ABSTRACT One of the basic questions in robot use is: which is the way of solwing their guidance to unraval a problem of object undefined position and orientation in robots working area. This paper describes techniques of identification and classification of industrial robot guided by intelligent system, working tasks, methods of object recordings, picture processing and robot guidance in space.

The presented article analyses structures of kinematic chains in industrial robots, i.e. their positioning and orientation mechanisms with respect to positioning of end effectors within the workspace of parallel kinematic machine and in its vicinity with the aim to facilitate a selection of appropriate industrial robot for automatic in – between operational manipulation in the periphery of such...

In this paper we explore how social gaze in an assembly robot affects how naïve users interact with it. In a controlled experimental study, 30 participants instructed an industrial robot to fetch parts needed to assemble a wooden toolbox. Participants either interacted with a robot employing a simple gaze following the movements of its own arm, or with a robot that follows its own movements dur...

This paper examines the use of human-centered design in the problem of robot grasping. Human-directed local autonomy is deened. The diierences between a humanoid robot for human service and an industrial robot are discussed. The hardware and software design of a humanoid robot is described. The problem of human-robot interaction is analyzed. The grasping problem is described and a solution prop...

A contact-based calibration technique using a robot-mounted calibration probe, has been experimented with. The probe is to be implemented by utilizing a wrist-mounted force sensor. The technique is based on constraining the sampled robot joint poses to those where the probe end is in controlled contact with a planar surface. The paper illustrates how the technique may be used to achieve a joint...

This book focuses on industrial robotic manipulators and on industrial manufacturing cells built using that type of robots. This chapter covers the current practical methodologies for kinematics and dynamics modeling and computations. The kinematics model represents the motion of the robot without considering the forces that cause the motion. The dynamics model establishes the relationships bet...

Increase robot utilization may be viewed in term of low-cost designs and operations, which are based on the use of products from the market for the robot components. Low-cost robots are related to new emerging application areas. The market components give the possibility to build robots at a low price but they also reduce the capability of robots to specific tasks. Low-cost robots can be also o...

Force/Torque sensing is very important for several automatic and industrial robotic applications. Basically, if precise control of the forces that arise from contact between tools and parts is required to successfully complete the automatic task, then a force/torque sensor is needed along with some force/torque control technique. In this paper we focus on force/torque sensing aspects applied to...

Many industrial robot arms are operated in industry, and some robotic applications in the industry, such as a pulling-out of products made by die casting, require the flexible motion excited by an external force. Here, the flexible motion means that the robot arm moves passively according to the external force. Industrial robot arms, however, are difficult to be moved by the external force beca...

Industrial robot manipulators are general-purpose machines used for industrial automation in order to increase productivity, flexibility, and quality. Other reasons for using industrial robots are cost saving, and elimination of heavy and health-hazardous work. Robot motion control is a key competence for robot manufacturers, and the current development is focused on increasing the robot perfor...