Industrial Robot: Volume 28 Issue 3

Jaguar uses X350 car to pioneer use of self‐piercing rivets

Jaguar Cars, the luxury UK automaker, is developing a new car, the X350. For the first time, the company is to use aluminium body panels for the body shell. Aluminium can…

Implementation of a robotic depalletizing cell

This case study describes the application of robots to an agricultural depalletizing operation. Discusses the reasons for adopting robotics, the requirements of the…

Speed accuracy of the modern industrial robot

Improvements in both robot manufacture and robot controller technology have resulted in greater robot accuracy. A trial has been conducted to highlight the improvements…

Hungry for success – future directions in gastrobotics research

The paper discusses the new emerging technology of “gastrobotics”, or food‐powered mobile robots. The concept of self‐sufficiency is examined, and it is postulated that…

Flexible wireless communication network for mobile robot agents

For intelligent robots in a multi‐agent system communication is essential for cooperative behavior. Here we describe the explicit communication between individual robots…

Combining configuration space and occupancy grid for robot navigation

This article introduces a map generation algorithm that combines configuration space and occupancy grid approaches. This algorithm is suitable for a mobile robot system…

A CORBA‐based approach for humanoid robot control

Recently, many control architectures for robots have been proposed. However, in these architectures, it is difficult to add new functions to existing applications or add…

Introduction to AI Robotics

Behaviour‐based Robotics

Understanding and Applying Machine Vision

Cam operated parallel gripper up to 54mm total law stroke

ISR 2002 (C + E) Int. Sym. on Robotics

High flex life cable features expanded PTFE jacket

Bosch Automation and SP Technology team up for success

Portable Welders wins further contract from Chrysler

TM Robotics makes the Logicon choice

New, smart encoder has SSI-output

Back to the future

Humanoids striding into daily life in Japan

Japanese university team reveals "speedy ambulatory robot"

Europe: boom in robot orders

Automated grinding cell doubles productivity for cutter manufacturer

Human genome project aided by advanced linear motors

Güdel's latest multi-axis gantry modules target systems integrators' needs

New compact joystick at PML FlightLink

Inertial Aerosystems introduces three-axis magnetoresistive sensors

The beagle has landed

ABB robots to "man" new Honda plant

New benchtop robot places and removes components – versatility and high performance at low cost

Robot picks up pace of microbial research

Is it possible to make money by using robots in unconstrained environments?

Micromachine technology puts legs on tiny robot

Pressflow previews new robots at the Negri Bossi open house

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The hidden costs in cold room operations

Vehicle automated glazing cell transferred in double-quick time

Flextube – the intelligent tube handling solution

Laboratory instrument loading now made easy with the new "CataLyst"™