Issues

Special Issue: Mobile Robots. Guest Editor: Jeanne Dietsch

Book Review

Climbing and Walking Robots, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines (CLAWAR 2005)

M.O. Tokhi; G.S. Virk; M.A. Hossain
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A portable light‐weight climbing robot for personal assistance applications

A. Jardon; A. Gimenez; R. Correal; R. Cabas; S. Martinez; C. Balaguer
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An environment for programming and control of multi‐robot manipulators

M. Moallem; R. Khoshbin
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Using signs for configuring work tasks of service robots

Mikko Heikkilä; Sami Terho; Minna Hirsi; Aarne Halme; Pekka Forsman
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On the development of a modular external‐pipe crawling omni‐directional mobile robot

P. Chatzakos; Y.P. Markopoulos; K. Hrissagis; A. Khalid
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Lemur IIb: a robotic system for steep terrain access

Brett Kennedy; Avi Okon; Hrand Aghazarian; Mircea Badescu; Xiaoqi Bao; Yoseph Bar‐Cohen; Zensheu Chang; Borna E. Dabiri; Mike Garrett; Lee Magnone; Stewart Sherrit
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Exploring adaptive locomotion with YaMoR, a novel autonomous modular robot with Bluetooth interface

Rico Moeckel; Cyril Jaquier; Kevin Drapel; Elmar Dittrich; Andres Upegui; Auke Jan Ijspeert
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Delmia robot modelling software aids nuclear and other industries

Christine Connolly
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Learning to plan for robots using generalized representations

John Pisokas; Dongbing Gu; Huosheng Hu
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3D control of a high‐speed quadruped trot

L.R. Palmer, III; D.E. Orin
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On distributed mechatronics controller for omni‐directional autonomous guided vehicles

Nkgatho Sylvester Tlale
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Diary

Diary

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Editorial

AIBO in the dog house

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Mini features

Robotic oiling of concrete moulds cuts wastage and improves the environment

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Five-axis machining centre gains robot for handling and second-op machining

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Lynuxworks' BlueCat Linux OS to support iRobot John Deere R-Gator's on-board systems

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Saft lithium-ion battery system powers MOVE underwater vehicle

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Top widget manufacturer installs new equipment to streamline production

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Kaba turns to Mitsubishi for lock-picking job

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Flexible robots provide room for manoeuvre at Frank Roberts and Sons

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New products

Improved gantry series offers operational flexibility

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New arc welding add-on available with DELMIA V5 robotics

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“On the shelf” robot saves vital space on injection moulding applications

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FANUC Robotics industrial robots demonstrate high-speed, vision-guided part handling

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Robot arm loses weight with hollow shaft harmonic drive

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News

iRobot sponsors robobusiness conference and exposition

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McKesson signs multi-product automation agreement with novation

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Nuclear and aerospace industries utilize snake-arm robots

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Adepts partnership with MMI systems results in design win and 22-robot order from major Japanese disk drive manufacturer

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RIA announces new market incubator program

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Robotics industry sets new records in 2005 as new orders jump 23 per cent in North America

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Trevor Jones of Thermo Electron Corporation elected 2006 President of RIA

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KUKA robotics signs transbotics corporation as new system partner

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Patent abstracts

Patent abstracts

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Viewpoint

The global imperative for industrial robots and how we can best fulfill it

Jeanne Dietsch
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Web sites

Web sites

Jessica Mytum-Smithson
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