Industrial Robot: Volume 7 Issue 3

Cincinnati Milacron

A relative newcomer to the production of industrial robots has now become one of the two leading robot manufacturers. A new factory and a world wide sales organisation have been…

Industrial robots in Europe

Claudio Ciborra, Piero Migliarese, Paolo Romano

A report of a market survey carried out in Europe to identify the role of technological, economic and social factors in fostering or impeding the diffusion of industrial robots…

An evolutive language for an intelligent robot

Djamel Falek, Michel Parent

Programming languages for robots fall into three category levels — manipulation, object and task. The language described has the capability for extension to the highest level and…

Automated finishing of steel castings

Asok Ray

The task of metal removal from steel castings may often be repetitive, and has to be carried out in the unpleasant environment of cleaning rooms. To achieve improved productivity…

Economic criterion for robot justification

A.E. (Tony) Owen

Analysis of factory costs shows that the labour content is one third that of materials and bought out components. Industrial Robots are a means whereby costs pertaining to…

Robot research and applications in New Zealand

R.D. B.E.,Ph.D. Jones, P.C. B.E.,Ph.D. Wong

New Zealand is not ignoring the technology of the industrial robot. Both industrial applications and advanced research are in progress.

New robot designs give increased production

John Hartley

A lack of natural resources is forcing Japan to increase its use of advanced technological processes in manufacturing. Robots are the flagship in this drive and the robot…