Industrial Robot: Volume 34 Issue 1

By air, land and sea, the unmanned vehicles are coming

The purpose of this paper is to present a review of the AUVSI Conference and Show held in Orlando, FL with emphasis on unmanned vehicles or service robots, their application on…

Friction spot joining in aluminium car bodies

To review the capabilities of a new method of welding aluminium sheets for car body construction.

Mobile robot sensor and networking design to enable cooperative behavior

Offers an example of mobile robot networking and sensors.

BMW creates production “triangle” in the UK to manufacture the new Mini

The purpose of this paper is to describe how BMW in the UK has put together a production “triangle” that brings together three of its four manufacturing plants in Britain to…

Automation of welding face shaping process for tubular structures

The purpose of this paper is to describe the development of a low cost fully automatic computer controlled oxy‐fuel cutting system for tubular members. Operation of the system…

In‐pipe robot for inspection and sampling tasks

To develop an in‐pipe robot to be used for inspecting pipes that are laid underneath a waste disposal site and for sampling sewage water leaking from holes around the pipe.

An open architecture for sensory feedback control of a dual‐arm industrial robotic cell

To present an open architecture for real‐time sensory feedback control of a dual‐arm industrial robotic cell. The setup is composed of two industrial robot manipulators equipped…

A multi‐stage matching algorithm for mobile robot navigation

Stereo vision is an attractive perception technique for mobile robots navigation. Stereo matching is a crucial part of stereo vision and its precision dominates the precision of…

Head gesture recognition for hands‐free control of an intelligent wheelchair

This paper presents a novel hands‐free control system for intelligent wheelchairs (IWs) based on visual recognition of head gestures.

Innova Holdings announces that Matilda and Marv unmanned robotic vehicles (UGV) successfully completed response robot evaluation exercise

Food industry

Robots polish electrodes to perform 50,000 aluminium spot welds

Vehicle window manufacturer expands robotic welding with UK's first cold metal transfer system

World robotics: statistics, market analysis, case studies and profitability of robot investment

Box opening payback in six months for engineering and logistics industries

New low profile joystick handle for chest packs and robotics equipment

KUKA robotics introduces new family of compact six axis robots

Diary

KUKA robotics introduces family of high speed SCARA robots

Robot sales fall 38 per cent in North America

New breed of robots to be introduced across north of England

Eureka moments

NanoHand project makes a small start

Emerald at 40

Schilling robotics sells $6M state-of-the-art remotely operated vehicle

PaR Systems purchases SSI Robotics

Artificial Muscle introduces world's first line of standard electroactive polymer (EAP) linear actuators

New gripper eases high speed sack palletisation

First implementations of DMU/DPM path planner in the US and Japan

GE fanuc automation announces proficy software for assembly applications

Patents

ABB global robotics business HQ unveiled in Shanghai

Applied Perception develop ordnance neutralization system

Thought for food

Team in Scotland produces world's fastest robot of its kind

Robotic Chair for the healthcare industry