Industrial Robot: Volume 41 Issue 2
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The international journal of robotics research and applicationCategory:
Mechanical and Materials EngineeringTable Of Contents
The Pransky interview: Dr Mark W. Tilden, Robotics Physicist
Joanne PranskyThe following article is a “Q&A interview” conducted by Joanne Pransky of Industrial Robot Journal as a method to impart the combined technological, business, and personal…
The role of artificial intelligence in robotics
Robert Bogue– This paper aims to provide an insight into the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in robotics.
Adaptive arm motion generation of humanoid robot operating in dynamic environments
Zulkifli Mohamed, Mitsuki Kitani, Genci Capi– The purpose of this paper is to compare the performance of the robot arm motion generated by neural controllers in simulated and real robot experiments.
An automatic switching approach of robotic components for improving robot localization reliability in complicated environment
Wenshan Wang, Qixin Cao, Xiaoxiao Zhu, Masaru AdachiRobot localization technology has been widely studied for decades and a lot of remarkable approaches have been developed. However, in practice, this technology has hardly…
Transformation design of a miniature throw-able robot
Rong Liu, Yuan Qu– This paper aims to present a transformation mechanism designed for a miniature throw-able robot, including the mechanical model, related analysis and experiments.
A calibration method of kinematic parameters for serial industrial robots
Wei Wang, Gang Wang, Chao YunCalibrating kinematic parameters is one of the efficient ways to improve the robot's positioning accuracy. A method based on the product-of-exponential (POE) formula to…
A novel design of inspection robot for high-voltage power lines
A. Mostashfi, A. Fakhari, Mohammad Ali BadriIn this article, a detailed design of a novel power line inspection robot is studied. This robot can be used to move on ground wires for special purposes such as…
Automated de-stacking using compact and low-cost robotized system
Yufeng Qu, Guanghua ZongThis paper aims to introduce a compact and low-cost robotized system and corresponding processing method for automatically identifying and de-stacking circulation boxes…
Analysis of the human arm gesture for optimizing cutting process in ham deboning with a redundant robotic cell
Kévin Subrin, Laurent Sabourin, Franck Stephan, Grigoré Gogu, Matthieu Alric, Youcef MezouarThe mechanization of the meat cutting companies has become essential due to the lack of skilled workers and to working conditions. This paper deals with the analysis of…
Robust-PCA-based hierarchical plane extraction for application to geometric 3D indoor mapping
Suyong Yeon, ChangHyun Jun, Hyunga Choi, Jaehyeon Kang, Youngmok Yun, Nakju Lett Doh– The authors aim to propose a novel plane extraction algorithm for geometric 3D indoor mapping with range scan data.
Underwater localization and mapping: observability analysis and experimental results
Mohammadreza Bayat, A. Pedro AguiarThe authors aim to investigate the observability properties of the process of simultaneous localization and mapping of an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), a…
Tracking performance improvements of an electrohydraulic Gough-Stewart platform using a fuzzy incremental controller
Guojun Liu, Zhiyong Qu, Xiaochu Liu, Junwei HanSinusoidal signals are often used as the inputs of the six degree of freedom (DOF) motion simulator platforms. The purpose of this paper is to propose a fuzzy incremental…
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- Dr Clive Loughlin