Industrial Robot: Volume 48 Issue 3

The Pransky interview: Dr Gary Guthart, chief executive officer, Intuitive

Joanne Pransky

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

The rise of surgical robots

Robert Bogue

This paper aims to illustrate the growing importance of surgical robots by providing a short historical background and details of a selection of today’s products and their…

Grinding trajectory generation of hybrid robot based on Cartesian direct teaching technology

Juliang Xiao, Yunpeng Wang, Sijiang Liu, YuBo Sun, Haitao Liu, Tian Huang, Jian Xu

The purpose of this paper is to generate grinding trajectory of unknown model parts simply and efficiently. In this paper, a method of grinding trajectory generation of hybrid…

A method of locating the 3D centers of retroreflectors based on deep learning

BinBin Zhang, Fumin Zhang, Xinghua Qu

Laser-based measurement techniques offer various advantages over conventional measurement techniques, such as no-destructive, no-contact, fast and long measuring distance. In…

Probability Dueling DQN active visual SLAM for autonomous navigation in indoor environment

Shuhuan Wen, Xiaohan Lv, Hak Keung Lam, Shaokang Fan, Xiao Yuan, Ming Chen

This paper aims to use the Monodepth method to improve the prediction speed of identifying the obstacles and proposes a Probability Dueling DQN algorithm to optimize the path of…

Enhanced disturbance observer-based robust yaw servo control for ROVs with multi-vector propulsion

Yihui Gong, Lin Li, Shengbo Qi, Changbin Wang, Dalei Song

A novel proportional integral derivative-extended state disturbance observer-based control (PID-ESDOBC) algorithm is proposed to solve the nonlinear hydrodynamics, parameters…

Vehicle direct yaw moment control system based on the improved linear quadratic regulator

Xianyi Xie, Lisheng Jin, Guo Baicang, Jian Shi

This study aims to propose an improved linear quadratic regulator (LQR) based on the adjusting weight coefficient, which is used to improve the performance of the vehicle direct…

A robotic system with reinforcement learning for lower extremity hemiparesis rehabilitation

Jiajun Xu, Linsen Xu, Gaoxin Cheng, Jia Shi, Jinfu Liu, Xingcan Liang, Shengyao Fan

This paper aims to propose a bilateral robotic system for lower extremity hemiparesis rehabilitation. The hemiplegic patients can complete rehabilitation exercise voluntarily with…

Multi-continuum manipulators shape reconstruction using inertial navigation sensors and cameras

Hao Guo, Feng Ju, Ning Wang, Bai Chen, Xiaoyong Wei, Yaoyao Wang, Dan Wang

Continuum manipulators are often used in complex and narrow space in recent years because of their flexibility and safety. Vision is considered to be one of the most direct…

Robotic milling of complex NURBS surface with fixed cutter axis control method

Wang Z.Q., Liu X.Q., Wang X.R., Li C.Y., Yang N., Lin T.S., He P.

This papers aims to provide a fixed cutter axis control (F-CAC) industrial robot (IR) milling for NURBS surfaces with large fluctuation, which can avoid over-cut and interference…

Topological drone navigation in uncertain environment

Bhumeshwar Patle, Shyh-Leh Chen, Brijesh Patel, Sunil Kumar Kashyap, Sudarshan Sanap

With the increasing demand for surveillance and smart transportation, drone technology has become the center of attraction for robotics researchers. This study aims to introduce a…

Automatic tool with adaptive suspension system for high-quality inspection of underwater risers

Vivian Suzano Medeiros, Alan Conci Kubrusly, Raphael Lydia Bertoche, Miguel Andrade Freitas, Claudio Camerini, Jorge Luiz F. Brito, Jean Pierre von der Weid

The inspection of flexible risers is a critical activity to ensure continuous productivity and safety in oil and gas production. The purpose of this paper is to present the design…

The effect of preload force on damping in tendon-driven manipulator

Yudong Zhang, Leiying He, Chuanyu Wu

The purpose of this paper is to study the preload range of tendon-driven manipulator and the relationship between preload and damping. The flexible joint manipulator (FJM) with…

Novel design method for multi-configuration dexterous hand based on a gesture primitives analysis

Zhicheng Tao, Shineng Sheng, Zhipei Chen, Guanjun Bao

This paper aims to propose a novel method based on a gesture primitives analysis of human daily grasping tasks for designing dexterous hands with various grasping and in-hand…