.... Robotics Control technology Visual programming Speech recognition Articulated robotics Hand gesture recognition Human‐robot interaction Voice commands The most important aspect of this work is to allow a “layperson” to reprogram a pick‐and‐place application by pointing to objects and locations...

... tasks automatically, which can greatly reduce the robot programming time and decrease the manufacturing cost. Hui Zhang can be contacted at: hui.zhang@us.abb.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Robotics Visual programming Sensor fusion In today's automotive...