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Application and Standardization Trend of Maintenance and Inspection Robot (MIR) in Nuclear Power Station
2017
DEStech Transactions on Engineering and Technology Research
This paper introduces the current research and application of Maintenance and Inspection Robot (MIR) in nuclear power system both at home and abroad, and then analyses the standardization development trend ...
With the continuous construction of nuclear power station and the great public attention to the nuclear safety, developing robot of nuclear power has played an important role in the nuclear industry. ...
Acknowledgements This work was financially supported by the Project of Feasibility study and demand analysis on robots in reactor application (No. 166612) in Reactor Engineering Research Department of ...
doi:10.12783/dtetr/ismii2017/16678
fatcat:xlowoxau5jbkbcztfeaxh3jpyu
The underwater swimming manipulator - a bio-inspired AUV
2016
2016 IEEE/OES Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV)
The successful transition to AUVs for inspection of subsea infrastructure has pushed the technology towards AUVs equipped with robotic arms. ...
Finally, we present and make use of a newly developed and versatile simulation environment for USMs to assert the applicability of the USM for performing subsea inspections and light intervention. ...
This combination gives a powerful and flexible way to experiment with different controllers, control parameters, and physical designs, e.g. number of links and various thruster configurations. ...
doi:10.1109/auv.2016.7778701
fatcat:6gdceinzvba5lcpad7qonycejy
Design and experimental validation of a simple controller for a multi-segment magnetic crawler robot
2015
Unmanned Systems Technology XVII
A novel, multi-segmented magnetic crawler robot has been designed for ship hull inspection. ...
The controller is designed and tested using Matlab Simulink. It is then implemented and tested on an early two-module magnetic crawler prototype robot. ...
Magnetic climbing robots for inspection of ferromagnetic surfaces have been designed and tested. ...
doi:10.1117/12.2179193
fatcat:r3tbsi5nvba5faz7afvkkqnoym
Detection of Landmines Using Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance (NQR): Signal Processing to Aid Classification
[chapter]
2006
Climbing and Walking Robots
Abstract In this paper, we present control system which is named "Multi-level Control System of a Manipulator for Laparoscopy. This system is a result of cooperation between the ...
higher-level commands from the ground control and transforms these into low-level commands controlling the motors and gears of the joints of the robot arm. ...
Peristaltic locomotion: application to a worm-like robot
Abstract New solutions in explorative and service robotics are required in many application fields, e.g. medical and inspection/maintenance/rescue ...
doi:10.1007/3-540-26415-9_100
dblp:conf/clawar/SomasundaramASS05
fatcat:4vu25zlx65dszgbcxkusxozfve
Autonomous robots for harsh environments: a holistic overview of current solutions and ongoing challenges
2018
Systems Science & Control Engineering
2018) Autonomous robots for harsh environments : a holistic overview of current solutions and ongoing challenges. Systems Science and Control Engineering, 6 (1). ...
Robots of different characteristics and designs are required to perform different tasks within these environments. ...
Conversely, single UAV systems have been developed for the purpose of reliable internal (sub)-surface inspections of pressure vessels, tanks and other interior features. ...
doi:10.1080/21642583.2018.1477634
fatcat:pkbtyuyy7vaizbuzkmsxs56lg4
Motion Planning and Iterative Learning Control of a Modular Soft Robotic Snake
2020
Frontiers in Robotics and AI
Snake robotics is an important research topic with a wide range of applications, including inspection in confined spaces, search-and-rescue, and disaster response. ...
This paper combines soft mobile robot modeling, proprioceptive feedback control, and motion planning to pave the way for functional soft robotic snake autonomy. ...
IIS-1551219 and CMMI-1728412. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF. ...
doi:10.3389/frobt.2020.599242
pmid:33501359
pmcid:PMC7805722
fatcat:5rrebu5k6fhmfgzjiz6ng435r4
An overview of robotics and autonomous systems for harsh environments
2017
2017 23rd International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC)
Across a wide range of industries and applications, robotics and autonomous systems can fulfil the crucial and challenging tasks such as inspection, exploration, monitoring, drilling, sampling and mapping ...
