Industrial Robot: Volume 30 Issue 3
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The international journal of robotics research and applicationCategory:
Mechanical and Materials EngineeringTable Of Contents
Collaborative, synchronous robots serving machines and cells
Paul G. RankyMulti‐arm, collaborative, synchronous robots are gaining acceptance in industry, because of the cycle time reduction, productivity increase, flexibility and quality gain…
Distributed control of a track based multi‐head robot
Stephen J. Derby, David BrownA novel closed loop track based multi‐head robot has been developed to increase the material handing throughput. This robot allows waves of autonomous robot heads to move…
Robotics moves onwards and upwards
Anna KochanThe 2002 climbing and walking robots (CLAWAR) conference featured 130 papers on topics related to CLAWAR. This article reviews the conference, highlighting papers in the…
ROBOVOLC: a robot for volcano exploration result of first test campaign
G. Muscato, D. Caltabiano, S. Guccione, D. Longo, M. Coltelli, A. Cristaldi, E. Pecora, V. Sacco, P. Sim, G.S. Virk, P. Briole, A. Semerano, T. WhiteROBOVOLC is a new robotic system that has been designed to help scientists in the exploration of volcanoes. It is composed of three subsystems: a rover platform with six…
Conflict definitions and mistakes in American industrial robotics standard for static performance evaluation
Zhenqi Zhu, Hongliang CuiThe ANSI/RIA R15.05‐1‐1990 is an American national industrial robotics standard that covers methods for evaluating the point‐to‐point and static performance of industrial…
Re‐configurable dual‐robot assembly system design, development and future directions
Sheng‐Jen HsiehThis paper describes the design and development of a re‐configurable dual‐robot assembly system using off‐the‐shelf re‐configurable pneumatic modules, Hall‐effect sensors…
Portable robotic system for steel H‐beam welding
Seungbin B. Moon, Sung‐Ho Hwang, Woong‐Hee Shon, Ho‐Gil Lee, Yeon Taek OhSteel beam welding at a construction site is challenging due to the increasing thickness of steel members in today's buildings. In order to achieve high quality welding…
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- Dr Clive Loughlin