Industrial robots as a kind of a mechatronic system were the objects for intensive scientific research in the last years. Kinematics and kinetics, advanced control algorithms, flexible robots, mobile robots, cooperation of robots were research topics. Meanwhile the industrial robot is more or less a tool on the shop floor level like NC- and CNC-machines, transportation and storage devices. The current research landscape on industrial robots can be divided in two directions. The first direction is the scientific one and topics like fuzzy control, applications of neuronal networks, application of methods of artificial intelligence for robot control, optimal path planning are currently headlines in this field. On the other hand the application oriented research goes in the direction to develop and create new low-cost concepts including industrial robots applicable in a commercially efficient way mainly in small and medium sized companies. The industry in most of the member countries of the Alpe-Adria Group are dominated by small and medium sized companies. Industrial robots together with the appropriate CIM-concepts are a very efficient tool for increasing the flexibility of such companies. At the first meeting in Portoroz (June 1992), a first overview on robotics research and applications in Alpe-Adria countries was given. First steps were done in the direction of a broader cooperation in science, development, production and level of education among these countries.
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978-3-7091-9346-4 (9783709193464)
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10.1007/978-3-7091-9346-4
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Surveys.- Robotics Research in Austria.- Considerations on Objectives, Tasks and Organisation of Alpe-Adria Centre for Robotics and Automation.- Advanced Control Concepts for Industrial Robots.- IMProvement in Automation and Control Technology - A Joint European Initiative.- Robotics Research in Alpe Adria.- Research Activities in Robotics at RISC - Linz.- Applied Robotics Group Research Activities at the ITIA - Institute for Industrial Technologies and Automation of CNR.- Robotic Research at the Scientific Academy of Lower Austria.- Robot Kinematics and Kinetics.- Robot Wrist Configurations, Mechanisms and Kinematics.- Parallel Evaluation of Robot Kinematic Transformations.- Robot Arm Modelling and Control.- Dynamic Model of a Mobile Robot for Analyzing End-effector Deviations Caused from Ground Unevenness.- Construction, Design and Simulation of Robots.- Considerations for the Construction of Lightweight Robots.- Design and Construction of a Modular Robot with Eulerian Joints.- Design of SCARA Robot.- Design and Measures for Lightweight Industrial Robots.- Designing Manipulators for a Robotized Manufacturing.- Optimal Stochastic Design of a Parallel Robot for Tolerance.- USIS - an Advanced 3D-Robot Simulation System.- Emulation of Articulated Robots.- ALMORO - Symbolic Robot Dynamics Customizer.- Techniques to Improve the Performance of an Industrial SCARA Robot.- Robot Control.- Experimental Multiprocessor Robot Controller.- Implementation of a Low Cost Robot Controller PC-ROBOCONT on Hydraulic Robot for Spray Painting G-201.- Robust Adaptive Lyapunov - based Robot Control.- Stability of Hybrid Position/Force Control Scheme during Free Motion.- Sensors and Mobile Robots.- Recognition of Three-dimensional Objects Using Two-dimensional Subspaces Gained byIntersections.- Multi-sensor Technique for Increasing Intelligence of Assembly Robots.- Design of a Planetary Leg Mechanism Using Chebyshev's Optimization Method.- A New Hybrid Locomotion Mobile Robot for Semi-structured Environments.- Commanding a Robot by Voice: Speech and Autonomous Navigation for the Mobile Robot of MAIA.- Applications.- Robot Welding of Tubes.- CAD for Robot Workcells in Battery Manufacturing.- An Automatic Control on Band Saw Tool Vibrations in the Primar Cutting Process.- Low Cost CAD/CAM-coupling Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Robotic Assembly.- Robots in Manufacturing Cells.- Scheduling in Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Supported through Cyclic Net Analysis.- Computer Aided Planning of Robotized Assembly Systems.- A User-friendly Software Tool for the Semiautomatic Design of Small Assembly Cells.- Data Structures and Procedures for Computer Representation of Robot Cells.- Robots in Testing.- Robot Guided Anthropoidic Measuring Device.- Circular Test: a New Method for Testing Industrial Robots.- A Low Cost Robot System for Stylus and Workpiece Manipulation in Computer Aided Quality Control.- Low Cost Automated Measuring System for Circularity Measurements.- Rationalization of the CAD Data Management in Quality Assurance Systems.- Various Aspects.- Modular Parallel Gripper System.- Robotics in Transportation.
