a programmable machine equipped with sensing capabilities used in production environments. Robots are used in automatic assembly and automated handling situations.
Wiktionary Definition for: Robot
A mechanical or virtual, artificial agent.
An electro-mechanical system, which, by its appearance or movements, conveys a sense that it has intent or agency of its own.
A machine which is anthropomorphic or zoomorphic in shape or scope of function.
A communicative robot -BUGNOID- which integrates various sensory data and behavior modules is introduced with some experimental results. To achieve flexible communication with humans, the robot has a multi-modal interface with diverse channels of communication. Moreover, the robot can create an environmental map and recognize its environment taking human behavior...
This white paper deals with the novel planar robot that is used to demonstrate that large numbers of axes are not required for effective manipulation, and that there can be strong advantages to eliminating excess degrees-of-freedom. This robot combines sub-micron precision with a meter-sized workspace, motions with velocities above 1...
This white paper makes use of simple models to study how leg motions affect body attitude configuration for high centered robot. Legged robots offer rough terrain mobility, but sometimes conventional legged locomotion may fail, for example, when the robot gets stuck on a rock, and no leg has contact with...
Isaac Asimov, the science-fiction writer who first coined the term "robotics," would be impressed had he lived to see a new development from Honda: a robot that walks in very much the same manner as a human being. Honda designed its Model P3 robot after doing much research on human...
YPSILANTI, Mich. -- This year, OSHA has two speakers at the National Robot Safety Conference XVII in Ypsilanti, Michigan Metro Detroit. Compliance Officer, Aaron Priddy, leads a Machine Tool Safety workshop, and John Washam of OSHA leads a session on how the robot safety standard is applied by this agency....
BURLINGTON, Mass. -- iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ:IRBT) today announced a new addition to its family of home robots, the iRobotR Dirt DogTM Workshop Robot. The rugged robot is designed to pick up small nails, dirt, sawdust and other debris that accumulates in garages, basements and workbench zones. Priced at $129.99, the...
This white paper presents a method for computing energy optimal trajectories for an over actuated wheeled robot under quasistatic conditions, enabling it to climb over discontinuous terrain. The paper applies approach to control the Goes-Over-All-Terrain GOAT vehicle to define a continuous space of possible robot configurations as well as discrete...
AIBO wasn't at the recent Robot & Vision Show in Detroit, but that may be because it's a sophisticated entertainment robot, not a work robot. Introduced by Sony Corp. for Internet sales, both in Japan and the U.S., the autonomous, four-legged rob AIBO wasn't at the...
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- KUKA Robotics Corporation, a leading global manufacturer of industrial robots, today announced it has been selected by C.M.H. Manufacturing of Lubbock, Texas to provide 7 axis robot for aluminum ladling applications. The 6-axis KUKA robot is fitted with an end of arm tool to create a...
This white paper project describes a wireless application that allows remote control of a robot. The application adopts an object-oriented philosophy in which every robot is a device represented by an object. The application runs in a PC with a web server. The interface is done using common Java GUI's.
Wittmann touting sprue-picker robot A hand-held pendant runs the W601 sprue-picker robot from Wittmann Robot & Automation Systems Inc. of Torrington, Conn. A cable track supports air and electrical lines on the robot, eliminating air-hose Wittmann touting sprue-picker...
Oct. 30--SONY'S UPGRADED ROBOT DOG OFFERS ADVANCED FEATURES: Sony has new pet robot dog on the market. Oct. 30--SONY'S UPGRADED ROBOT DOG OFFERS ADVANCED FEATURES: Sony has new pet robot dog on the market.
A magnetic resonance MR compatible surgical assist robot system under preclinical evaluation is described. It is designed to coexist, and cooperate, with a surgeon, and to position and direct an axisymmetric tool, such as a laser pointer or a biopsy catheter. The main mechanical body is located above the head...
At 1/4-cubic-inch and weighing less than 1 ounce, this mini-robot from the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories may be the smallest autonomous untethered robot ever created. Powered by three watch batteries, it rides on track wheels and consists of an 8K ROM processor, temperature sensor and two motors that...
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- KUKA Robotics Corporation, a leading global manufacturer of industrial robots, today announced it has signed Deaton Engineering of Georgetown, Texas as its newest system partner. The partnership will provide customers with a new robot application bundle that includes a KUKA robot and Deaton Engineering's new secure...
General Motors Controls, Robotics and Welding CRW organization (Warren, MI) has donated the original prototype Programmable Universal Machine for Assembly PUMA robot to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History (Washington, DC). It joins a distinguished collection of historically important robots that includes an early Unimate and the Odetics...
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