Industrial Robot: Volume 41 Issue 5

The Pransky interview: Professor Moshe Shoham, Founder of Mazor Robotics and Microbot Medical

Joanne Pransky

The purpose of this article is to present a “Q&A interview” conducted by Joanne Pransky of the Industrial Robot Journal as a method to impart the combined technological, business…

Robot ethics and law: Part two: law

Robert Bogue

This is the second part of a two-part paper which aims to provide an insight into the ethical and legal issues surrounding certain classes of robot. This part is concerned with…

Robots have come to architecture to model, construct, fabricate and offer new approaches to create innovative designs, elements and structures

Richard Bloss

– The purpose of this paper is to review the dramatic entry of robotics into the field of architecture and construction.

Advanced swarm robots addressing innovative tasks such as assembly, search, rescue, mapping, communication, aerial and other original applications

Richard Bloss

– The purpose of this paper is to review some of the various worldwide projects to develop and apply innovative swarm-type robots to many challenging applications.

A robot assisted assembly system for small components in aircraft assembly

Zhangjun Jin, Cijun Yu, Jiangxiong Li, Yinglin Ke

The purpose of this paper is to propose a robot-assisted assembly system (RAAS) for the installation of a variety of small components in the aircraft assembly system. The RAAS is…

Dynamic modeling of a flexible oscillating pectoral fin for robotic fish

Shusheng Bi, Hongwei Ma, Yueri Cai, Chuanmeng Niu, Yuliang Wang

– The paper aims to present a dynamic model of flexible oscillating pectoral fin for further study on its propulsion mechanism.

Implementation of glass-curtain-wall cleaning robot driven by double flexible rope

Jiang Jin-gang, Zhang Yong-de, Zhang Shu

The purpose of this paper is to implement a glass-curtain-wall cleaning robot driven by a double flexible rope, so as to replace manual cleaning. The glass-curtain-wall, because…

A distance error based industrial robot kinematic calibration method

Wang Zhenhua, Xu Hui, Chen Guodong, Sun Rongchuan, Lining Sun

The purpose of this paper is to present a distance accuracy-based industrial robot kinematic calibration model. Nowadays, the repeatability of the industrial robot is high, while…

Design of a myoelectric prosthetic hand implementing postural synergy mechanically

Shunchong Li, Xinjun Sheng, Honghai Liu, Xiangyang Zhu

This paper aims to describe the design of a multi-degree of freedom (DOF) prosthetic hand prototype implementing postural synergy mechanically, which is actuated by two motors via…

Step-exchange strategy for balance control of a walking biped under a lateral impact

Yeoun-Jae Kim, Joon-Yong Lee, Ju-Jang Lee

This paper aims to present a step-exchange strategy for balance control of a walking biped robot when a lateral impact acts suddenly. A step-out strategy has been recently…

Active interaction control applied to a lower limb rehabilitation robot by using EMG recognition and impedance model

Wei Meng, Quan Liu, Zude Zhou, Qingsong Ai

The purpose of this paper is to propose a seamless active interaction control method integrating electromyography (EMG)-triggered assistance and the adaptive impedance control…