The US Department of Energy has established the Tank Waste Remediation System (TWRS) program to safely manage wastes currently stored in underground tank at the Hanford Site. A TWRS testing and development strategy was recently developed to define long-range TWRS testing plans. The testing and...

Purpose – This paper aims to describe two training programs at Nacco Materials Handling Group, which have won UK National Training Awards. Design/methodology/approach – Explains the reasons for the programs, the form they took and the results they have achieved. Findings – Details a...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a flexible automation system for the manipulation of fabrics lying on a work table and focuses on the design of a robot control system based on visual servoing and fuzzy logic for handling flexible sheets lying on a table. The main contribution...

Purpose – Aims to measure the development and performance of a sensor‐augmented industrial robotic system for handling steel bearing races in an unstructured environment. Design/methodology/approach – Performs exhaustive experimentation during installation of the robotic system to assess...