Industrial Robot: Volume 32 Issue 1

Welding and more feature at ABB UK open days

To provide a concise briefing on the developments in robotic welding.

Shadow delivers first hand

To provide a concise briefing on a robot hand.

Optimum gripper using ant colony intelligence

The problem of estimating the minimum forces extracted by robot fingers on the surface of a grasped rigid object is very crucial to guarantee the stability of the grip without…

Spatial grasp synthesis for complex objects using model‐based simulation

Selection of an effective grasp of a complex object using a multifingered gripper is a challenging problem because of the many possible grasp positions that are typically…

Automated design environment for serial industrial manipulators

Resulting from the need for fast and insightful modeling combined with the drawbacks of available modeling environments, provides details of work developed on an automated…

Optimum grasp planner and vision‐guided grasping using a three‐finger hand

The capability to perform dexterous operations in an autonomous manner would greatly enhance the productivity of robotic operations. In this paper, we present a new methodology…

Fixture‐based industrial robot calibration for silicon wafer handling

Semiconductor manufacturing industry requires highly accurate robot operation with short install/setup downtime.

A biologically inspired gripping device

The purpose of this paper is to inform the readers of the design process and practical implications of a new gripping device created by the authors.

From robotic hands to human hands: a visualization and simulation engine for grasping research

Robotic hands are still a long way from matching the grasping and manipulation capability of their human counterparts, but computer simulation may help us understand this…

Tactile sensing in intelligent robotic manipulation – a review

When designing hardware and algorithms for robotic manipulation and grasping, sensory information is typically needed to control the grasping process. This paper presents an…

Design and prototyping of an active hand prosthetic device

This paper presents the design and prototyping of the Inherently cOmpliant light Weight Active (IOWA) hand, an active hand prosthetic device.

Robot proves best feeder for seasonal chocolate

National steel car selects DELMIA IGRIP 3D robotic solution

IMG04, Intelligent Manipulation and Grasping

Aseptic robot withstands harsh sterilization

New delta robot picks up the pace

Diary

OCRobotics triumph confined areas

QinetiQ announces its first US acquisition

Getting a grip on the future

2004-05 Robotics Industry Directory

Note from the publisher

Arc welding redefined

ArcSecond Inc. introduces indoor GPS-based, handheld metrology solution at EASTEC

Patent abstracts

Robotics market remains hot in North America; new orders jump 12 per cent in first half of 2004

Excellent progress reported by HY robotics

Intelligent manipulation and grasping: a challenge for near future robotics

Launch of UK creative robotics research network

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