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UK robotic installations statistics for 2004

Young, K.; Tuersley, I.; Vaidya, A. - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 32 (2005) 6, pp. 444-448

/methodology/approach – Data has been collected by the annual survey of UK robot sales and installations conducted by the British Automation and …

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Ford welds a winner

Bloss, Richard - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 32 (2005) 6, pp. 465-467

. As the auto industry moves to more use of lightweight materials such as alumnus, successful automation of its welding …

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A packaging robot for complex cartons

Dubey, Venketesh N.; Dai, Jian S. - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 33 (2006) 2, pp. 82-87

Purpose – To demonstrate the feasibility of designing a versatile packaging machine for folding cartons of complex geometry and shapes. Design/methodology/approach – The research conducts study of cartons of different geometry and shapes classifying them in suitable types and operations that...

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An industrial solution to automatic robot calibration and workpiece pose estimation for semiconductor and gene‐chip microarray fabrication

Zhang, Mingjun; Tao, Weimin; Fisher, William; Tarn, … - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 33 (2006) 2, pp. 88-96

Purpose – For semiconductor and gene‐chip microarray fabrication, robots are widely used to handle workpieces. It is critical that robots can calibrate themselves regularly and estimate workpiece pose automatically. This paper proposes an industrial method for automatic robot calibration and...

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Interplas Show brings cheer to UK plastics

Rooks, Brian - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 33 (2006) 2, pp. 106-111

Purpose – To review manufacturing automation products and technology on show at Interplas 2005, the UK's premier … exhibition of equipment for the plastics and rubber industry. Design/methodology/approach – Some of the automation products on …. Descriptions are also given of products from some independent automation equipment manufacturers including ATM, Geiger Handling and …

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Automated processes for composite aircraft structure

Grant, Carroll - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 33 (2006) 2, pp. 117-121

composites automation and more affordable machines in the aerospace composites industry. The limited variety of automation and … the cost of equipment tend to limit the spread of automation throughout the aerospace composites industry. ATL and FP are …

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On the development of a modular external‐pipe crawling omni‐directional mobile robot

Chatzakos, P.; Markopoulos, Y.P.; Hrissagis, K.; Khalid, A. - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 33 (2006) 4, pp. 291-297

Purpose – The development of a novel omni‐directional inspection robot is presented, which is capable of delivering NDT sensors to surfaces on straight pipe, pipe bends and branch connections, overcoming the limitation that a test area over a pipe bend or past a branch or other obstruction...

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Integrated teleoperation and automation for nuclear facility cleanup

Kapoor, Chetan; Tesar, Delbert - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 33 (2006) 6, pp. 469-484

uses teleoperation and automation in a complex environment. Design/methodology/approach – This work leverages developments … spray gun. The system can be used both in teleoperation and automation mode. In teleoperation mode, the user has a choice of … feedback controller. Automation is performed using a novel graphical user interface with 3D graphics used for previewing and …

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Automation of welding face shaping process for tubular structures

Oysu, Cuneyt - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 34 (2007) 1, pp. 32-38

intersecting cylinders is also explained in this paper. Findings – The automation of oxy‐fuel cutting process brings enhancement in …

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Head gesture recognition for hands‐free control of an intelligent wheelchair

Jia, Pei; Hu, Huosheng H.; Lu, Tao; Yuan, Kui - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 34 (2007) 1, pp. 60-68

Purpose – This paper presents a novel hands‐free control system for intelligent wheelchairs (IWs) based on visual recognition of head gestures. Design/methodology/approach – A robust head gesture‐based interface (HGI), is designed for head gesture recognition of the RoboChair user. The...

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