Robotics in Alpe-Adria Region: Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop (RAA ’93), June 1993, Krems, Austria

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Robotics Research in Austria....Pages 1-7
Considerations on Objectives, Tasks, and Organisation of Alpe-Adria Centre for Robotics and Automation....Pages 8-12
Advanced Control Concepts for Industrial Robots....Pages 13-23
IMProvement in Automation and Control Technology A Joint European initiative....Pages 24-28
Research Activities in Robotics at RISC-Linz....Pages 29-33
Applied Robotics Group Research Activities at the ITIA-Institute for Industrial Technologies and Automation of CNR....Pages 34-38
Robotic Research at the Scientific Academy of Lower Austria....Pages 39-43
Robot Wrist Configurations, Mechanisms and Kinematics....Pages 44-48
Parallel Evaluation of Robot Kinematic Transformations....Pages 49-53
Robot Arm Modelling and Control....Pages 54-58
Dynamic Model of a Mobile Robot for Analyzing End-effector Deviations Caused from Ground Unevenness....Pages 59-63
Considerations for the Construction of Lightweight Robots....Pages 64-68
Design and Construction of a Modular Robot with Eulerian Joints....Pages 69-73
Design of SCARA robot....Pages 74-78
Design Measures for Lightweight Industrial Robots....Pages 79-83
Designing Manipulators for a Robotized Manufacturing....Pages 84-88
Optimal Stochastic Design of a Parallel Robot for Tolerance....Pages 89-93
USIS — An advanced 3D-Robot Simulation System....Pages 94-98
Emulation of Articulated Robots....Pages 99-103
ALMORO — Symbolic Robot Dynamics Customizer....Pages 104-107
Techniques to Improve the Performances of an Industrial SCARA Robot....Pages 108-112
Experimental Multiprocessor Robot Controller....Pages 113-117
Implementation of a Low Cost Robot Controller PC-ROBOCONT on Hydraulic Robot for Spray Painting G-201....Pages 118-122
Robust Adaptive Lyapunov-Based Robot Control....Pages 123-127
Stability of Hybrid Position/Force Control Scheme During Free Motion....Pages 128-132
Recognition of Three-Dimensional Objects Using Two-Dimensional Subspaces Gained by Intersections....Pages 133-137
Multi-sensor Technique for Increasing Intelligence of Assembly Robots....Pages 138-142
Design of a Planetary Leg Mechanism Using Chebyshev’s Optimization Method....Pages 143-147
A New Hybrid Locomotion Mobile Robot for Semi-structured Environments....Pages 148-152
Commanding a Robot by Voice: Speech and Autonomous Navigation for the Mobile Robot of MAIA....Pages 153-157
Robot Welding of Tubes....Pages 158-162
CAD for Robot Workcells in Battery Manufacturing....Pages 163-167
An Automatic Control on Band Saw Tool Vibrations in the Primar Cutting Process....Pages 168-172
Low-cost CAD/CAM-coupling Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Robotic Assembly....Pages 173-177
Scheduling in Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Supported through Cyclic Net Analysis....Pages 178-182
Computer Aided Planning of Robotized Assembly Systems....Pages 183-187
A user-friendly Software Tool for the semiautomatic Design of small Assembly Cells....Pages 188-192
Data Structures and Procedures for Computer Representation of Robot Cells....Pages 193-197
Robot Guided Anthropoidic Measuring Device....Pages 198-202
Circular Test: A new method for testing Industrial Robots....Pages 203-207
A low cost robot system for stylus and workpiece manipulation in computer aided quality control....Pages 208-212
Low Cost Automated Measuring System For Circularity Measurements....Pages 213-216
Rationalization of the CAD Data Management in Quality Assurance Systems....Pages 217-220
Modular Parallel Gripper System....Pages 221-225
Robotics in Transportation....Pages 226-230