Industrial Robot: Volume 27 Issue 2
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The international journal of robotics research and applicationTable of contents
Robots improve the quality and cost‐effectiveness of composite structures
David GroppeDescribes the benefits of using robots for advanced composite lay‐up procedures. Particular emphasis is on aerospace structures. Argues that the use of robots now makes viable…
Lasers become the acceptable face of precision welding and cutting
Brian RooksThe current state in the application of lasers for cutting and welding is reviewed. Most cutting operations are performed on specifically developed laser machine tools such as the…
Automating the construction of railway carriages
Anna KochanThe article summarises the results of two projects undertaken within the framework of the European Union Brite‐Euram programme. Describes the problem of automating railway…
Robots for automating construction – an abundance of research
Anna KochanReviews the 16th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction held in Madrid, Spain, in September 1999; outlines robotic projects relating to construction…
Climbing and walking robots gain respectability
Jack HollingumThere has been a considerable growth of interest in climbing and walking robots since the first international conference in Brussels last year. The two‐day event at Portsmouth…
An experimental set‐up for cooperative manipulation based on industrial manipulators
Fabrizio Caccavale, Pasquale ChiacchioDescribes the experience of setting up a cooperative arm system based on individual open‐architecture controllers. Two six‐degree‐of‐freedom industrial manipulators, one of which…
Autonomous industrial robots and task path modelling theory
David R. MooreA discouraging problem regarding the use of robots within production processes is the perception by designers of single, unique products (such as buildings) that a manufacturing…
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0143-991Xe-ISSN:
1758-5791ISSN-L:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Dr Dimitrios Chrysostomou