Industrial Robot: Volume 40 Issue 3

Towards an autonomous indoor aerial inspection vehicle

The purpose of this paper is to present a novel approach to the design of an autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to aid with the internal inspection and classification of…

Honda develops robotized FSW technology to weld steel and aluminum and applied it to a mass‐production vehicle

The purpose of this paper is to describe the fundamental concept of Honda's robotized friction stir welding (FSW) technology, its implementation to mass produced vehicles and the…

Review of new robot designs and the rise of remote programming in manufacturing technology

The purpose of this paper is to review the most recent IMTS show in Chicago, with emphasis on the new robot innovations and applications on display.

DROP: the Durable Reconnaissance and Observation Platform

The Durable Reconnaissance and Observation Platform (DROP) is a prototype robotic platform with the ability to climb vertical cinder block surfaces at a rate of 25 cm/s, make…

Exploiting joint synergy for actuation in a lower‐limb active orthosis

Lower‐limb exoskeletons and powered orthoses are external devices that assist patients with locomotive disorders to achieve correct limb movements. Current batteries cannot meet…

Precise self‐localization of a walking robot on rough terrain using parallel tracking and mapping

The purpose of this paper is to describe a novel application of the recently introduced concept from computer vision to self‐localization of a walking robot in unstructured…

Increased performance in a bottom‐up designed robot by experimentally guided redesign

Using a bottom‐up, model‐free approach when building robots is often seen as a less scientific way, compared to a top‐down model‐based approach, because the results are not easily…

Snake‐like, tracked, mobile robot with active flippers for urban search‐and‐rescue tasks

After a building collapse, people buried alive have to be localized and rescued. This requires the damage site's inspection and surveillance. These tasks are dangerous and…

A five‐fingered hand exoskeleton driven by pneumatic artificial muscles with novel polypyrrole sensors

The purpose of this paper is to review the challenges present in the development of hand exoskeletons powered by pneumatic artificial muscles. This paper also presents the…

Design and control method for a high‐mobility in‐pipe robot with flexible links

The purpose of this paper is to propose a high‐mobility in‐pipe robot platform and its navigation strategy for navigating in T‐branch pipes efficiently.

Target tracking control of mobile robot in diversified manoeuvre modes with a low cost embedded vision system

Target tracking systems are generally computationally intensive and require expensive and power‐hungry visual sensors. On the other hand, the existing target tracking control…

Carnegie Mellon, Concurrent Technologies to develop robotic laser system that strips paint from aircraft

DoD issues new directive on use of autonomous drones

Handling small bags easier with new SAS automation FBG-22 bag gripper

Multi-Locomotion Robotic Systems – New Concepts of Bio-inspired Robotics Springer Tracks in Advanced Robotics

Patent abstracts

CLAWAR 2012 – present status and future trend of mobile robots

Ash clean-up for robot at H+H UK Ltd

Standard aluminium heavy duty beam guides nuclear robot

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