Industrial Robot: Volume 38 Issue 5

Detecting mines and IEDs: what are the prospects for robots?

This paper aims to examine the present‐day use of, and future prospects for, robots for detecting mines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs), with an emphasis on the…

Robotic aircraft land at the Unmanned Show in the Mile High City

This paper aims to review the AUVSI Conference and show held in Denver, Colorado with emphasis on unmanned vehicles or service robots, their application on the ground, in…

High school student goes to class robotically

This paper seeks to build awareness of how telepresence or service robots are coming to the aid of students who might not otherwise be able to attend school in person or…

Development of a serpentine omnitread robot for searching in explosive gas atmospheres

There is explosive gas in many disaster environments. The conventional search and rescue robots are not allowed to work in these environments, since they may cause…

Design and manufacturing of a tele‐operative rescue robot with a novel track arrangement

The paper aims to describe the design and manufacturing process of a tele‐operative urban search and rescue tracked robot and discuss the advantages of a proposed novel…

Static and dynamic characteristics of rehabilitation joint powered by pneumatic muscles

The purpose of this paper is to present the static and dynamic characteristics of the rehabilitation joint.

Blending algorithm for position control with a hybrid actuator made of DC servomotor and brake

This paper aims to present a hybrid actuator controller to obtain fast and stiff position response without any overshoot by blending input signals of a DC servomotor and a…

Three‐dimensional weld seam tracking for robotic welding by composite sensing technology

This paper aims to develop a method to achieve automatic robotic welding and seam tracking so that three‐dimensional weld seam could be tracked without teaching and good…

Monocular odometry in country roads based on phase‐derived optical flow and 4‐DOF ego‐motion model

Positioning is a key task in most field robotics applications but can be very challenging in GPS‐denied or high‐slip environments. The purpose of this paper is to describe…

A new articulated leg for mobile robots

The paper aims to present a new mechanical scheme for a leg to be included in legged vehicles that simplifies the control actuations along the stride.

Application of triune parallel‐serial robot system for full‐mission tank training

The purpose of this paper is to build a seven‐degrees of freedom (DOF) parallel‐serial robot system which has the advantage of mechanical novelty and simplicity compared…

Students build robot that solves the Rubik’s Cube puzzle

Could cognitive robots be the solution to disaster zones?

ABB’s expanded product range set to revolutionize robotic palletizing

Human-Robot Interactions in Future Military Operations

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Military robotics and the robotics community’s responsibility

Japan quake and its impact on Japanese robotic industry

European robotics: from excellent research to innovative products tackling societal challenges

New robotic loading system allows flexibility for shelf ready packaging lines

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