Industrial Robot: Volume 40 Issue 2
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The international journal of robotics research and applicationTable of contents
Autonomous unmanned vehicles take over on land, sea and in the air
Richard BlossThe purpose of this paper is to review the most recent AUVSI unmanned vehicle show, with emphasis on the new robot innovations and applications on display.
The compact FlowBot: a robotic pick and place motion system (patent pending)
Stephen Derby, Gene Eckert, David Brown, John McFaddenCurrent single head pick and place robots have reached their practical limit for throughput rates due to impractical speeds and acceleration, which often damage or lose the…
A time‐controllable Allan variance method for MEMS IMU
Hongyu Zhao, Zhelong Wang, Hong Shang, Weijian Hu, Gao QinThe purpose of this paper is to reduce the calculation burden and speed up the estimation process of Allan variance method while ensuring the exactness of the analysis results.
On the mobility of all‐terrain rovers
Giulio Reina, Mario FogliaThe purpose of this paper is to evaluate the locomotion performance of all‐terrain rovers employing rocker‐type suspension system.
Control investigation of a customizable/adjustable exoskeleton upper‐limb
Riaan StopforthThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the mechanical, kinematic and biological aspects that would be required for a customized upper limb exoskeleton prototype operation.
Design of compliant robotic joint with embedded‐sensing elements of conductive silicone rubber
Dalibor Petković, Mirna Issa, Nenad D. Pavlović, Lena ZentnerThe purpose of this paper is to propose a new methodological framework within which a compliant robotic joint can be studied.
A massage robot based on Chinese massage therapy
Lei Hu, Yun Wang, Jie Zhang, Jun Zhang, Yan Cui, Lvzhong Ma, Junyuan Jiang, Liming Fang, Bangcheng ZhangAs Chinese massage is increasingly popular, many physicians are needed these days. In order to promote the experience and skills of experts and reduce labour intensity during…
Optimizing human‐robot teleoperation interfaces for mobile manipulators
Jeffrey D. Will, Kevin L. Moore, Ian K. LynnMobile manipulators offer great capability, but their teleoperation is often an overwhelming task for humans due to the many degrees‐of‐freedom of control available from both the…
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- Dr Dimitrios Chrysostomou