... in Residence at Purdue University and a mentor for Plug and Play Tech Center. He was elected President of the Robotics Industries Association (RIA) and served a total of eight years on the RIA Board. He holds patents for automated material handling and electroadhesion grippers. His proudest accomplishment...

... manufacturer that specializes in collaborative robots. Carlisle discusses the highlights of his 40-year career that led to groundbreaking innovations in small parts assembly and handling robots, along with some of the challenges. He also shares his thoughts on the future of the industry. Findings Brian...

...Ryan Carpenter; Ross Hatton; Ravi Balasubramanian Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop an automated industrial robotic system for handling steel castings of various sizes and shapes in a foundry. Design/methodology/approach – The authors first designed a prismatic gripper...

...Gareth Monkman Describes the benefits of using electroadhesion when handling very delicate, polished and/or coated optical and electro‐optical microcomponents. Electroadhesion is a technique already familiar to those working in the semiconductor industry and is eminently suitable for the handling...

...Christine Connolly This article describes two developments for the automatic handling of delicate food products: a new end‐effector for handling sticky objects, and a vision‐based system for harvesting mushrooms. Figure 3 End‐effector on an x‐y frame, picking...

... operates on the principle of generating a high‐speed air flow between nozzles and the specimen surface thereby creating a vacuum which levitates the materials with no mechanical contact. In this paper, the handling results of these materials are compared with each other. The changes in the physical...

... Typhoo cuts tea blending costs by a quarter Keywords: Packaging, Materials, Handling, Robots Premier International Foods has reduced by more than 26 per cent, the cost of converting a tonne of tea into tea bags at its Typhoo production plant on the Wirral, near Liverpool...

... Removal from the pallets is performed by two similar robot equipped cells,each one handling four kinds of boxes of coins. These robotic cells, located on either side of an eight track transfer and accumulation line, each include an RX175 L robot. These robots, equipped with a suction cup type...

... © MCB UP Limited 2002 --> Robots Handling ABB containerisation system gives US postal service the vital competitive edge Keywords: Robots, Handling Developed specifically for the US Postal Service by ABB Automation, a highly sophisticated robot containerisation...

..., the feet on the ground lean according to the direction of movement. Nuclear industry Robots Inspection Handling Cutting Welding, The sensors incorporated into the foot and leg of Sherpa provide it with the reflex functions necessary for sensing the terrain it is walking on and the ability...

... © MCB UP Limited 2002 --> Robotics Handling Keywords: Robotics, Handling A prototype PC-based robot control system from Nyquist Industrial Control uses standard drives to connect to existing, dedicated motors and encoders. High-level software calculates the exact...

... robot to Branston Potatoes' Somerset site to further automate the customer's potato handling there. Contact: John D'Angelillo, Managing Director, Motoman Robotics (UK) Ltd, 1 Swan Industrial Estate, Banbury, Oxfordshire OX16 8DJ, UK. Tel: 01295 272755;Fax: 01295 267127; E-mail: johnd'angelillo...

... © MCB UP Limited 2002 --> Yaskawa Robots Handling Keywords: Yaskawa, Robots, Handling Yaskawa Electric starts marketing bigger handling robots “Motoman-UP350-500” which is a 6 axis vertically articulated robot having handling capacity of 500 Kg payload. “Motoman-UP350...

... :Taking advantage of the advances in robotic handling, Univeyor have developed a cost-effective robot palletising cell that can be adapted to a wide variety of products combined with retail display trays (see Plate 1). One particular application of the new robot is for bottled drinks...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Handling Keywords: Handling Applicant: Xerox Corporation (USA)Patent number: US6,035,243Publication date: 7 March 2000Title: System for handling defects produced during the automated assembly of palletized elements A method and apparatus...

... Keywords: Robots, Handling A new, fully automatic load/unload and component sorting system is available for FINN-POWER's all-electric "Work Centre E" turret punching and forming press, which incidentally now has the additional options of laser profiling equipment and a six-station tapping...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Robots Welding Handling Compact, high-speed, multifunction robot brings wide working radius to welding and handling applications Keywords: Robots, Welding, Handling The latest addition to Panasonic's VR range of compact, flexible...

... The company's modular-based solutions are capable of handling components weighing up to several tonnes with high positional accuracy and repeatability,in aggressive or hazardous operating environments. They are widely used for high volume metal working, assembly or manufacturing applications...

... to an obstacle in its path or incorrect programming.   Plate 4 A Motoman UP130 robot equipped with a BTM end arm effector for high speed handling of large, bulky sheet metal components Complementing these modular end arm effectors is BTM's new range of locking grippers for robotic, die...

... © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Handling Assembly Grippers Keywords: Handling, Assembly, Grippers As a consequence of its marketing link-up with Sommer Automatic, the German precision workholder, Leader Grippers, Chertsey, UK, brings a revolutionary design for handling...