Industrial Robot: Volume 28 Issue 2
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The international journal of robotics research and applicationTable of contents
Robots used on plastic injection moulding machines
Ian HylandRobots have been used on plastic injection moulding machines for many years. Linear robots account for the vast majority of applications but there is a small increase in use of…
In‐press mould cleaning in the tyre industry
Anna KochanReports on new automation technology for the tyre industry. Describes a laser process for the in‐press cleaning of tyre moulds. Outlines the potential for massive savings compared…
The challenge of making seals by robotic extrusion
Anna KochanReports on new automation technology for the automotive industry. Describes a robotic extrusion process for making hollow profile seals. Outlines the potential for eliminating…
CO2 pellet blast tyre mould cleaning off‐line with an industrial robot
Fred YoungDescribes the use of robot guided CO2 pellet blast jets for the cleaning of automotive tyre moulds. The mould is rotated on a turntable and the robot guides the jet to clean the…
Automation in the plastics industry
Peter ManserDescribes the benefits of using robots to unload injection moulding machines and the various robot configurations that can be applied. The use of robots to assist in the…
Robots get the measure of car body inspection
Brian RooksA new application for the industrial robot has emerged, inspection, with two players emerging, Stäubli and Amatec Robotics of the Kuka Roboter Group. Both companies’ systems and…
Engineers and surgeons collaborate
Jack HollingumA day conference at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers on 14 November 2000 brought together engineers engaged in development of robotic aids, and surgeons, some of whom are…
A suboptimal multimedia remote supervisory control of a robotic cell
F. Basile, P. Chiacchio, N. MazzoccaThis paper deals with the problem of developing a low cost remote supervisory control system with multimedia features of distributed robotic cells. The distributed robotic cells…
CAD‐guided robot motion planning
Weihua Sheng, Ning Xi, Mumin Song, Yifan ChenThis paper presents a new method to automate robot motion planning in automotive manufacturing environments. A general framework is developed for CAD‐guided robot motion planning…
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- Dr Dimitrios Chrysostomou