Industrial Robot: Volume 28 Issue 5
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The international journal of robotics research and applicationTable of contents
An intelligent operating room of the future – an interview with the University of California Los Angeles Medical Center
Joanne PranskyBased on an interview with the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, which is currently building a new facility to include an intelligent operating room…
ROBODOC achieves pinless registration
Steve CohanThe ROBODOC1 Surgical Assistant System provides computer assisted planning and execution of bone milling for total hip arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty procedures. One key…
Robotics revolutionizing surgery: the Intuitive Surgical “Da Vinci” system
Ivo A.M.J. Broeders, Jelle RuurdaThe introduction of laparoscopy in surgery offered clear advantages to patients. Surgeons, however, had to deal with various types of problems inherent to the essential…
Technology requirements for robotic surgery
James WrightThe new computer‐enhanced operating environment is making a compelling impact on healthcare: improving efficiency in the operating room (OR) with better communications…
Flexibot – a multi‐functional general purpose service robot
Mike ToppingRehab Robotics Ltd and Staffordshire University have been at the leading edge of research and development in the field of rehabilitation robotics for the past 15 years. During…
Digital surgery: the future of medicine and human‐robot symbiotic interaction
Rony AbovitzDescribes the development and application of the haptic whole arm manipulator (WAM) robotic arm in surgical operations. Discusses the fusion of 2D and 3D body images with the…
The trend of robot technology in semi‐conductor and LCD industry
Chiaki TsuzukuToday, most of the high technology products around us require high performance semiconductors, and information technology (IT) is fully utilized in these products. The IT…
FlexPicker with PickMaster revolutionizes picking operations
Håkan Brantmark, Eric HemmingsonFor many years, ABB has been setting the standard for flexible automation in a wide range of industries. Combining pace with precision, the IRB 340 FlexPicker, for example, is…
Tooth arrangement for the manufacture of a complete denture using a robot
Yongde Zhang, Zhanfang Zhao, Rujie Song, Jilian Lu, Peijun Lu, Yong WangThe successful application of robots in surgery and other medical fields prompts us that robots can also play an important role in oral restoration. The traditional way of…
Robot auto‐marking and auto‐cutting of shipbuilding panels based on a compensation algorithm
Hongjie Wang, Guoqing Ding, Yao Shun, Pingping Jiang, Guozheng YanFlexible automation robotic systems and off‐line programming methods have recently received much attention. Studies the problem of robot auto‐marking and auto‐cutting of…
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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