve the obstacle detection problem in robot autonomous obstacle negotiation, this paper aims to propose an obstacle detection system based on elevation maps for three types…

Robotic arm tracking control through smooth switching LPV controller based on LPV modeling and torque approximation

Ali Fazli, Mohammad Hosein Kazemi

This paper aims to propose a new linear parameter varying (LPV) controller for the robot tracking control problem. Using the identification of the robot dynamics in different work…

Design and experimental research of a rolling-adsorption wall-climbing robot

Kai Cao, Guodong Qin, Jian Zhou, Jiajun Xu, Linsen Xu, Aihong Ji

With the popularity of high-rise buildings, wall inspection and cleaning are becoming more difficult and associated with danger. The best solution is to replace manual work with…

Triangle codes and tracer lights based absolute positioning method for terminal visual docking of autonomous underwater vehicles

Zhuoyu Zhang, Lijia Zhong, Mingwei Lin, Ri Lin, Dejun Li

Docking technology plays a crucial role in enabling long-duration operations of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). Visual positioning solutions alone are susceptible to…

Design and extensibility analysis of a variable buoyancy system for small autonomous underwater vehicles

Yi Xia, Yonglong Li, Hongbin Zang, Yanpian Mao, Haoran Wang, Jialong Li

A switching depth controller based on a variable buoyancy system (VBS) is proposed to improve the performance of small autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). First, the…

Sky-Worker: a heterogeneous dual-arm robot with dynamic authority assignment for live-line working

Yanghong Li, Yahao Wang, Yutao Chen, X.W. Rong, Yuliang Zhao, Shaolei Wu, Erbao Dong

The current difficulties of distribution network working robots are mainly in the performance and operation mode. On the one hand, high-altitude power operation tasks require high…

A method for predicting relative position errors in dual-robot systems via knowledge transfer from geometric and nongeometric calibration

Siming Cao, Hongfeng Wang, Yingjie Guo, Weidong Zhu, Yinglin Ke

In a dual-robot system, the relative position error is a superposition of errors from each mono-robot, resulting in deteriorated coordination accuracy. This study aims to enhance…

A KMP-based interactive learning approach for robot trajectory adaptation with obstacle avoidance

Sa Xiao, Xuyang Chen, Yuankai Lu, Jinhua Ye, Haibin Wu

Imitation learning is a powerful tool for planning the trajectory of robotic end-effectors in Cartesian space. Present methods can adapt the trajectory to the obstacle; however…

A dynamic parameter identification method for the 5-DOF hybrid robot based on sensitivity analysis

Zaihua Luo, Juliang Xiao, Sijiang Liu, Mingli Wang, Wei Zhao, Haitao Liu

This paper aims to propose a dynamic parameter identification method based on sensitivity analysis for the 5-degree of freedom (DOF) hybrid robots, to solve the problems of too…

Adaptive pneumatic soft gripper with embedded flexible bending sensor

Chang Chen, Yuandong Liang, Jiten Sun, Chen Lin, Yehao Wen

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a variable distance pneumatic gripper with embedded flexible sensors, which can effectively grasp fragile and flexible objects.

Research on system integration and control methods of an apple-picking robot in unstructured environment

Qiaojun Zhou, Ruilong Gao, Zenghong Ma, Gonghao Cao, Jianneng Chen

The purpose of this article is to solve the issue that apple-picking robots are easily interfered by branches or other apples near the target apple in an unstructured environment…