Assembly robots have been widely used in the manufacturing industry. However, performing
precise assembly tasks still poses a great challenge for robots due to numerous sources of …

Autonomous Grinding (AG) is a unique kind of manufacturing process which needs extra
operative care, for both robot and environment. Due to the rapid growth of research on AG, a …

The new paradigm of human-robot collaboration has led to the creation of shared work
environments in which humans and robots work in close contact with each other …

Parallel manipulators are being used extensively to cater to the needs of a multitude of
industrial automation applications. Due to its kinematic accuracy and structural stiffness …

The autonomous floor-cleaning self-reconfigurable robots have entered into the practical
stage by establishing enhanced area coverage over the fixed morphology counterparts …

Automated fiber placement (AFP) is a key technology in aerospace manufacturing, in which
the maintenance of rated load is a necessary condition for high-quality forming of composite …

Purpose This paper aims to propose an evaluation method to compare two different Human–
Robot Interaction (HRI) solutions that can be used for on-line programming in an industrial …

Accurate and robust force control is still a great challenge for robot–environment contact
applications, such as in situ repair, polishing, and assembly. To tackle this problem, this …

Peg-in-tube assembly stands ahead of a more common benchmark task for industrial
assembly, ie,'pegin-hole'. The robot can easily be deceived to detect the actual hole while …

This paper presents an approach for improving the performance of hydraulic force control
systems by adding hydraulic compliance. Typically, force control systems require a flexible …