Purpose – This paper aims to describe the development and testing of a system for the automated deburring of aero‐engine components. Design/methodology/approach – The system described in this paper uses an in‐process measurement sensor to determine the component's exact location prior to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the development and validation of a methodology which allows modeling and solving the inverse and direct dynamic problem in real time in robot manipulators. Design/methodology/approach – The robot dynamic equation is based on the...

Purpose – In a soccer robot game, the environment is highly competitive and dynamic. In order to work in the dynamically changing environment, the decision‐making system of a soccer robot system should have the features of flexibility and real‐time adaptation. The purpose of this paper is...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present an algorithm for performing collision avoidance with robotic manipulators. Design/methodology/approach – The method does not require any a priori knowledge of the motion of other objects in its environment. Moreover, it is computationally...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to solve the maintenance management problems of generating units under the reliability criterion. Design/methodology/approach – The problem has been formulated as a combinatorial optimization task, with explicit and simultaneous treatment of multiple...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to improve current design processes by proposing a new approach based on multi‐criteria optimization of the designed asset. Management of design in construction projects is a complex task since it involves collaboration between professionals in multiple...

Purpose – Lane tracking is one of the most important processes for autonomous vehicles because the navigable region usually stands between the lanes, especially in urban environments. A robust lane tracking method is also required for reducing the effect of the noise and the required...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a portable all‐position welding robot for the welding of intersected pipes. Design/methodology/approach – A complete procedure is adopted to conduct the design. The task and motion of the robot are analyzed and a mathematical description of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to realize a smooth and secure brake assistance system to avoid rear‐end collision of automobiles. Design/methodology/approach – It is important to judge necessity of deceleration assistance as early as possible and initiate the assistance naturally...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on the local minima issue encountered in motion planning by the artificial potential field (APF) method, investigate the currently existing approaches and analyze four types of previous methods. Based on the conclusions of analysis, this paper...