Purpose – The purpose of this paper was to solve the shortage of carrying energy in probing robot and make full use of wind resources in the Antarctic expedition by designing a four-wheel land-yacht. Land-yacht is a new kind of mobile robot powered by the wind using a sail. The mathematical...

Purpose The following paper is a “Q&A interview” conducted by Joanne Pransky of Industrial Robot Journal as a method to impart the combined technological, business and personal experience of a prominent, robotic industry engineer-turned successful business leader, regarding the...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose an on-line iterative compensation method combining with a feed-forward compensation method to enhance the assembly accuracy of a metrology-integrated robot system (MIRS). Design/methodology/approach By the integration of a six degrees of freedom...

Purpose This paper aims to propose a novel design concept for a biomimetic dolphin-like underwater glider, which can offer the advantages of both robotic dolphins and underwater gliders to achieve high-maneuverability, high-speed and long-distance motions. Design/methodology/approach To testify...

Purpose This paper aims to present a method for improving the performance of the visual-inertial navigation system (VINS) by using a bio-inspired polarized light compass. Design/methodology/approach The measurement model of each sensor module is derived, and a robust stochastic cloning extended...

Purpose This paper aims to provide an overview of robots presently in use by the military and an insight into some that are under development. Design/methodology/approach Following a short introduction, this paper first considers existing applications of robots in the military field, including...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a dual-robot pneumatic riveting system for fuselage panel assembly, including the system design, dynamic analysis and sensitivity analysis. The dual-robot pneumatic riveting system is designed to improve riveting efficiency and quality, thus...

Purpose The weld joint of large thin-wall metal parts which deforms in manufacturing and clamping processes is very difficult to manufacture for its shape is different from the initial model; thus, the space normals of the part surface are uncertain. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, an...

Purpose This study aims to improve the welding quality and efficiency, and an algorithm should be designed to realize tracking space-curved fillet weld joints. Design/methodology/approach Fillet weld joints tracking based on the two wheels and the horizontal slider coordinated movement has been...

Purpose The following paper details a “Q&A interview” conducted by Joanne Pransky, Associate Editor of Industrial Robot Journal , to impart the combined technological, business and personal experience of a prominent, robotic industry engineer-turned successful business leader, regarding the...