examples of an industrial FMC and an R&D/education setup are presented, in which we used an industrial robot and a force …

Flexible automation robotic systems and off‐line programming methods have recently received much attention. Studies the … problem of robot auto‐marking and auto‐cutting of shipbuilding panels, using an integrated computer aided design …/manufacturing (CAD/CAM) system based on computer technology and off‐line programming of the robot. The following three points are focused …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo, Japan 2009, with emphasis … on new trend of Japanese robot industry. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is based on in‐depth interviews with … exhibitors and the reporter's insight in Japanese robot industry. Findings – A big change is observed in the direction of the …

Honda revealed a humanoid robot with two legs and two arms in December of 1996. The robot walks not only forward and … backward but also diagonally either to the right or left and turns in any direction as well. The robot can also steadily walk … up and down a staircase without missing a step and push a cart with coordinated movement of its legs and arms. This robot …

Outlines research work to design a robot calibration system which is portable, accurate and low‐cost. Describes … prototype measuring system which is based on a camera in the robot hand, plus a known reference object in the robot workspace … errors. Concludes that this method, based on photogrammetry to obtain measurements for the calibration of robot systems, has …

Outlines research work on the control of flexible single‐link robot arms in which the link is modelled as a beam and …