Industrial Robot: Volume 45 Issue 6

The growing use of robots by the aerospace industry

Robert Bogue

This paper aims to provide details of the growing uses of robots by the aerospace industry.

The Pransky interview: Dr Aaron Edsinger, CEO and cofounder at Hello Robot Inc

Joanne Pransky

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

A simple and rapid calibration methodology for industrial robot based on geometric constraint and two-step error

Jiabo Zhang, Xibin Wang, Ke Wen, Yinghao Zhou, Yi Yue, Jizhi Yang

The purpose of this study is the presentation and research of a simple and rapid calibration methodology for industrial robot. Extensive research efforts were devoted to meet the…

Dynamic trajectory-tracking control method of robotic transcranial magnetic stimulation with end-effector gravity compensation based on force sensors

ZeCai Lin, Wang Xin, Jian Yang, Zhang QingPei, Lu ZongJie

This paper aims to propose a dynamic trajectory-tracking control method for robotic transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), based on force sensors, which follows the dynamic…

Depth control for storage tank in-service inspection robot based on artificial intelligence control

Zhiqiang Huang, Lei He, Xinxia Li, Yewei Kang, Dou Xie

The purpose of this paper is to propose a buoyancy-gravity adjustment device and a fuzzy intelligent controller for the depth control of a storage tank in-service inspection robot.

Robust trajectory tracking control for parameter perturbation power cable mobile operation robot system

Wei Jiang, Yu Yan, Lianqing Yu, Hong Jun Li, Lizhen Du, Wei Chen

In the high-altitude, high-voltage electromagnetic interference operation environment, due to the parameters perturbation for robot control model caused by uncertainties and…

A two-level optimized graph-based simultaneous localization and mapping algorithm

Hui Xiong, Youping Chen, Xiaoping Li, Bing Chen

Because submaps including a subset of the global map contain more environmental information, submap-based graph simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) has been studied by…

A novel robot kinematic calibration method based on common perpendicular line model

Chen Shen, Youping Chen, Bing Chen, Yu Qiao

This paper aims to propose a novel robot kinematic calibration method based on the common perpendicular line (CPL) model to improve the absolute accuracy of industrial robots.

Real-time monocular 3D perception with ORB-Features

Babing Ji, Qixin Cao

This paper aims to propose a new solution for real-time 3D perception with monocular camera. Most of the industrial robots’ solutions use active sensors to acquire 3D structure…

Application of mixed reality in robot manipulator programming

João Neves, Diogo Serrario, J. Norberto Pires

Mixed reality is expanding in the industrial market and several companies in various fields are adapting this set of technologies for various purposes, such as optimizing…

Industrial part localization and grasping using a robotic arm guided by 2D monocular vision

Zhaohui Zheng, Yong Ma, Hong Zheng, Yu Gu, Mingyu Lin

The welding areas of the workpiece must be consistent with high precision to ensure the welding success during the welding of automobile parts. The purpose of this paper is to…