Industrial Robot: Volume 33 Issue 2

Strapline:

The international journal of robotics research and application
Subjects:

Table of contents - Special Issue: Composite Fabrications

Guest Editors: Dr Faye Smith

A packaging robot for complex cartons

Venketesh N. Dubey, Jian S. Dai

To demonstrate the feasibility of designing a versatile packaging machine for folding cartons of complex geometry and shapes.

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An industrial solution to automatic robot calibration and workpiece pose estimation for semiconductor and gene‐chip microarray fabrication

Mingjun Zhang, Weimin Tao, William Fisher, Tzyh‐Jong Tarn

For semiconductor and gene‐chip microarray fabrication, robots are widely used to handle workpieces. It is critical that robots can calibrate themselves regularly and estimate…

Research on embedded MAS based manipulator control

Kejun Ning

Presents an embedded MAS (Multi‐Agent System) based control method for multi link series manipulators.

Interplas Show brings cheer to UK plastics

Brian Rooks

To review manufacturing automation products and technology on show at Interplas 2005, the UK's premier exhibition of equipment for the plastics and rubber industry.

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CLAWAR highlights research progress on climbing and walking robots

Anna Kochan

Aims to review the Clawar 2005 conference on climbing and walking robots.

Automated processes for composite aircraft structure

Carroll Grant

This paper provides a general review of automated processing methods currently being used to fabricate aircraft composite structure.

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Trimming a fiberglass challenge to save money, production time and improve quality

Richard Bloss

To relate how even a smaller manufacturing operation can benefit from the application of robotic methods to manual operations.

The harmonious robot

Brian Rooks

To describe the design methodology and human‐centre functionality of the whole arm manipulator (WAM) developed originally at MIT and brought to commercial fruition by Barrett…

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Robot show features faster and cheaper models, free drinks and physical therapy

Richard Bloss

To report on new products and applications at the 2005 International Robots and Vision Show, Chicago, USA.

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Cover of Industrial Robot

ISSN:

0143-991x

Online date, start – end:

1973

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Dr Dimitrios Chrysostomou