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Industrial Robotics: Programming, Simulation and Applications

Edited by: Low Kin Huat

ISBN 3-86611-286-6, Hard cover, 702 pages
Publisher: InTech
Publication date: December 2006
Subject: Industrial Robotics

This book covers a wide range of topics relating to advanced industrial robotics, sensors and automation technologies. Although being highly technical and complex in nature, the papers presented in this book represent some of the latest cutting edge technologies and advancements in industrial robotics technology. This book covers topics such as networking, properties of manipulators, forward and inverse robot arm kinematics, motion path-planning, machine vision and many other practical topics too numerous to list here. The authors and editor of this book wish to inspire people, especially young ones, to get involved with robotic and mechatronic engineering technology and to develop new and exciting practical applications, perhaps using the ideas and concepts presented herein.

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Table of Contents

1. A Design Framework for Sensor Integration in Robotic Applications
   Dimitrios I. Kosmopoulos
   1386 views, 378 downloads
   
2. A Non-Contact Method for Detecting On-Line Industrial Robot Position Errors
   Gregory C. Smith
   1335 views, 472 downloads
   
3. Study on Three Dimensional Dual Peg-in-Hole in Robot Automatic Assembly
   Fei Yanqiong, Wan Jianfeng and Zhao Xifang
   1135 views, 323 downloads
   
4. Computer Vision and Fuzzy Rules Applied to a Dispensing Application in an Industrial Desktop Robot
   Cristina P. Santos and Manuel J. Ferreira
   1167 views, 344 downloads
   
5. Virtual and Mixed Reality in Telerobotics: A Survey
   Costas S. Tzafestas
   1344 views, 513 downloads
   
6. Simulation and Experimental Tests of Robot Using Feature-Based and Position-Based Visual Servoing Approaches
   M. H. Korayem, F. Heidari and H. Aliakbarpour
   1158 views, 300 downloads
   
7. Sheet Incremental Forming: Advantages of Robotised Cells vs. CNC Machines
   Massimo Callegari, Dario Amodio, Elisabetta Ceretti and Claudio Giardini
   1513 views, 663 downloads
   
8. Machining with Flexible Manipulators: Critical Issues and Solutions
   Jianjun Wang, Hui Zhang and Zengxi Pan
   1266 views, 466 downloads
   
9. Welding Robot Applications in Shipbuilding Industry: Off-Line Programming, Virtual Reality Simulation, and Open Architecture
   Chang-Sei Kim, Keum-Shik Hong and Yong-Sub Han
   2060 views, 946 downloads
   
10. Intelligent Robotic Handling of Fabrics Towards Sewing
    Panagiotis Koustoumpardis, Paraskevi Zacharia and Nikos Aspragathos
    1212 views, 545 downloads
    
11. Complex Carton Packaging with Dexterous Robot Hands
    Venketesh N. Dubey and Jian S. Dai
    1253 views, 591 downloads
    
12. Arc Welding Robot Automation Systems
    Beom-Sahng Ryuh and Gordon R. Pennock
    1486 views, 906 downloads
    
13. Robot Automation Systems for Deburring
    Beom-Sahng Ryuh and Gordon R. Pennock
    1310 views, 552 downloads
    
14. Robot-based Gonioreflectometer
    Andreas Hoepe, Dirk Huenerhoff and Kai-Olaf Hauer
    1150 views, 299 downloads
    
15. Serpentine Robots for Industrial Inspection and Surveillance
    Grzegorz Granosik, Johann Borenstein and Malik G. Hansen
    1239 views, 415 downloads
    
16. Using Parallel Platforms as Climbing Robots
    Oscar Reinoso, Rafael Aracil and Roque Saltaren
    1133 views, 455 downloads
    
17. A Teaching-Free Robot System Utilizing Three-Dimensional CAD Product Data
    Yoichi Nagao, Hideaki Ohta and Fumihiro Honda
    1189 views, 609 downloads
    
18. Off-line Programming Industrial Robots Based in the Information Extracted From Neutral Files Generated by the Commercial CAD Tools
    Vitor Bottazzi and Jaime Fonseca
    1304 views, 788 downloads
    
19. Adaptive Robot Based Reworking System
    Bernd Kuhlenkoetter, Carsten Krewet and Thorsten Schueppstuhl
    1040 views, 314 downloads
    
20. Joint Torque Sensory in Robotics
    Farhad Aghili
    1246 views, 480 downloads
    
21. Design and Validation of a Universal 6D Seam Tracking System in Robotic Welding Based on Laser Scanning
    Mikael Fridenfalk and Gunnar Bolmsjo
    1185 views, 523 downloads
    
22. Designing Distributed, Component-Based Systems for Industrial Robotic Applications
    Michele Amoretti, Stefano Caselli and Monica Reggiani
    1175 views, 364 downloads
    
23. Designing and Building Controllers for 3D Visual Servoing Applications under a Modular Scheme
    M. Bachiller, C. Cerrada and J. A. Cerrada
    1213 views, 291 downloads
    
24. Robot Calibration: Modeling Measurement and Applications
    Jose Mauricio S. T. Motta
    1460 views, 760 downloads
    
25. Accuracy and Calibration Issues of Industrial Manipulators
    Mohamed Abderrahim, Alla Khamis, Santiago Garrido and Luis Moreno
    1537 views, 1013 downloads
    
26. Calibration of Serial Manipulators: Theory and Applications
    Irene Fassi, Giovanni Legnani, Diego Tosi and Alberto Omodei
    1105 views, 363 downloads
    
27. Calibration of Parallel Kinematic Machines: Theory and Applications
    Giovanni Legnani, Diego Tosi, Riccardo Adamini and Irene Fassi
    1208 views, 361 downloads
    
28. Interfacing the Gryphon Robot with the World Wide Web
    Robert T. F. Ah King, Saravanen Mootien and Harry C. S. Rughooputh
    1183 views, 425 downloads
    
29. Internet-Based Service Robotic System Using CORBA as Communication Architecture
    Songmin Jia and Kunikatsu Takase
    1220 views, 436 downloads
    
30. Path Coordination Planning and Control in Robotic Material Handling and Processing
    Xuan F. Zha and Xiaoqi Chen
    1253 views, 435 downloads
    
31. Optimal Motion Planning for Manipulator Arms Using Nonlinear Programming
    Jong-keun Park
    1199 views, 355 downloads
    
32. Video Applications for Robot Arms
    Vincenzo Niola and Cesare Rossi
    1182 views, 408 downloads
    
33. Kinematic Control of A Robot-Positioner System for Arc Welding Application
    Anatoly P. Pashkevich and Alexandre B. Dolgui
    1430 views, 449 downloads
    
34. Control and Scheduling Software for Flexible Manufacturing Cells
    Antonio Ferrolho and Manuel Crisostomo
    1353 views, 395 downloads
    
35. Robotics for Improving Quality, Safety and Productivity in Intensive Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunities
    Gustavo Belforte, Paolo Gay and Davide Ricauda Aimonino
    1301 views, 702 downloads