Industrial Robot: Volume 9 Issue 3

SPOTLIGHT ON: Signs of progress in young robot company

The present and future developments of a new robot company, only formed this year are outlined, and details concerning the selection of the new factory site are presented.

Cover Story: Robots to ‘sniff out’ those water leaks

A new means of detecting leaks in car bodies has been developed by BL Technology. Both the sensor itself and its incorporation into the production system is described in detail.

Data base provides tool for robot selection

Adrian Ioannou, Keith Rathmill

The development of CRAG's robot technology data base, ADR‐l Expert System, is described and findings from the data base discussed. Relevant characteristics of available robots…

ASEA reveals new products

There is a large market for new systems and now, following a period of several years in which few revelations were made, ASEA has introduced several new products. Brian Rooks, who…

Kinematic equations for industrial manipulators

Donald R. Myers, Diana F. Gordon

A method for developing the kinematic equations of motion for a six degree‐of‐freedom manipulator is presented, which can be applied to most commercially available robots…

Analysis of robot work characteristics

Shimon Y. Nof, Edward L. Fisher

The abilities and limitations of today's industrial robots are reviewed and compared to similar human parameters. The robot abilities were determined from a survey of 282 current…

Spotwelding robots' secondary current transmission system

Herbert Kaufmann

The working range and speed of a spotwelding robot are dependent on the system for transmission of secondary current to the welding equipment on the robot hand. ASEA has developed…

The Japanese Scene: The pace quickens

John Hartley

Matsushita leads a number of companies coming into the robots business, while Yamaha installs over 100 arc welding robots, and international ventures increase.