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Volume 29, Issue 4
1 August 2002
Industrial Robot: the international journal of robotics research and application Cover Image for Volume 29, Issue 4
Technical Paper| August 01 2002

A high precision robotic docking end effector: the DockbotTM

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Stephen Derby
Stephen Derby, Co‐director, Flexible Manufacturing Center, Mechanical Engineering Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street JEC 5028, Troy, NY 12180, USA. Tel: +1 518 276 6991; Fax: +1 518 276 2623; E‐mail derbys@rpi.edu; Web: www.rpi.edu/ derbys
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John McFadden
John McFadden, CEO, Distributed Robotics LLC, 35 Creek Road, Wynantskill, NY 12198, USA. Tel: +1 518 286 3014; Fax: +1 518 286 3016; E‐mail: john@ distributedrobotics.com; Web: www.distributedrobotics. com
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-5791
Print ISSN: 0143-991X
© MCB UP Limited
2002
Industrial Robot (2002) 29 (4): 354–358.
https://doi.org/10.1108/01439910210432920

Precision operations, including assembly, need an accurate platform as a base. The described robotic end effector can achieve one micron or smaller repeatability while being relocatable to the required task workspace.

Keywords: Precision engineering, Assembly, Robots
© MCB UP Limited
2002
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