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Rigelsford, J. (2003), "Internet page", Industrial Robot, Vol. 30 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/ir.2003.04930cag.001

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Keywords: Robots, Robotics, Internet

http://www.wittmann-ct.comWittmann Robot and Automation Systems, Inc.

This company was founded in 1975 to manufacture water flow regulators and acquired its robot production line in 1983. They now provide a variety of robotic solutions for automating plastic injection molding operations, including: CNC, pneumatic, and specialized robots; end-of-arm tooling; and downstream automation systems.

http://www.squarenet.co.jpSquarenet Co., Ltd

Squarenet licenses their world wide intellectual property rights for hardware creation. Their designs include the Square-robot and Square-robot guidance system.

This is an unusual site, which contains some interesting pictures and real player movies.

http://www.motoman.comMotoman, Inc.

Motoman provides a wide variety of robots for a broad range of applications and is one of the three largest robotics companies in America. They supply robots, controllers, positioners, welding options, PC software, and a wide variety of fully integrated standard “World” solutions.

This is a superb site that contains a huge amount of product information. Specifications can be downloaded in PDF format, along with industrial articles, a Motoman screensaver, videos and much more.

http://www.ype.co.jp/englishYushin Precision Equipment

Founded in 1971, Yushin Precision Equipment manufactures robots and automated stock machines for automated part extraction and storage from molding machines. They provide total system designs of flexible manufacturing systems for plastic injection molding facilities. Their products include product feeders, cutting tools and a variety of robots. They have recently developed a series of small, high-performance, servo-driven robots.

This is quite a large site that is available in both English and Japanese. It is easy to navigate and the product information is clearly presented. The introduction page is worth visiting even if you are not interested in their products.

http://www.ri.cmu.eduRobotics Institute

The Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University is part of the School of Computer Science and was established in 1979 to conduct basic and applied research in robotics technologies.

This is a good academic Web site but as it contains so much information the navigation could be improved.

http://www.inuktun.comInuktun Services Ltd

Inuktun Services Ltd is a designer and manufacturer of modular, remotely operated visual and mobile inspection systems for use within confined spaces, hazardous environments or underwater. They provide a range of systems for remote surveillance, duct and pipe inspection, underwater inspection systems, and bomb disposal.

This is an excellent site that is well worth visiting.

http://www.mie.utoronto.ca/labs/cimlComputer Integrated Manufacturing Laboratory

The Computer Integrated Manufacturing Laboratory (CIMLab) was founded in 1987 and is part of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto. Their work aims to advance flexible design and manufacturing, and focuses on manufacturing control, autonomous robotics, and design and manufacturing. Research projects include: supervisory control of manufacturing systems; multi-arm robots; robotic interception of moving objects; robotic sensors and vision; and rapid prototyping.

This is an average University site but it is available in English, French, Spanish, German, Chinese and Russian.

Hot sites

http://www.parc.xerox.comPalo Alto Research Center

The Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) was founded in 1970 by Xerox Corporation to define the “Office of the Future”. Developing technologies including laser printing, the Ethernet, the graphical user interface, and ubiquitous computing, PARC now conducts pioneering interdisciplinary research in physical, computational, and social sciences. One of their research aims is to design, build and control hundreds of degrees of freedom in modular and self-reconfigurable machines ( http://www2.parc.com/spl/projects/modrobots). They are developing massively distributed control for tightly coupled uniform modules with sensing and actuating functions. The objective is to develop novel electromechanical system design principles that achieve extreme versatility and robustness of hardware and software systems to improve future product offerings.

This is a superb Web site, containing an abundance project information, pictures and movies.

http://www.esit.comEngineering Services Inc.

Engineering Services Inc. is a privately owned robotics and automation technology company that specializes in the development, design and manufacture of advanced robotics and automation products, customized robotics systems, and intelligent mechatronic systems. The company comprises four divisions, the Biotechnology Automation Division, the Robotics and Automation Division, the Mobile Robots Division, and the Security and Defence Division. Their products and technology serve law enforcement, military and defence, medical surgery, and biotechnology sectors, along with the space, nuclear and service industries.

This is another good site, which is well worth visiting.

Jon Rigelsford