...Rıza Ilhan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce the design, development and evaluation of a drone-integrated robotic gripper system with advanced object manipulation capabilities. The system, precisely crafted using 3D printing and through sensor integration, features a secure...

...Rob Bogue Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief historical background to humanoid robot research and discuss recent commercial developments and illustrate how they are starting to find real-world applications. Design/methodology/approach Following a short introduction...

...Rob Bogue Purpose The purpose of this study is to provide an insight into the role of predictive maintenance in industrial robots. Design/methodology/approach Following a short introduction, this first discusses the three main maintenance strategies used on industrial equipment...

... the robot’s ability to visually guide grasping, this paper aims to propose a 6DOF position measurement method that integrates monocular vision with deep neural networks. Design/methodology/approach This method enhances the robot’s ability to visually grasp small-sample industrial objects with high...

...Rob Bogue Purpose The purpose of this study is to provide details of the robots used in construction and an insight into how the technology can contribute to addressing the challenges facing the industry. Design/methodology/approach Following an introduction which identifies key challenges...

...Rob Bogue Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide details of developments in quantum technologies and consider their potential applications in robotics. Design/methodology/approach Following a short introduction, this study first provides an overview of the global quantum technology...

...Rob Bogue Purpose The purpose of this study is to provide details of the development and applications of surgical robots. Design/methodology/approach Following a short introduction, this first provides a historical background to surgical robot developments. The following sections discuss...

...Danmei Ren; Feifei Bian Purpose Human beings are able to adjust their arm stiffness in daily life tasks. This paper aims to enable a robot to learn these human-like variable stiffness motor skills autonomously. Design/methodology/approach The paper presents a reinforcement learning method...

...Rob Bogue Purpose The aim of this article is to provide details of recent technological developments in robotic teleoperation. Design/methodology/approach Following a short introduction, the two main sections of this article provide examples of recent research involving the application...

...Rob Bogue Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide details of biomimetic and neuromorphic sensor research and developments and discuss their applications in robotics. Design/methodology/approach Following a short introduction, this first provides examples of recent biomimetic gripping...

...Yanli Feng; Ke Zhang; Haoyu Li; Jingyu Wang Purpose Due to dynamic model is the basis of realizing various robot control functions, and it determines the robot control performance to a large extent, this paper aims to improve the accuracy of dynamic model for n-Degree of Freedom (DOF...

...) Positioning system Impedance control Robotics Beijing Postdoctoral Science Foundation Q6001013202201 Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have attracted more and more attention in recent years for their wide ranges of applications, including pesticide spraying, aerial photography, environmental...

...Martin Karlsson; Fredrik Bagge Carlson; Martin Holmstrand; Anders Robertsson; Jeroen De Backer; Luisa Quintino; Eurico Assuncao; Rolf Johansson Purpose This study aims to enable robotic friction stir welding (FSW) in practice. The use of robots has hitherto been limited, because of the large...

...Ahmed Eslam Salman; Magdy Raouf Roman Purpose The study proposed a human–robot interaction (HRI) framework to enable operators to communicate remotely with robots in a simple and intuitive way. The study focused on the situation when operators with no programming skills have to accomplish...

...Lijun Dong; Naichao Chen; Jiawen Liang; Tingting Li; Zhanlin Yan; Bing Zhang Purpose The purpose of this study is to provide an in-depth understanding about the indoor-orbital electrical inspection robot, which is useful for motivating the further investigation on the inspection of electrical...

...Jing Zhao; Xin Wang; Biyun Xie; Ziqiang Zhang Purpose This paper aims to present a new kinematics mapping method based on dynamic equivalent points. In teleoperation, this method enables a robotic (follower) arm to mimic human (leader) arm postures and avoid obstacles in a human-like manner...

...Kunlun Wu; Haifeng Sang; Yanhao Xing; Yao Lu Purpose Pipeline robots are often used in pipeline non-destructive testing. Given the need for long-range in-pipe inspections, this study aims to develop a wireless in-pipe inspection robot for image acquisition. Design/methodology/approach...

...Toan Van Nguyen; Jin-Hyeon Jeong; Jaewon Jo Purpose Because mobile manipulators are unable to climb stairs, the elevator operation is a crucial capacity to help those kinds of robot systems work in modern multifloor buildings. Here, the elevator button manipulation is considered as an efficient...

...Joanne Pransky Purpose The following article is a “Q&A interview” conducted by Joanne Pransky of Industrial Robot Journal as a method to impart the combined technological, business and personal experience of a prominent, robotic industry PhD and inventor regarding his pioneering efforts...

...Joanne Pransky Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a “Q&A interview” conducted by Joanne Pransky of Industrial Robot Journal as a method to impart the combined technological, business and personal experience of a prominent, robotic industry engineer-turned entrepreneur...