Industrial Robot: Volume 44 Issue 6

Detecting humans in the robot workspace

Robert Bogue

This paper aims to provide a technical insight into a selection of robotic people detection technologies and applications.

The Pransky interview: Dr Jun Ho Oh, Professor and Director of Humanoid Robot Research Center, KAIST; Cofounder, Rainbow Robotics Co.

Joanne Pransky

The following paper is a “Q&A interview” conducted by Joanne Pransky of Industrial Robot Journal as a method to impart the combined technological, business and personal experience…

Human robot interaction for manipulation tasks based on stroke gesture recognition

Jiajun Li, Jianguo Tao, Liang Ding, Haibo Gao, Zongquan Deng, Yang Luo, Zhandong Li

The purpose of this paper is to extend the usage of stroke gestures in manipulation tasks to make the interaction between human and robot more efficient.

Mechanical design and error prediction of a flexible manipulator system applied in nuclear fusion environment

Shanshuang Shi, Huapeng Wu, Yuntao Song, Heikki Handroos

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a development and error modeling of a serial redundant manipulator system applied in nuclear fusion environment. Detailed mechanical…

The vibratory alignment of the parts in robotic assembly

Bronius Baksys, Jolanta Baskutiene, Saulius Baskutis

This paper aims to consider the experimental and theoretical investigation of the vibratory alignment of the peg-hole, when the peg is fixed in the remote centre compliance (RCC…

Study on dual peg-in-hole insertion using of constraints formed in the environment

Jianhua Su, Rui Li, Hong Qiao, Jing Xu, Qinglin Ai, Jiankang Zhu

The purpose of this paper is to develop a dual peg-in-hole insertion strategy. Dual peg-in-hole insertion is the most common task in manufacturing. Most of the previous work…

A target tracking and location robot system based on omnistereo vision

Chengtao Cai, Bing Fan, Xiangyu Weng, Qidan Zhu, Li Su

Because of their large field of view, omnistereo vision systems have been widely used as primary vision sensors in autonomous mobile robot tasks. The purpose of this article is to…

Integration of fault tree analysis, reliability block diagram and hazard decision tree for industrial robot reliability evaluation

Hamed Fazlollahtabar, Seyed Taghi Akhavan Niaki

This paper aims to conduct a comprehensive fault tree analysis (FTA) on the critical components of industrial robots. This analysis is integrated with the reliability block…

Optimization design of drive system for industrial robots based on dynamic performance

LianZheng Ge, Jian Chen, Ruifeng Li, Peidong Liang

The global performance of industrial robots partly depends on the properties of drive system consisting of motor inertia, gearbox inertia, etc. This paper aims to deal with the…

Effect of links deformation on motion precision of parallel manipulator based on flexible dynamics

Chunxia Zhu, Jay Katupitiya, Jing Wang

Manipulator motion accuracy is a fundamental requirement for precision manufacturing equipment. Light weight manipulators in high speed motions are vulnerable to deformations. The…

Layout optimization of a robotic cell for foundry application by CAD based point cloud modeling – a case study

Ankit Sharma, A.K. Jha, Arpan Halder

In an industrial robotic cell, the optimal layout planning problem needs critical analysis, as it indirectly affects the manufacturing time and cost involved in the production…

Measurement of wheel-terrain contact angle for WMRs on rough terrain using laser scanning sensor

He Xu, Yan Xu, Peiyuan Wang, Hongpeng Yu, Ozoemena Anthony Ani, X.Z. Gao

The purpose of this paper is to explore a novel measurement approach for wheel-terrain contact angle using laser scanning sensors based on near-terrain perception. Laser scanning…