...Rob Bogue Purpose This paper aims to provide details of the robots used in surveillance, security and public safety applications. Design/methodology/approach Following a short introduction, this first considers the use of drones for military surveillance. It then discusses robots for site...

...Rob Bogue Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide details of the role of autonomous robots in the transportation and delivery sector of the logistics industry. Design/methodology/approach Following an introduction, this first discusses autonomous cargo shipping. It then considers...

... nozzle on the left and two men inspecting a similar rocket engine nozzle on the right. Robot Additive manufacturing 3D printing Applications Additive manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing involves the fabrication of three-dimensional components and structures from digital models whereby...

...Rob Bogue Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an insight into swarm robotics by discussing the principles, research and applications. Design/methodology/approach Following an introduction, this paper first describes the key features of robot swarms and then provides examples...

...Ying Liu; Yuwen Li; Haoju Song; Jiu Yu; Xianen Zhou Purpose The low stiffness has significantly limited the applications of robots in high-precision processes, and existing robot stiffness identification usually requires expensive equipment or tedious manual procedures. This paper aims to present...

...Rob Bogue Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide details of the role played by robots in two key aspects of a sustainable, industrial economy: waste management and renewable energy production. Design/methodology/approach Following an introduction, this first provides details...

...Rob Bogue Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide details of the role played by robots in space exploration. Design/methodology/approach Following an introduction, this, first, provides details of robotic lunar and Martian rovers. It then discussed the role of robots on spacecraft...

... on the publicly available KITTI dataset and perform a validation using a mobile robot. Findings This paper evaluates the proposed algorithm on the publicly available KITTI dataset and validates it using a mobile robot. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm is closely related to the real...

...Meng Xiao; LikeTing Li; Haotian Jin; Danyang Bao; Fangting Huang Purpose To address the challenge of maintaining stable contact force when a robot end-effector interacts with an unknown environment, this paper aims to propose a force control algorithm based on radial basis function (RBF) neural...

...Guangming Xue; Guodong Chen; Lining Sun; Huicong Liu Purpose This paper aims to present a modular multimodal flexible electronic skin that can be used for robot collision detection in human–robot interactions. This type of electronic skin will meet the requirements of performance indicators...

...Liang Du; Meng Xiao Purpose This study aims to propose a force control algorithm based on neural networks, which enables a robot to follow a changing reference force trajectory when in contact with human skin while maintaining a stable tracking force. Design/methodology/approach Aiming...

...Robert Bogue Purpose The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the growing role of robots in the logistics industry. Design/methodology/approach Following an introduction, which identifies key challenges facing the industry, this paper discusses robotic applications in warehouses, followed...

...Robert Bogue Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a detailed insight into the global military robot industry with an emphasis on products and their applications. Design/methodology/approach Following an introduction which includes a brief historical account, this provides...

...Robert Bogue Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide details of recent developments in agricultural robots with an emphasis of those that address labour shortages and environmental issues. Design/methodology/approach Following an introduction which highlights some of the challenges...

... combine robotic gripping and manipulation with machine vision and specialist software and tend to be complex to install and commission. They are produced by robot manufacturers, system integrators, software developers and machine vision specialists and all are constantly developing and improving...

...Robert Bogue Purpose This paper aims to illustrate the growing role of robots in the electronics industries. Design/methodology/approach Following a short introduction, this paper discusses robotic applications and products in three sectors of the electronics industry: semiconductor processing...

...Cengiz Deniz Purpose The aim of this study is to create a robust and simple collision avoidance approach based on quaternion algebra for vision-based pick and place applications in manufacturing industries, specifically for use with industrial robots and collaborative robots (cobots). Design...

...Kaixin Li; Ye He; Kuan Li; Chengguo Liu Purpose With the increasing demands of industrial applications, it is imperative for robots to accomplish good contact-interaction with dynamic environments. Hence, the purpose of this research is to propose an adaptive fractional-order admittance control...

...Robert Bogue Purpose The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the growing role of robots in environmental monitoring. Design/methodology/approach Following an introduction, this first considers aerial robots for monitoring atmospheric pollution. It then discusses the role of aerial, surface...

...Robert Bogue Purpose This paper aims to illustrate the growing role of machine learning techniques in robotics. Design/methodology/approach Following an introduction which includes a brief historical perspective, this paper provides a short introduction to machine learning techniques...