Technology and Humankind have mutually coexisted in this world for decades. However, the is changing fast our technology faster; dynamics of relationship between humans feared by many to change soon. The ‘ROBOT apocalypse’ as seen science fiction can soon become reality some aspects world, particular, job market. How do we save jobs therefore lives from such an event? Is event even going happen...

Industrial robot manipulators are important components of most automated manufacturing systems. Their design and applications rely on modeling, analyzing, and programming the robot tool-center-point (TCP) positions with the best accuracy. Industrial practice shows that creating accurate robot TCP positions for robot applications such as welding, material handling, and inspection is a critical t...

The paper deals with the modeling and identification of the gravity compensators used in heavy industrial robots. The main attention is paid to the geometrical parameters identification and calibration accuracy. To reduce impact of the measurement errors, the design of calibration experiments is used. The advantages of the developed technique are illustrated by experimental results .

telligent Homes: Results From Laboratory Studies and Field Trials. Elena Torta Eindhoven University of Technology, Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences, Human-Technology Interaction Group, Den Dolech 2, 5600MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands Johannes Oberzaucher, Franz Werner CEIT Raltec, Institute of Rehabilitation and Assistive Living Technologies, Concorde Business Park 2/F A...

The new generation of industrial robots will have more flexibility in task implementation thanks to the advances in developing highly modular and reconfigurable manipulators. To achieve the full flexibility of such robots, in addition to the mechanical flexibility, it is necessary to achieve the flexibility in control. Precise automatic calibration of these manipulators is essential preconditio...