Industrial Robot: Volume 36 Issue 1
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The international journal of robotics research and applicationTable of contents - Special Issue: Theme Title: Finishing and Polishing
Guest Editors: Professor J. Norberto Pires
Finishing robots: a review of technologies and applications
Robert BogueThe purpose of this paper is to provide a review of finishing robot technology and its applications.
Latest unmanned vehicle show features both innovative new vehicles and miniaturization
Richard BlossThe purpose of this paper is to review the 2008 AUVSI Conference and Show held in San Diego, California with emphasis on unmanned vehicles or service robots, their application on…
Trajectory generation in robotic shielded metal arc welding during execution time
Eduardo José Lima, Alexandre Queiroz BracarenseShielded metal arc welding (SMAW) is a typical manual process with many important but dangerous applications for the welder. The purpose of this paper is to present a methodology…
Error significance analysis and compensation for HPKMs
Sara Eastwood, Philip WebbThe purpose of this paper is to describe a novel error‐ranking methodology and two compensation strategies for hybrid parallel kinematic machines (HPKMs).
A CORBA‐based cooperative mobile robot system
Zhen Zhang, Qixin Cao, Lei Zhang, Charles LoThe purpose of this paper is to present a distributed multiple mobile robot system that provides a collaborative control and simulation environment.
A review of CAD‐based robot path planning for spray painting
Heping Chen, Thomas Fuhlbrigge, Xiongzi LiPaint path planning for industrial robots is critical for uniform paint distribution, process cycle time and material waste, etc. However, paint path planning is still a costly…
An application of mobile robotics for olfactory monitoring of hazardous industrial sites
Cosimo Distante, Giovanni Indiveri, Giulio ReinaThe purpose of this paper is to present a mobile robot with an olfactory capability for hazardous site survey. Possible applications include detection of gas leaks and dangerous…
Cooperative robotic assistant with drill‐by‐wire end‐effector for spinal fusion surgery
Jongwon Lee, Inwook Hwang, Keehoon Kim, Seungmoon Choi, Wan Kyun Chung, Young Soo KimThe purpose of this paper is to present a surgical robot for spinal fusion and its control framework that provides higher operation accuracy, greater flexibility of robot position…
Programming‐by‐demonstration in the coworker scenario for SMEs
J. Norberto Pires, Germano Veiga, Ricardo AraújoThe purpose of this paper is to report a collection of developments that enable users to program industrial robots using speech, several device interfaces, force control and code…
Design and validation of a novel actuator with adaptable compliance for application in human‐like robotics
Antonio Gonzalez Rodriguez, Nestor Eduardo Nava Rodriguez, Angel Gaspar Gonzalez RodriguezThe purpose of this paper is to propose a novel actuator with adaptable compliance for robotic applications.
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- Dr Dimitrios Chrysostomou