Industrial Robot: Volume 15 Issue 1
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The international journal of robotics research and applicationTable of contents
Small company with a big sense of purpose
While many robot equipment suppliers are leaving the business, it is encouraging to hear of new ones entering it. Anna Kochan looks at Garrandale Systems of Derby.
Letting the industrial robot take the grind
Glynne DanielsOff‐line simulation was used to design, test and program robot motion for a new process. This minimised machine downtime and production loss.
Tallent breaks the mould of one‐customer business
We would not be here today if we had not invested in robots, says Bernard Robinson, director and chief executive of Tallent Engineering. Anna Kochan reports.
Robots for automatic feeding of flexible workstations
Glenn A. Jackson of GMF Robotics, Auburn Heights, Michigan, USA, presents application studies which solve difficult and labour‐intensive material handling problems.
EKCO opens the door to further robotisation
A new type of car door panel will be produced with the aid of a combined robot and laser cell by the EKCO plastics division of LIN PAC Moulding. Anna Kochan investigated.
Toyota moves over to flexible systems
Robots do most of the welding and painting, but little assembly in the revamped Takaoka factory which builds 60,000 Corolla cars a month. John Hartley reports.
The best robot for the job: simulation can help decide
P.A. Mattis, K.D. GillAustin Rover Group and Computervision have developed a software package for robotic simulation.
Present status of Japan's advanced robot project
Yasushi OkadaAdvanced robotics R&D in Japan has been selected as a national project to develop robots to work in dangerous environments like nuclear power plants, undersea and fire fighting…
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0143-991Xe-ISSN:
1758-5791ISSN-L:
0143-991XOnline date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Dr Dimitrios Chrysostomou