Industrial Robot: Volume 33 Issue 6

Robots and operators work hand in hand

To report on new robot technologies and applications exhibited at Automatica trade fair held in Munich.

Robots help label before molding

Seeks to review how a relatively new technology, in mold labelling of injection moulded items, can be achieved in a cost‐effective way with robots.

It takes more than a brush to fill paint store orders

To report on the design and development of a robotic order‐building system that both depalletizes pails of paint and then repalletizes them by customer order instructions.

Remote programming over multiple heterogeneous robots: a case study on distributed multirobot architecture

The authors of this paper aim to describe the design of distributed architectures for the remote control of multirobot systems. A very good example of remote robot…

Science crew operations and utility testbed

The goal of this research has been to design and field test a multi‐use planetary rover vehicle. SCOUT has been developed to test advanced rover hardware and software…

Automated robot programming based on sensor fusion

Aims to demonstrate how an automated robot program generation method can be developed and implemented.

Tracking a moving object with real‐time obstacle avoidance

Aims to develop a robotic platform to autonomously track a moving object

Integrated teleoperation and automation for nuclear facility cleanup

The objective of this work was to demonstrate a novel approach to human machine interaction that seamlessly uses teleoperation and automation in a complex environment.

RIA presents Engelberger Robotics Awards

UK food manufacturers need more automation

The weakest link

Robotics opportunities abound in European SME, consumer, and life sciences markets, says Frost

ARC sees industrial robotics market hitting $5 billion in 2010

UK robotic installations statistics for 2005

Boeing uses CimStation robotics to raise productivity

Automated assembly cell for oilfield drill bits specialist ReedHycalog

New “snake” robots are more dextrous

Stäubli Robotics signs strategic partner agreement with Cognex International

KUKA Robotics signs C.M.H. Manufacturing and Waltonen Engineering as new system partners

Robotics for small and medium enterprises: control and programming challenges

Carnegie Mellon's National Robotics Engineering Center to unveil futuristic unmanned ground combat vehicles

Braintech and ABB launch vision guided robotics channel partner program

Robot control and programming

Irish toolmaker expands robotic machining cell

Advanced robots spearhead new Freelander production

Control of Robot Manipulators in Joint Space

KUKA robotics announces new easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI) for plastics industry

Patent abstracts

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