..., as sodium burns with exposed to the atmosphere. Richard Bloss can be contacted at: rbloss@umich.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Hazardous materials Nuclear energy industry Robotics Hazardous handling Decontamination Dounreay is home to some early nuclear...

...@dimec.unige.it © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Robotics Remote control systems Hazardous materials Explosives Humanitarian demining is tragedy of third world countries, induced by local reprisals and retaliations due to ethnic/religious struggles and lack of socio‐economic hopes...

... and it is shown that it well describes the behaviour of the system. Giulio Reina can be contacted at: giulio.reina@unile.it © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Robotics Intelligent sensors Hazardous materials Chemical hazards Condition monitoring A mobile robot can take advantage...

... this task, the operator will have to position the gripper (via end‐effector control of the arm) in a valid configuration relative to the workpiece. The preconditions for this state should ensure that the gripper is the current end‐effector tool. Decision making Man‐machine systems Hazardous...

... with extended arm; 16 kg with retracted arm) are fine. Rezia Molfino can be contacted at: molfino@dimec.unige.it © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Robotics Explosives Hazardous materials Security has become a critical area with an always growing importance. Robots...

... of the workcell, the problems faced throughout and the constraints which had to be overcome. The workcell is scheduled to be fully operational later this year. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Hazardous materials Industrial robots R&D Technological innovation Features Robot disassembles explosive...