Industrial Robot: Volume 42 Issue 3

The Pransky interview: Helen Greiner, Serial Robotics Entrepreneur, Founder and CEO of CyPhy Works, CoFounder iRobot Corporation

Joanne Pransky

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

Underwater robots: a review of technologies and applications

Robert Bogue

This paper aims to provide details of underwater robot technology and its applications.

Evaluation of torque as a means of in-process sensing of tool wear in friction stir welding of metal matrix composites

Tracie Prater, Brian Gibson, Chase Cox, George E. Cook, Al Strauss, William Longhurst

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the tool experiences using torque during welding as a means of in-process sensing for tool wear. Metal matrix composites (MMCs) are…

Power pylon detection and monocular depth estimation from inspection UAVs

Oualid Araar, Nabil Aouf, Jose Luis Vallejo Dietz

This paper aims to present a new vision-based approach for both the identification and the estimation of the relative distance between the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and power…

A biomimetic cownose ray robot fish with oscillating and chordwise twisting flexible pectoral fins

Hongwei Ma, Yueri Cai, Yuliang Wang, Shusheng Bi, Zhao Gong

The paper aims to develop a cownose ray-inspired robotic fish which can be propelled by oscillating and chordwise twisting pectoral fins.

A modified welding image feature extraction algorithm for rotating arc narrow gap MAG welding

Wenhang Li, Yunhong Ji, Jing Wu, Jiayou Wang

The purpose of this paper is to provide a modified welding image feature extraction algorithm for rotating arc narrow gap metal active-gas welding (MAG) welding, which is…

Incremental approach for trajectory generation of spray painting robot

Mayur V. Andulkar, Shital S. Chiddarwar

This paper aims to present a new offline robot programming approach for automated trajectory generation on free-form surfaces targeted toward spray painting application.

Energy efficient actuators with adjustable stiffness: a review on AwAS, AwAS-II and CompACT VSA changing stiffness based on lever mechanism

Amir Jafari, Nikos Tsagarakis, Darwin Caldwell

This paper aims to discuss, analyze and compare members of a group of actuators with adjustable stiffness, namely: AwAS, AwAS-II and CompACT variable stiffness actuator (VSA…

Mathematical model for deadlock resolution in multiple AGV scheduling and routing network: a case study

Hamed Fazlollahtabar, Mohammad Saidi-Mehrabad, Ellips Masehian

This paper aims to propose and formulate a complicated routing/scheduling problem for multiple automated guided vehicles (AGVs) in a manufacturing system.

Reusing industrial robots to achieve sustainability in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

Z.M. Bi, Yanfei Liu, Blane Baumgartner, Eric Culver, J.N. Sorokin, Amanda Peters, Blaine Cox, Jessica Hunnicutt, John Yurek, Stephen O’Shaughnessey

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the importance of redesigning, reusing, remanufacturing, recovering, recycling and reducing (6R) to sustainable manufacturing and…

Wrench perception in intermediary telepresence for remote manipulation

Varsha Shirwalkar, T.A. Dwarakanath, Gaurav Bhutani

The purpose of this paper is to conduct a reliable remote manipulation with good contact perception of the remote site. The long-term experience of the authors’ repeatedly confirm…