Industrial Robot: Volume 21 Issue 3

Robots to inspect welds underwater

Bryan Kenzie

Examines research work to investigate the potential of using robotmanipulators for underwater ultrasonic testing of welds in joints of complexgeometry. Describes experiments…

Panasonic spins the arc

Richard Parrott

Examines the development of a new high speed rotating arc weldingsystem. Describes the rotation mechanism and looks at the characteristics andphenomena of this welding method…

Arcwatch keeps a beady eye on weld quality

K S Chawla

Describes a real‐time quality control monitoring system for arcwelding which has been developed to both control the manufacturing process bymonitoring critical parameters and to…

CLI casts measure up

Anna Kochan

Reports from a French foundry company which has installed its firstrobotic cell for the dimensional measurements of massive complex partsdestined for hydroelectric power plants…

Harmonic drives in tune with robots

Rolf Slatter, Graham Mackrell

Outlines the development of mechanical transmission elements used todrive industrial robots. Examines the performance requirements for precisiongears and actuators, concentrating…

Development of a local network for robot training

M H Wu, Z D Zhou, R Healey

Looks at a research project which aims to develop a network system toprovide a cost‐effective tool for the teaching and training of robotprogramming. The system requires only one…

Meta torch a universal seam tracking system for arc welding and similar applications

Wolfgang Kolbl

Describes the MetaTorch sensor system which uses standard componentssuch as CCD cameras, laser diodes and electronic pre‐processinghardware to determine the location of objects…