Industrial Robot: Volume 32 Issue 2
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The international journal of robotics research and applicationTable of contents - Special Issue: Mobile Robots: Climbing and Walking Robots
Guest Editors: Dr Manuel A. Armada
Development and model‐aided performance measure of a sensor‐augmented industrial robotic system for handling steel bearing races in an unstructured environment
Debanik RoyAims to measure the development and performance of a sensor‐augmented industrial robotic system for handling steel bearing races in an unstructured environment.
CLAWAR highlights research progress on climbing and walking robots
Anna KochanAims to review the CLAWAR 2004 conference on climbing and walking robots.
Robots add features to improve adaptability to new applications
Richard BlossHighlights new robots introduced in the fall 2004 offer various benefits such as lower prices, internal cable management for arc welding, reduced floor space requirements…
Snaking around in a nuclear jungle
Rob Buckingham, Andrew GrahamThe paper describes a pipe repair conducted in August 2004 using two types of snake‐arm robot. The pipe was located 5 m below the reactor core of Ringhals 1 nuclear reactor.
A prototype of an orange picking robot: past history, the new robot and experimental results
G. Muscato, M. Prestifilippo, Nunzio Abbate, Ivan RizzutoTo construct a commercial agricultural manipulation for fruit picking and handling without human intervention.
The OmniTread serpentine robot for industrial inspection and surveillance
Grzegorz Granosik, Malik G. Hansen, Johann BorensteinDescribes the design, construction, and performance of the OmniTread serpentine robot. Provides a review of other designs in this new area of mobile robotics. Presents innovative…
Turning Segways into soccer robots
Brett Browning, Jeremy Searock, Paul E. Rybski, Manuela VelosoTo adapt the segway RMP, a dynamically balancing robot base, to build robots capable of playing soccer autonomously.
RobTank Inspec – in service robotized inspection tool for hazardous products storage tanks
A. Correia da Cruz, M. Silva RibeiroTo present an entirely new technology to be used in the in‐service inspection of storage tanks for hazardous products in several different industries.
Roboclimber the 3 ton spider
Rezia Molfino, Manuel Armada, Francesco Cepolina, Matteo ZoppiThe aim of the research is to design, build and test a robot able to autonomously execute slope consolidation tasks.
A hybrid pole climbing and manipulating robot with minimum DOFs for construction and service applications
M. Tavakoli, M.R. Zakerzadeh, G.R. Vossoughi, S. BagheriAims to describe design, prototyping and characteristics of a pole climbing/manipulating robot with ability of passing bends and branches of the pole.
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0143-991xOnline date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Dr Dimitrios Chrysostomou