Industrial Robot: Volume 8 Issue 1
Strapline:
The international journal of robotics research and applicationCategory:
Mechanical and Materials EngineeringTable Of Contents
Metro's robots show the world how to build small cars
The Metro production line at Longbridge is turning out more cars than had originally been planned. And the robots on the line are playing their part in helping to raise output.
Robotics in the UK
Recently two surveys have been carried out in the United Kingdom looking at the current robotic scene. The British Robot Association has collected information on the…
Automated welding of truck cabs
S.L. RosswellThe first application of robotic welding for assembly of commercial vehicles in the UK is claimed in this article. They were helped by using computer simulation graphics…
Operating and idle times for cyclic multi‐machine servicing
W. Baumann, R. Birner, J. Haeusler, R.‐P. HartmannWhen several machine tools are serviced by one industrial robot their idle times should be kept as short as possible. In this paper, a deterministic model is developed to…
Robots are easy… it's everything else that's hard
David T. CosineauThe robot is proving itself to be a reliable and effective automation tool and users are finding them relatively easy to install. But the main problems surround the…
Keeping up with momentum in new robot designs
John HartleyA clutch of new robots has emerged from Japanese firms. They are aimed at assembly, loading and unloading machine tools and arc welding. John Hartley reports.
ISSN:
0143-991xOnline date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen access:
hybridEditor:
- Dr Clive Loughlin