Landmark‐based navigation of autonomous mobile robots or vehicles has been widely adopted in industry. Such a navigation strategy relies on identification and subsequent recognition of distinctive environment features or objects that are either known a priori or extracted dynamically. This...

Describes the development and application of the ABB IRB 140 industrial robot. This robot is characterised by its small size (120cm high) and high load carrying capacity (5kg). Applications covered include welding, die spraying, machine tending and clean room.

Describes the assembly of automotive front wheel components using seven robots and three vision systems. The use of vision minimised the costs associated with the presentation of parts to the assembly cells.