Industrial Robot: Volume 39 Issue 5

Emergency response by robots to Fukushima‐Daiichi accident: summary and lessons learned

The purpose of this paper is to extract lessons learned from the Fukushima‐Daiichi accident, caused by a big earthquake and a huge tsunami, which occurred on 11 March 2011.

Snake‐like robots “reach” into many types of applications

The purpose of this paper is to review development of the non‐rigid robot alternative to the fixed axis robot designs.

A concept of walking robot for humanitarian demining

At present, more than 100 million undetonated landmines left over from wars remain buried worldwide. These mines kill or injure approximately 3,000 individuals each year (80…

Design of a training tool for improving the use of hand‐held detectors in humanitarian demining

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the design of a training tool intended to improve deminers' technique during close‐in detection tasks.

Real time 3D localization and mapping for USAR robotic application

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate a real time 3D localization and mapping approach for the USAR (Urban Search and Rescue) robotic application, focusing on the…

Adaptive nonlinear path following method for fix‐wing micro aerial vehicle

The purpose of this paper is to present an adaptive controller of nonlinear path following for a fix‐wing micro‐aerial‐vehicle (MAV) in flight. The adaptive controller discussed…

Complete coverage path planning of mobile robots for humanitarian demining

The purpose of this paper is to present a path planning algorithm for a non‐circular shaped mobile robot to autonomously navigate in an unknown area for humanitarian demining. For…

Vision‐based isolated translations and rotations estimation for inverted robot approaching a target

Vision‐based inverted robot control exhibits a complex and a multi‐parameter estimation task. Compromises over speed and accuracy must be made to reduce the cost of the system, if…

Designing parallel manipulators: from specifications to a real prototype

The purpose of this paper is to present a step‐by‐step methodology for the design of parallel kinematic machines (PKMs), from the initial stages of the conceptual definition of a…

Real‐time image capturing and processing of seam and pool during robotic welding process

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the technology of capturing and processing weld images in real‐time, which is very important to the seam tracking and the weld quality…

Rescue and hazardous intervention robotics

New bionic exoskeleton enables people with spinal cord injuries to walk again

Robot walks on all four legs and carries a heavy load

Japanese robot manufacturers boosting up production capacity

Patent abstracts

Robotic Micro-assembly

Sales increased by 30 percent to about 150,000 units

Robotic fireman aims to extinguish shipboard fires

South African robotics conference highlights collaboration, capital and competitions

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