Industrial Robot: Volume 24 Issue 6
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The international journal of robotics research and applicationTable of contents
Robot welding in shipbuilding
Brian RooksExamines the challenges facing the shipbuilding industry today and details the solution offered by a consortium of three German companies. It is based on the prefabrication of…
Putting a snake in the sub
Jack HollingumThe task: To develop a device that can be put into a cramped nuclear submarine hull, reach through a small aperture into the reactor chamber, and carry out repair tasks in…
An extensible robotic tentacle
Keith Antonelli, Guy ImmegaFrom elephant trunks to octopus legs and human tongues, nature abounds with tentacles that are adept at manipulation. Kinetic Sciences Inc. has developed a robotic tentacle that…
Hexapods to take over?
Jack HollingumA man with a mission is Ghassan Matar, managing director of Geodetic Technology International, a company that is beginning to make its mark in rapid prototyping and machine tool…
The McKibben muscle and its use in actuating robot‐arms showing similarities with human arm behaviour
Bertrand Tondu, Pierre LopezDescribes the McKibben muscle and its major properties. Outlines the analogy between this artificial muscle and the skeletal muscle. Describes the actuator composed of two…
Vision and force/torque sensing for calibration of industrial robots
Grier C.I. Lin, Tien‐Fu LuPresents an on‐line calibration methodology for robot relative positioning inaccuracy. This methodology eliminates the need for time‐consuming off‐line calibrations relying on…
A mechatronic wrist unit for precision tasks
Bijan ShirinzadehNotes that there are many areas where fine positioning of a robotic device carrying a specialized end‐effector is required. Describes a mechatronic wrist unit with fine motion…
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0143-991Xe-ISSN:
1758-5791ISSN-L:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Dr Dimitrios Chrysostomou