Industrial Robot: Volume 34 Issue 4
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The international journal of robotics research and applicationCategory:
Mechanical and Materials EngineeringTable Of Contents - Special Issue: Robotic Assembly
Robotic lawnmowers
Christine ConnollyTo report on the technical and market status of robotic lawnmowers.
Robots at the heart of Schubert packaging machinery lead to great flexibility
Christine ConnollyTo study the advantages of a modular approach to packaging‐machine design.
ABB high‐speed picking robots establish themselves in food packaging
Christine ConnollyTo report some successful applications of vision‐controlled robots in picking and packing of foodstuffs.
Critical review of current trends in shape memory alloy actuators for intelligent robots
M. Sreekumar, T. Nagarajan, M. Singaperumal, M. Zoppi, R. MolfinoThe purpose of this paper is to review the current application areas of shape memory alloy (SMA) actuators in intelligent robotic systems and devices.
An introduction to computational intelligence techniques for robot control
John A. Bullinaria, Xiaoli LiThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the application of computational intelligence techniques to the field of industrial robot control.
Development of cable maintenance robot for cable‐stayed bridges
Jun Luo, Shaorong Xie, Zhenbang Gong, Tiansheng LuIn order to replace the conventional human maintenance of cable‐stayed bridges, a robot is designed and constructed for tasks such as cleaning, painting and rust‐detecting.
The robot reliability design and improvement method and the advanced Toyota production system
Hirohisa Sakai, Kakuro AmasakaTo demonstrate the theory and effectiveness of reliability‐improvement countermeasures for line equipment, specifically industrial robots for automotive production engineering.
Industrial robot track modeling and vibration suppression
WeiMin Tao, MingJun Zhang, Ou Ma, XiaoPing YunThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the vibration suppression of industrial track robot and propose a practical solution.
Iterative learning‐based laser beam tracker
Suhail Ashraf, Robert M. Parkin, Ejaz MuhammadThe purpose of this paper is to describe development and application of an iterative learning control (ILC) scheme for a tracking problem. The control objective is to…
A search and rescue robot with tele‐operated tether docking system
Carlos Marques, João Cristóvão, Paulo Alvito, Pedro Lima, João Frazão, Isabel Ribeiro, Rodrigo VenturaTo describe a robot designed and built to operate in outdoor environments hostile to the human presence, such as debris resulting from the collapse of built structures…
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0143-991xOnline date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen access:
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- Dr Clive Loughlin