Industrial Robot: Volume 34 Issue 2
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The international journal of robotics research and applicationCategory:
Mechanical and Materials EngineeringTable Of Contents - Special Issue: Mobile Robots
Robots meet machine tools at the IMTS party
Richard BlossTo review the International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago with emphasis on innovative robot applications on display.
A new integrated robot vision system from FANUC Robotics
Christine ConnollyTo report on developments in robotic vision by a particular robot manufacturer.
Robotics Industry Forum – 2006
Mike WilsonTo review the Robotics Industry Forum, held in November 2006 in Orlando, Florida.
Improving the mechanical design of new staircase wheelchair
Antonio Gonzalez RodriÂguez, Rafael Morales Herrera, Vicente Feliu Batlle, Publio Pintado SanjuanThis paper aims to present a new stair‐climbing wheelchair that tries to solve adaptability problems of previous prototypes.
Novel concepts for a planetary surface exploration rover
Antonios Bouloubasis, Gerard McKee, Peter TolsonThis paper aims to address some of the needs of present and upcoming rover designs, and introduces novel concepts incorporated in a planetary surface exploration rover…
An autonomous self contained wall climbing robot for non‐destructive inspection of above‐ground storage tanks
Love P. Kalra, Jason GuThe aim of this research is to design a wall climbing robot (WCR) for the non‐destructive inspection (NDT) of the above‐ground storage tanks (ASTs) autonomously making the…
Force assistance system for standing‐up motion
Daisuke Chugo, Kuniaki Kawabata, Hiroyuki Okamoto, Hayato Kaetsu, Hajime Asama, Norihisa Miyake, Kazuhiro KosugeThe aim is to develop a force assistance system for standing‐up which prevents the decreasing of physical strength of the patient by using their remaining physical strength.
Robot prototyping in the design of food processing machinery
Steve Davis, John W. Casson, Rene J. Moreno Masey, Martin King, John O. Gray, Darwin G. CaldwellAims to show how robots can be used to prototype and prove key handling operations during the design of food processing machines. This can reduce both development time and costs.
Towards a new mobility concept for cities: architecture and programming of semi‐autonomous electric vehicles
Rui Rocha, António Cunha, Joaquim Varandas, Jorge DiasThis paper aims to focus on cybernetic transportation systems (CTS) due to their effectiveness for solving mobility problems in cities. A new mobility concept is proposed…
A series of pneumatic glass‐wall cleaning robots for high‐rise buildings
Houxiang Zhang, Jianwei Zhang, Wei Wang, Rong Liu, Guanghua ZongThis paper presents the design of climbing robots for glass‐wall cleaning.
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0143-991xOnline date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen access:
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- Dr Clive Loughlin