Industrial Robot: Volume 9 Issue 4

Investment in automation pays

A small manufacturer of press metal fabrications, Tallent Engineering, has invested in advanced manufacturing equipment. It was largely as a result of this that the company won a…

No end in sight for Ford's growing family of robots

Ford has invested some £250 million in its manufacturing facility for the new Sierra car. Much of this has been spent at Dagenham in the UK where there is a massive robot complex…

Controllers built using function‐to‐function‐architecture

Andy Mercer, Geoff Vincent

Function‐To‐Function‐Architecture (FFA) is a novel architecture for building programmable electronic systems which uses multiple processors and a unique distributed executive. An…

Swedish industrial robot market‐comparison with UK

Clas Whalbin, Anders Wallström, Arne Weinz

Sweden is one of the countries most densely populated by industrial robots. In this article, the market growth, the structure of applications, the marketing, and the buyer…

Robot scores a first at Saunders Valve

The first industrial robot to be employed by Saunders Valve Company Ltd., manufacturers of diaphragm valves, is a ‘PAM‐2’ robot made by Remek.

Force analysis and design considerations of grippers

Fan Y. Chen

The kinetic characteristics of grippers for industrial robots are studied. Determination of the input‐output force of grippers and calculations of gripping force for different…

CAM‐I proposes standards in robot software

An ambitious proposal to develop a prototype robot software system, including standards for data and languages, has come from an Interest Group of CAM‐I based in Japan. If adopted…

No obvious lead in robot technology in France

The 1983 BRA Travel Award winner, Phillip Wadsworth of Loughborough University, attended the 12th International Symposium on Industrial Robots and the accompanying robot…

Diversification continues

John Hartley

More robots aimed at different jobs on offer as ‘robot fever’ subsides; more flexibility in assembly and welding.