Industrial Robot: Volume 18 Issue 2

WAGNER AGVs SHOW STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE: AGVs WITH A 100‐YEAR HISTORY FIND APPLICATIONS IN THE INDUSTRIAL AND SERVICE SECTORS

Jack Hollingum

Automated guided vehicles have a long history, and with the growth of automation in manufacture and assembly they are becoming an increasingly important element in integrated…

CATERPILLAR MAKE THE EARTH MOVE: AUTOMATICALLY: THE FIRST COMPANY TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN MARKETING FREE‐RANGING GUIDED VEHICLES

Jack Hollingum

Caterpillar now has about 45 installations to its credit around the world. David Evans, manager, and Bob Snape, projects engineer, in the SGV marketing division, reviewed progress…

ROBOTS FREE‐RANGE BETWEEN TOWN AND GOWN: OXFORD UNIVERSITY'S ROBOTICS RESEARCH GROUP HAS BEEN WORKING FOR SOME YEARS ON ADVANCED SENSOR CONTROLS, INCLUDING THEIR USE ON GUIDED VEHICLES

Jack Hollingum

This article is based on a lecture to the Fellowship of Engineering by the head of the Department of Engineering Science, Professor Mike Brady, and an interview with the…

VIVE LA DIFFERENCE: VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE FOR FRENCH ROBOT RESEARCH

Anna Kochan

All the key topics currently occupying the robotics world, from parallel robots to off‐line programming, were discussed at a recent conference in Paris. Organised by the…

AGENTS GET FRAMED IN NOVEL ARCHITECTURE: THE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE DESCRIBED HERE HAS BEEN DESIGNED FOR MULTI‐ROBOT INSTALLATIONS, BUT HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR FAR WIDER APPLICATION

N.D. Duffy, J.T. Herd, N.J. Eccles

Robot techniques appear to have made little impact on applications areas involving part assembly. This is mainly due to a lack of flexibility and consequent problems of cost…

NEW WORLD FOR ABB ROBOTS: TWO ABB ROBOTS LOAD THE PRESSES FOR THE NEW WORLD COOKER HOB

New World Domestic Appliances has completed a £4.5 million project to automate and integrate the manufacturing processes of its gas cooker assembly. This represents the first…

ROBOT CALIBRATION FOR OFF‐LINE PROGRAMMING

Joachim O. Berg

In order to save cost and time, attempts are made by the automotive industry to simulate in advance system planning and programming of robots involved in the manufacturing…