Industrial Robot: Volume 46 Issue 2

Disaster relief, and search and rescue robots: the way forward

Robert Bogue

This paper aims to provide an insight into the future for disaster relief (DR) and search and rescue (SAR) robots by considering research activities which seek to address…

The Pransky interview: Dr Ken Goldberg, Professor, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, UC Berkeley; Inventor and Artist

Joanne Pransky

The 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…

Hybrid impedance control of a knee joint orthosis

Mohamed Amine Alouane, Hala Rifai, Kwangtaek Kim, Yacine Amirat, Samer Mohammed

This paper aims to deal with the design of new hybrid approach for the assistance of the flexion extension movement of the knee joint.

A tool centre point calibration method of a dual-robot NDT system for semi-enclosed workpiece testing

Canzhi Guo, Chunguang Xu, Dingguo Xiao, Hanming Zhang, Juan Hao

With the development of materials science and technology, composite workpieces are increasingly used. This paper aims to discuss a non-destructive testing (NDT) solution for…

Efficient trajectory of a car-like mobile robot

Francisco Valero, Francisco Rubio, Antonio José Besa, Carlos Llopis-Albert

The purpose is to create an algorithm that optimizes the trajectories that an autonomous vehicle must follow to reduce its energy consumption and reduce the emission of greenhouse…

A multi-unit serial inspection robot for power transmission lines

Guanghong Tao, Lijin Fang

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a robot mechanism designed for power transmission line inspection. The focus for this design is on obstacle-crossing ability with a goal…

An enhanced pose tracking method using progressive scan matching

Rupeng Yuan, Fuhai Zhang, Jiadi Qu, Guozhi Li, Yili Fu

The purpose of this paper is to propose an enhanced pose tracking method using progressive scan matching, focusing on accuracy, time efficiency and robustness.

Kinematic calibration of serial robot using dual quaternions

Guozhi Li, Fuhai Zhang, Yili Fu, Shuguo Wang

The purpose of this paper is to propose an error model for serial robot kinematic calibration based on dual quaternions.

Effect of depositing torch angle on the first layer of wire arc additive manufacture using cold metal transfer (CMT)

Chuanchu Su, Xizhang Chen

This paper aims to mainly report the impact of torch angle on the dynamic behavior of the weld pool which is recorded and monitored in real time with the aid of a high-speed…

Position/force control of robot manipulators using reinforcement learning

Adolfo Perrusquía, Wen Yu, Alberto Soria

The position/force control of the robot needs the parameters of the impedance model and generates the desired position from the contact force in the environment. When the…

Robot path optimization for laser cladding forming

Huadong Zheng, Ming Cong, Dong Liu, Hang Dong, Yi Liu

The purpose of this paper is to provide an optimization method of robot cladding path, which is helpful to solve the problem of path under-optimization in laser cladding forming…

Design and fabrication of a lower limb exoskeleton to assist in stair ascending

Payman Joudzadeh, Alireza Hadi, Bahram Tarvirdizadeh, Danial Borooghani, Khalil Alipour

This paper aims to deal with the development of a novel lower limb exoskeleton to assist disabled people in stair ascending.

Deformation modeling of remote handling EAMA robot by recurrent neural networks

Tao Zhang, Yuntao Song, Huapeng Wu, Heikki Handroos, Yong Cheng, Xuanchen Zhang

Remote handling (RH) manipulators have been widely studied for maintenance tasks in fusion reactors. Those tasks always require heavy load, high accuracy and large work space for…

Mechanical design optimization of a series elastic actuator considering the control performance

Hanseung Woo, Kyoungchul Kong

Actuators for human-interactive robot systems require transparency and guaranteed safety. An actuation system is called transparent when it is able to generate an actuation force…