Industrial Robot: Volume 39 Issue 4
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The international journal of robotics research and applicationCategory:
Mechanical and Materials EngineeringTable Of Contents
Robots for space exploration
Robert BogueThis paper aims to provide a technical description of the robots that have been deployed in space, primarily on the Moon and Mars.
Robotic innovations that address a wide spectrum of medical applications
Richard BlossThe purpose of this paper is to review some of the recent innovations in robotics for a wide range of medically‐related applications.
PACK EXPO show highlighted how important robotics are to packaging
Richard BlossThe purpose of this paper is to review the PACK EXPO show (packaging technology), with emphasis on the new robot innovations and applications to packaging on display.
RFID tag localization by using adaptive neuro‐fuzzy inference for mobile robot applications
Grazia Cicirelli, Annalisa Milella, Donato Di PaolaThe purpose of this paper is to address the use of passive RFID technology for the development of an autonomous surveillance robot. Passive RFID tags can be used for…
Model analysis and experimental technique on computing accuracy of seam spatial position information based on stereo vision for welding robot
Xi‐Zhang Chen, Yu‐Ming Huang, Shan‐ben ChenStereo vision technique simulates the function of the human eyes to observe the world, which can be used to compute the spatial information of weld seam in the robot…
Analyzing energy‐efficient configurations in hexapod robots for demining applications
D. Sanz‐Merodio, E. Garcia, P. Gonzalez‐de‐SantosReducing energy consumption in walking robots is an issue of great importance in field applications such as humanitarian demining so as to increase mission time for a…
Control system design for heavy duty industrial robot
Wei You, Minxiu Kong, Lining Sun, Yanbin DiaoThe purpose of this paper is to present a control system for a heavy duty industrial robot, including both the control structure and algorithm, which was designed and tested.
Improving the capability of a redundant robotic cell for cast parts finishing
Laurent Sabourin, Vincent Robin, Grigore Gogu, Jean‐Michel FauconnierPrecision aluminium moulding makes possible the production of large‐size, complex and high‐technology cast parts. However, industrial requirements linked to economic and…
Kinematic calibration of a 3‐DOF planar parallel robot
Ahmed Joubair, Mohamed Slamani, Ilian A. BonevThe purpose of this paper is to describe a calibration method developed to improve the absolute accuracy of a novel three degrees‐of‐freedom planar parallel robot. The…
Design and implementation of a zero‐initial‐velocity self‐motion scheme on a six‐DOF planar robot manipulator
Kene Li, Yunong ZhangThe purpose of this paper is to present the design and implementation of a zero‐initial‐velocity self‐motion scheme on a six degrees of freedom (six‐DOF) planar robot manipulator.
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen access:
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- Dr Clive Loughlin