Industrial Robot: Volume 38 Issue 1

Your next surgeon may be a robot!

The purpose of this paper is to review the progress that one innovative firm is making in the development and deployment of robots to actually perform surgery on humans…

The use of pneumatic artificial muscles in robot construction

Recent requirements for drive systems in robotic technology, mainly for their performance, performance and weight ratio, compactness with minimal internal structure and…

Study on the multi‐manipulator tooth‐arrangement robot for complete denture manufacturing

It is not an easy and simple task to manufacture a complete denture with high quality. Traditionally, it often needs a medical expert with experience and hand‐on skill…

Automatic planning and coordinated control for redundant dual‐arm space robot system

The purpose of this paper is to present a novel automatic planning and coordinated control method of redundant dual‐arm space robot for inner space‐station operation based…

Robotic edge profiling of complex components

This paper aims to describe the development and testing of a system for the automated deburring of aero‐engine components.

Implementation of a single motor driven manipulator with multiple joints

The purpose of this paper is to present the design and implementation of a new manipulator with six joints driven by a single DC motor.

Application of service robots for building NDT inspection tasks

Building inspection tasks usually involve working at life‐threatening height, especially for high‐rise buildings. The purpose of this paper is to introduce two service…

Feature‐fusion based object tracking for robot platforms

Object tracking has been a challenging problem of robot vision over the decades, which plays a key role in a wide spectrum of visual tracking‐related applications such as…

Modeling of self‐tilt‐up motion for a two‐wheeled inverted pendulum

The purpose of this paper is to present a two‐wheeled inverted pendulum with self‐tilt‐up motion ability. With this ability, the two‐wheeled inverted pendulum can erect…

Case‐based automatic programming in robotic assembly production

The purpose of this paper is to present a case‐based system for offline automatic programming in robotic assembly production. This system can reuse past learned robot…

Dynamics and Robust Control of Robot-environment Interaction

CSIP develop the world’s first lightweight electric manipulator arm 5E

Patent abstracts

Diary

The robotics industry is getting back on track! Sales slump in 2009 – strong recovery in 2010 – further growth expected in 2011 and 2012

Carnegie Mellon offers robotic systems development degree program for training technology managers

A new company descriptor takes us into a new era

Productive robotics in Europe: evolution, trends and challenges

Exact positional gauging in six degrees of freedom using just one camera with GigE

New compact 6 kg parallel link arm robot for high speed assembly and packaging with six axes versatility

RTS acquires Hatch Science

Thought for food

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