Industrial Robot: Volume 33 Issue 3

Plotting future UK robotics research programmes

Brian Rooks

To report on a workshop, “Future UK Robotics Research Opportunities and Challenges”, held at Salford University in November 2005.

Cost effective robotics in the nuclear industry

David Sands

Aims to clarify the use of “nuclear” robots with special reference to one UK contractor (Magnox) and the cost‐effectiveness of its decommissioning programme.

Remote operations for fusion using teleoperation

Stephen Sanders

The Joint European Torus (JET) is the flagship for European Fusion Research. This study seeks to address the issue of the need for remote handling in the process of…

Force‐feedback teleoperation of an industrial robot in a nuclear spent fuel reprocessing plant

Philippe Desbats, Franck Geffard, Gérard Piolain, Alain Coudray

Aims to describe how to make an industrial robot work as a telemanipulator with force feedback, in order to carry out various tasks for remote handling in nuclear fuel…

Lessons learned from a novel teleoperation testbed

Brian P. DeJong, Eric L. Faulring, J. Edward Colgate, Michael A. Peshkin, Hyosig Kang, Young S. Park, Thomas F. Ewing

Sets out to discuss lessons learned from the creation and use of an over‐the‐internet teleoperation testbed.

Tele‐operated climbing and mobile service robots for remote inspection and maintenance in nuclear industry

B.L. Luk, K.P. Liu, A.A. Collie, D.S. Cooke, S. Chen

Aims to report on the various types of tele‐operated mobile service robots for remote inspection and maintenance, especially in the field of nuclear industry.

Effects of genetic algorithm parameters on trajectory planning for 6‐DOF industrial robots

Mustafa Çakır, Erhan Butun, Yekta Kayman

Seeks to present a new method of trajectory planning, i.e. genetic algorithms (GA), for six‐degree‐of‐freedom (DOF) industrial robots.

Bilateral control of tele‐hand system with neuro‐fuzzy scheme

Hui Shao, Kenzo Nonami

According to UN estimates more than 2,000 people are killed or maimed every month by land‐mines. Although some mechanical solutions to their removal have been proposed…

AirEOD

Rezia Molfino, Sandro Costo, Francesco Cepolina, Matteo Zoppi

To present a new special explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) robot designed to operate onboard airplanes.

Welding Robots: Technology, System Issues and Applications'

J Weston, C Eng. EWE BEng

Robotics and the nuclear industry

Geoff Pegman

High reliability robots support “traditional technology” plastic moulding operation

Robots feed lathes economically, 24/7

Güdel launches RoboSpeed high-dynamic work handling system

Patent abstracts

Diary

Robotics industry poised for continued growth in 2006

Bennett Brumson

Look back and wonder

Clive Loughlin

Websites

KMT Cutting Systems launches new tool changer for robotic routers

Transparent and efficient networking