Purpose – This technical paper reports the development of an industrial robotic labeling system, designed to insert identification labels on rolls of paper coming from an industrial paper machine. Design/methodology/approach – The system was developed for an existing installation comprising...

Purpose – This paper reports a few results of an ongoing research project that aims to explore ways to command an industrial robot using the human voice. This feature can be interesting with several industrial, laboratory and clean‐room applications, where a close cooperation between robots...

Purpose – This paper aims to report the collaboration between Microsoft and Tmsuk and describe the possible impact on the development of robotics software and the robot industry for the future. Design/methodology/approach – The paper gives an insight into the collaboration, based on an...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the capabilities, technological features and applications of a particular industrial robot simulation package. Design/methodology/approach – The paper begins with an introduction to the general characteristics and distinguishing technological...

Purpose – It is not an easy and simple task to manufacture a complete denture with high quality. Traditionally, it often needs a medical expert with experience and hand‐on skill, due to the manual way of denture manufacturing. The purpose of this paper is to implement the multi‐manipulator...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a robotic system to feed aquatic organisms and measure water physicochemical parameters in experimental aquaculture ponds. Design/methodology/approach – A dispatcher unit dispenses a precise amount of food and control panel software schedules...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe a generic software framework for development of agricultural and forestry robots. The primary goal is to provide generic high‐level functionality and to encourage distributed and structured programming, thus leading to faster and simplified...

Purpose – Adaptive grippers are versatile end effectors that mechanically adapt their shapes to the objects they seize, allowing for soft and delicate grasps while still allowing for strong contact forces if needed and therefore they are well suited for industrial applications. The purpose of...

Presents a case study of Oilgear Towler, supplier of one of the most sophisticated electro‐hydraulic control systems for a Eumuco Hasenclever radial forging machine. One of the key elements of the system is the control of two synchronized manipulators and four forging rams.

A new efficient controller has been designed for the Aria‐Delta parallel robot family to help increase their capabilities and reduce the required resources and development time. Introduces briefly the robot structure and characteristics, then the controller itself, the hardware components and...