Industrial Robot: Volume 39 Issue 6

Artificial muscles and soft gripping: a review of technologies and applications

The purpose of this paper is to describe a range of artificial muscle and soft gripping technologies for robotic applications.

Autonomous golf ball picking robot design and development

The purpose of this paper is to present the methodology and the results on the design and development of an autonomous, golf ball picking robot, for driving ranges.

Gesture encoding and reproduction for human‐robot interaction in text‐to‐gesture systems

The purpose of this paper is to deal with a method for gesture encoding and reproduction, particularly aiming at a text‐to‐gesture (TTG) system that enables robotic agents to…

Motion control of walking assistant robot based on comfort

A walking assistant robot can help elderly people walk around independently, which could improve the life quality of the elderly and benefit our aging society. Ensuring the…

Comparing the efficiency of five algorithms applied to path planning for industrial robots

The purpose of this paper is to compare the quality and efficiency of five methods for solving the path planning problem of industrial robots in complex environments.

Pick‐and‐place application development using voice and visual commands

The purpose of this paper is to design an interactive industrial robotic system which can be used to assist a “layperson” in re‐casting a generic pick‐and‐place application. A…

Investigation of path compensation methods for robotic friction stir welding

Friction stir welding (FSW) is a novel method for joining materials without using consumables and without melting the materials. The purpose of this paper is to present the state…

Anthropomorphism and service humanoid robots: an ambiguous relationship

So‐called humanoid robots, among a large class of service robots, are designed to work in close harmony with humans. Their anthropomorphism and its consequences have, however…

Origami comes to the aid of automatically fabricating mini robots

Flock of medical robots created for research

Robotics, Vision and Control. Fundamental Algorithms in MATLAB

Kineo CAM: teachingless programming

Patent abstracts

Human and robot collaboration presentations at the CIRP Conference on Assembly Technologies and Systems

Web sites

Tandem encoders

Diary

Larger vacuum cup gripper improves sheet handling