Search Results - subject:"robotics"

Levy flights in robot swarm control and optimization

Crispin, Yechiel J. - In: Cooperative networks : control and optimization ; [6th …, (pp. 81-99). 2008

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Innovation in education and re-industrialisation in Europe

Mengoli, Paola; russo, Margherita - Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", Università … - 2014

’s daily lives and to promote links between science, technology and society. In particular, we propose the use of robotics labs … emer-gence of hybrid places fostering innovation, with the involvement of different agents; second, the robotics labs …

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The role of artificial intelligence in robotics

Bogue, Robert - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 41 (2014) 2, pp. 119-123

Purpose – This paper aims to provide an insight into the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in robotics. Design …/methodology/approach – Following an introduction to AI, this paper provides an overview of the application of AI to robotics. Mobile robots are then … a closer integration of AI and robotic research. Originality/value – This article discusses the role of AI in robotics …

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Mantis: hybrid leg-wheel ground mobile robot

Bruzzone, Luca; Fanghella, Pietro - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 41 (2014) 1, pp. 26-36

Purpose – The aim of the research is the development of a small-scale ground mobile robot for surveillance and inspection; the main design goals are mobility in indoor environments with step climbing ability, pivoting around a vertical axis and without oscillations for stable vision, mobility...

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Step-exchange strategy for balance control of a walking biped under a lateral impact

Kim, Yeoun-Jae; Lee, Joon-Yong; Lee, Ju-Jang - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 41 (2014) 5, pp. 456-464

Purpose – This paper aims to present a step-exchange strategy for balance control of a walking biped robot when a lateral impact acts suddenly. A step-out strategy has been recently proposed for balance control when an unknown lateral force acts to a biped robot during walking. This step-out...

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Mechatronic design and experimental validation of a novel robotic hand

Figliolini, Giorgio; Rea, Pierluigi - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 41 (2014) 1, pp. 98-108

Purpose – The subject of the paper is the mechatronic design of a novel robotic hand, cassino-underactuated-multifinger-hand (Ca.U.M.Ha.), along with its prototype and the experimental analysis of its grasping of soft and rigid objects with different shapes, sizes and materials. The paper aims...

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A brief overview of evolutionary developmental robotics

Xu, Bo; Min, Huaqing; Xiao, Fangxiong - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 41 (2014) 6, pp. 527-533

Purpose – This article aims to provide a brief overview of the field now known as “evolutionary developmental robotics …. Design/methodology/approach – Evo-devo-robo is a new field bringing together developmental robotics and evolutionary robotics …

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A calibration method of kinematic parameters for serial industrial robots

Wang, Wei; Wang, Gang; Yun, Chao - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 41 (2014) 2, pp. 157-165

Purpose – Calibrating kinematic parameters is one of the efficient ways to improve the robot's positioning accuracy. A method based on the product-of-exponential (POE) formula to calibrate the kinematic parameters of serial industrial robots is proposed. The paper aims to discuss these issues....

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The future of robotics in Europe

Bogue, Robert - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 41 (2014) 6, pp. 487-492

briefly summarises Europe’s position within the global robotics industry and then discusses the SPARC project. It then … – This shows that the European Union (EU) is a significant force within the global robotics business, and that it is about to … embark on its largest ever robotics R&D programme. An EU-wide survey of public attitudes towards robots showed generally …

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A closed-form solution to eye-to-hand calibration towards visual grasping

Pan, Hui; Wang, Na Li; Qin, Yin Shi - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 41 (2014) 6, pp. 567-574

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a method that calibrates the hand-eye relationship for eye-to-hand configuration and afterwards a rectification to improve the accuracy of general calibration. Design/methodology/approach – The hand-eye calibration of eye-to-hand...

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