Industrial Robot: Volume 8 Issue 2

Pushing robot technology to its limits

Years of research effort on artificial intelligence is now enabling the Industrial Automation Group at SRI International to tackle advanced industrial problems. This is…

Robot centres aim to boost customer service

Europe's largest manufacturer ASEA of Sweden recently opened their third Industrial Robot Systems Centre at Milton Keynes in the UK This follows the opening of other…

Industrial robots in Belgium

The Belgian working group IBRA‐Robotica has recently conducted a survey to establish the number of robots in Belgium.

Loading a lathe with the aid of a robot

Tsao Kwang‐chuan, Cheng Hsing‐dao, Chang Hsiao‐tsu

Loading a variety of large shafts into a lathe has been identified as an arduous task suitable for a robot in the People's Republic of China. A simply controlled robot has…

A production experiment in cellular manufacture

R.C. Phillips

A machining cell consisting of a gear shaper, an NC lathe, gauging stations and feed conveyors has been linked by an industrial robot for producing a guided missile body…

Dynamic control of industrial manipulators

M. Vukobratović, D. Hristić, D. Stokić

A method for the synthesis of dynamic control is presented. The method is based on an exact modelling of manipulator dynamics and a relatively simple synthesis of control…

Now the emphasis turns to robots for arc welding

John Hartley

A combination of new machines and new companies to make them is signalling a switch in emphasis from spot welding to arc welding robots in readiness for the next wave of…