Purpose – The purpose of this research is to develop closed‐loop control of robotic welding processes. Design/methodology/approach – The approach being developed is the creation of three‐dimensional models of the weld pool using stereo imagining. These models will be used in a...

Purpose – Presents an embedded MAS (Multi‐Agent System) based control method for multi link series manipulators. Design/methodology/approach – The manipulator's completing operation work is based on several agents' cooperation. The entire embedded MAS of a manipulator is implemented in one...

Purpose – This paper aims to present a novel modular robot that provides a flexible framework for exploring adaptive locomotion. Design/methodology/approach – A new modular robot is presented called YaMoR (for “Yet another Modular Robot”). Each YaMoR module contains an FPGA and a...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the vibration suppression of industrial track robot and propose a practical solution. Design/methodology/approach – Root‐cause analysis through dynamic modeling, and vibration suppression using the acceleration smoother. Findings –...

Purpose – Humanitarian de‐mining tasks require the use of specific detecting sets to detect landmines. These sets are normally based on a one‐point sensor, which must be moved over the infested terrain by a combination of a scanning manipulator and a mobile platform. The purpose of this...

Purpose – This paper aims to present a hybrid path planning algorithm which is designed for use of autonomous vehicles in indoor environments. The approach mainly contributes the ability of generating a safe and smooth collision avoidance path for attaining a desired position in an unknown and...

Purpose – This paper aims to present a novel embedded‐internet robot system based on an internet robot agent and the brain‐computer interface (BCI) scheme. Design/methodology/approach – A highly flexible and well‐integrated embedded ethernet robot (eRobot) was designed with enhanced...

Purpose – Autonomous robot‐based finishing of surfaces with a reduction of the programming effort can be achieved by teaching the desired trajectory locally in the object reference frame. Thus, the flexibility of the programmed task increases and also moving surfaces can be finished. This...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present recent work designing a mechanical robotic hand for self‐adaptive grasping, human‐like appearance, which can be used in a humanoid robot. Conventional robotic devices are relatively complex, large, cumbersome and difficult to be installed...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe an innovative compliance control architecture for hybrid multi‐legged robots. The approach was verified on the hybrid legged‐wheeled robot ASGUARD, which was inspired by quadruped animals. The adaptive compliance controller allows the...