... rights only ROS Open-architecture PMAC Robot controller Teach pendant Since the first industrial robot was born, robots have been used for simple tasks such as pick-and-place for years. The proprietary controllers have dominated for nearly a half century because of the simple tasks...

... MIS. Tiewen Pan can be contacted at: pantw118@163.com 06 12 2016 02 01 2017 24 01 2017 13 02 2017 14 02 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Time delay ROS Modular design Laparoscopic...

... and illustrated at length. Design/methodology/approach Several sampling instruments with position tolerance and sealing property are specifically developed, and a robotic operation system (ROS)-based universal control architecture is established. Then, based on the system, two typical problems in sampling...

... rights only Kinematics Path planning ROS A* Configuration space Industrial environment Robotic manipulators have attracted substantial interest from the engineering community, both from the research point of view and the need for technological development. Moreover, it has attracted...

... results in high robustness and reliability during the intensive and fierce MSL games; the software is developed upon the open-source Robot Operating System (ROS); thus, the advantages of ROS such as modularity, portability and expansibility are inherited. Findings – Based on this paper and the open...