Industrial Robot: Volume 37 Issue 4
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The international journal of robotics research and applicationCategory:
Mechanical and Materials EngineeringTable Of Contents - Special Issue: ICIRA and Micro Robots
Microrobots and nanorobots: a review of recent developments
Robert BogueThe paper aims to provide a technical review of recent developments in microrobots, together with a less detailed consideration of nanorobotics.
A control method of deceleration assistance system for collision avoidance based on driver's perceptual risk
Takahiro Wada, Shoji Hiraoka, Shun'ichi DoiThe purpose of this paper is to realize a smooth and secure brake assistance system to avoid rear‐end collision of automobiles.
Design and control of an upper limb rehabilitation support device for disabled people using a pneumatic cylinder
Koichi Kirihara, Norihiko Saga, Naoki SaitoThe purpose of this paper is to describe the development of a device to support rehabilitation of a patient's upper limb motion.
Two‐step active contour method based on gradient flow
Linlin Zhu, Baojie Fan, Yandong TangActive contour can describe target's silhouette accurately and has been widely used in image segmentation and target tracking. Its main drawback is huge computation that…
Multi‐robot team formation control in the GUARDIANS project
Joan Saez‐Pons, Lyuba Alboul, Jacques Penders, Leo NomdedeuThe Group of Unmanned Assistant Robots Deployed in Aggregative Navigation by Scent (GUARDIANS) multi‐robot team is to be deployed in a large warehouse in smoke. The team…
Real‐time motion planning for mobile robots by means of artificial potential field method in unknown environment
Tao Zhang, Yi Zhu, Jingyan SongThe purpose of this paper is to focus on the local minima issue encountered in motion planning by the artificial potential field (APF) method, investigate the currently…
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0143-991xOnline date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen access:
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- Dr Clive Loughlin