... is seen as the way forward, with robots performing various tasks instead of people. Meat cutting is one of these tasks. Smart novel solutions, including smart knives, are required, with the smart knife being able to analyse and predict the meat it cuts. This paper aims to review technologies...

...Umair Ali; Wasif Muhammad; Muhammad Jehanzed Irshad; Sajjad Manzoor Purpose Self-localization of an underwater robot using global positioning sensor and other radio positioning systems is not possible, as an alternative onboard sensor-based self-location estimation provides another possible...

... in the system. In view of the current progress, we proposed an adaptive scheme to better adapt to complex environments and to restrain degeneracy. In recent years, we have witnessed a rapid development of driverless cars and autonomous robots, and many projects have been announced to enhance...

...Rupeng Yuan; Fuhai Zhang; Yili Fu; Shuguo Wang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a robust iterative LIDAR-based pose tracking method assisted by modified visual odometer to resist initial value disturbance and locate a robot in the environments with certain occlusion. Design...

... on computers with low computational resources so that it can be deployed on autonomous mobile robots. Design/methodology/approach The method is designed to have a people detection pipeline with a series of operations. Efficient point cloud processing steps with a novel head extraction operation provide...

...Ravinder Singh; Kuldeep Singh Nagla Purpose The purpose of this research is to provide the necessarily and resourceful information regarding range sensors to select the best fit sensor for robust autonomous navigation. Autonomous navigation is an emerging segment in the field of mobile robot...

... of the hand are also described. Riaan Stopforth can be contacted at: stopforth@ukzn.ac.za 19 08 2015 23 09 2015 21 10 2015 22 10 2015 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Robotics Prosthetic hand...

... for artificial tactile sensing skin for robotic applications. Dalibor Petković can be contacted at: dalibortc@gmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 One of the main objectives of our analysis is development of tactile sensors based on application of conducting polymers...

... information of the center point. This completes a cycle of walking. First, the six‐wheeled robot was modeled on solid works and then the animation of the model was realized to ensure the accurate tracking patterns and more stable tracking. The robot mechanism, the body size shown in Figure 3...

...Hongbo Ma; Shanchun Wei; Tao Lin; Shanben Chen; Laiping Li Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a kind of low cost measuring system based on binocular vision sensor to detect both the weld pool geometry and root gap simultaneously for robot welding process. Design/methodology...

... quantification of an object's dimensions. These data are used for product quality or for robotic guidance applications. Findings As technology progresses, a snapshot of trends is presented in 2009. Notable amongst these trends are advances in sensory capabilities, computational speed, flexibility...

... and subtle extraction, so as to restructure three‐dimensional information to guide robot move to IWP in the practical welding environment. Findings Experiments showed that mean square errors (MSEs) in X, Y, Z‐directions for both flat butt joint and flat flange are 0.4491...

...David Sanders Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect on completion of mobile‐robot tasks depending on how a human tele‐operator interacts with a sensor system and a mobile‐robot. Design/methodology/approach Interaction is investigated using two mobile‐robot systems...

...Torben Lenau; Christine Connolly Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the scientific developments behind the announcement of a sensor mimicking the human skin. Design/methodology/approach A brief review of the potential applications and design constraints of the robot skin is followed...

...Ahmed Al‐Shamma'a; E. Menegatti; G. Gatto; E. Pagello; Takashi Minato; Hiroshi Ishiguro Purpose Image‐based localisation has been widely investigated in mobile robotics. However, traditional image‐based localisation approaches do not work when the environment appearance changes. The purpose...

...John Billingsley; Richard Bloss Purpose To describe an innovative new technology, simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), for creating maps and localization for autonomous robot operations. Design/methodology/approach A series of stereo cameras gather images of a 3D area. A software...

...Paul Fleming; David Lammlein; D. Wilkes; Katherine Fleming; Thomas Bloodworth; George Cook; Al Strauss; David DeLapp; Thomas Lienert; Matthew Bement; Tracie Prater Purpose This paper aims to investigate methods of implementing in‐process fault avoidance in robotic friction stir welding (FSW...

... motor. Elasticity Robotics Tactile sensors Medical equipment Histology Various properties of biological tissues have been a subject of interest in various medical applications, based on the fact that these properties contain a lot of useful information including age, gender, and whether...

...Céline Filloy; Christine Connolly Purpose This paper sets out to describe hardware and software developments in robotic cameras for wildlife observation. Design/methodology/approach The role of automatic equipment in wildlife observation is introduced, and examples of suitable cameras...

...Stéphane Holé; Sho Yokota; Yasuhiro Ohyama; Hiroshi Hashimoto; Jin‐Hua She; Kuniaki Kawabata; Hisato Kobayashi; Pierre Blazevic Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a sensor system and its measuring strategy. The proposed system is regarded as a total system of a robot and a sensor...