Industrial Robot: Volume 38 Issue 4

Robot Award of Japan

This paper seeks to report on the Robot Award of Japan and to review the award winners of 2010.

Imaging technology opens up new robotic applications

This paper aims to review the use of imaging technologies in robotics, with an emphasis on inspection applications and the control of autonomous robots.

Robots shine at the Assembly and Automation Expo

This paper seeks to review the Assembly and Automation Expo in Chicago with emphasis on new robot innovations and applications on display.

A robotic finger mechanism for robust industrial applications

The purpose of this paper is to present the design and analysis of a robotic finger mechanism for robust industrial applications.

Motion mechanism concept and morphology of a single actuator tetrapod walking spider robot: the ROBOTURK SA‐2 Robot

This study seeks to develop a novel eight‐legged robot. Additionally, this study defines design and control of an eight‐legged single actuator walking ROBOTURK SA‐2 spider robot…

New mechanism to pass obstacles for magnetic climbing robots with high payload, using only one motor for force‐changing and wheel‐lifting

The purpose of this paper is to describe a new solution for wheel‐robot's adhesion and passing‐obstacles mechanism and the optimal design of magnetic adhesion unit with finite…

Surface defect detection of 3D objects using robot vision

The purpose of this paper is to develop a robot vision system for surface defect detection of 3D objects. It aims at the ill‐defined qualitative items such as stains and scratches.

An automated salmonid slaughter line using machine vision

The purpose of this paper is to describe a new slaughter line for industrial slaughtering of salmonid fish. Traditionally, slaughtering of farmed salmonids – salmon and rainbow…

Influence of the joint angular characteristics on the accuracy of industrial robots

Angular errors in the robot axes can make a significant contribution to robot positioning accuracy. This paper seeks to propose a new measuring method for measuring angular errors.

Multi‐dimensional switched reluctance motors for industrial applications

The paper aims to discuss a new direction of design outline of four‐axis machine with multi‐dimensional motors. It proposes an integrated, direct‐drive machine based on switched…

A novel hybrid electromagnetism‐like algorithm for solving the inverse kinematics of robot

This paper aims to develop a new real‐time effective method for solving the inverse kinematics (IK) problem, especially for those manipulators with high‐dimensional nonlinear…

Self-Reconfigurable Robots: An Introduction

Automated weld seam removal system promises removal rates over 20 times faster than manual grinding

Robotics industry to present Engelberger Awards to Åke Lindqvist and Dr Henrik Christensen

Innovative laser tracking system for robotic welding

Robotics Research Group, University of Oxford

The Computer Vision and Robotics Research Laboratory at the University of California, San Diego (CVRR)

KAIST Robotics and Computer Vision Laboratory

Diary

Robot vision applications – viewpoint from automation in the fish sector

Robots control forge variables and double capacity

The demand for industrial robots will further increase in 2011

Epson launches new line of vertically articulated six-axis robots

Robotic VISION technologies

ISRA robot vision

Patent abstracts