Industrial Robot: Volume 15 Issue 4
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The international journal of robotics research and applicationCategory:
Mechanical and Materials EngineeringTable Of Contents
Focusing on the clean‐room market
Precision Robotics of Woburn, Massachusetts, adopted a dedicated‐concept, flexible‐application policy from the start. Brian Rooks profiles the company and talks to its…
Robot and logic controller in glass‐fibre applications
Marco CalandroThe ‘cut‐spray’ stage in glass‐reinforced plastic processing has been automated by using the robot as a peripheral of a PLC.
Robotic manufacture of sheet‐metal enclosures
R.J. Stamp, C.F. Earl, P. Holland, N.W. HirdAn automated sheet‐metal manufacturing systems for low‐volume production utilises an industrial robot to move blanks from a store to a press brake.
OLP: the key to expanding robot usage
Gregory PillonThe very precision of robots restricts their flexibility. Now a Canadian company is breaching these boundaries.
Robot grippers in systems projects
P. Schneider, W. ServisCareful integration of robot, end‐effectors, peripheral hardware and software are crucial to successful robot applications.
Integrated systems for off‐line programming
J.A. BennatonPlanning robot cells, and proving and generating robot programs, can be swiftly and efficiently achieved with graphical simulation.
Systematic optimisation of a robot arm structure
F. FeyerabendTo achieve high working speed and high positional accuracy, the weight of a robot arm must be reduced.
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0143-991xOnline date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen access:
hybridEditor:
- Dr Clive Loughlin