Hence, a wide range of robots have been developed and deployed to replace or aid humans in these activities. ...
[36] discussed the locomotion control behind a modular snake robot, which was composed of multiple identical modules connected by joints. ...
doi:10.23919/iconac.2017.8082020
dblp:conf/iconac/WongYYG17
fatcat:dgulqodjdnaxhbdapocu6skfve
2021 Index IEEE Transactions on Robotics Vol. 37
2021
IEEE Transactions on robotics
The primary entry includes the coauthors' names, the title of the paper or other item, and its location, specified by the publication abbreviation, year, month, and inclusive pagination. ...
Departments and other items may also be covered if they have been judged to have archival value. The Author Index contains the primary entry for each item, listed under the first author's name. ...
Li, M., Pose Estimation for Ground Implementing Rat-Like Motion for a Small-Sized Biomimetic Robot Based on Extraction of Key Movement Joints. ...
doi:10.1109/tro.2022.3141270
fatcat:wbcpmrap6ndprec2gtu7m2yhmy
The Underwater Swimming Manipulator—A Bioinspired Solution for Subsea Operations
2018
IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering
A kinematic and a dynamic model of the USM is derived for the purpose of designing control algorithms, and selected task based control approaches are presented, based on inverse kinematic control. ...
In this paper, we discuss the most important applications for the USM and the main challenges related to modelling, guidance, and control of this innovative vehicle. ...
The USM is a snake-like, multi-body robotic mechanism consisting of serially connected links, equipped with longitudinal thrusters and tunnel thrusters along the body. ...
doi:10.1109/joe.2017.2768108
fatcat:aumdby6lifcr3ks5oj4vrheegi
Biologically Inspired Robots
[chapter]
2007
Bioinspiration and Robotics Walking and Climbing Robots
Certainly an amphibious robot can be designed with legs or without, but an advantage of an amphibious snake-like robot is that a similar control system can be used to regulate motion in water and on land ...
More recent robots use a more flexible control system that allows independent movement of the legs of the robot when this is desirable (e.g., Arena et al., 2002 Arena et al., , 2004)) , leading to a flexible ...
Biologically Inspired Robots, Bioinspiration and Robotics Walking and Climbing Robots, Maki K. ...
doi:10.5772/5506
fatcat:lfmthsi4mngfldxiaiizyvi2ee
Medical Technologies and Challenges of Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Intervention and Diagnostics
2018
Annual Review of Control Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Works on modeling, sensing and control of mechanical architectures of robots for natural orifice and single port access surgery are discussed, followed by a presentation of works on magnetic actuation, ...
Robotics for natural orifice and single port access surgery, capsule and magnetically actuated robotics and microrobotics are discussed with the aim of elucidating the state of the art. ...
The opinions expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not represent the National Science Foundation. ...
doi:10.1146/annurev-control-060117-104956
fatcat:irytnewgcremjdk66a3slwwd6q
Development of a Novel Miniaturized Electromagnetic Actuator for a Modular Serial Manipulator
2021
Actuators
Thus, our actuator achieves a torque of 100 mNm at simulation and 80 mNm through experimentation for the same applied current. ...
As an example application, we used a pair of our EMA in order to generate a miniaturized 4-DOF robotic manipulator. ...
Conflicts of Interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest. ...
doi:10.3390/act10010014
fatcat:jgqphm4upvfodb7ghuiku446ou
Applications of micromechatronics in minimally invasive surgery
1998
IEEE/ASME transactions on mechatronics
The authors' millirobotic system for MIS of the abdomen is used as an example. ...
Key needs and applications in MIS are identified, and relevant technologies, methods, and systems issues in mechatronics are discussed. ...
CONTROL AND SYSTEMS
A. Control Some large-scale applications of robotics in surgery require the robot to act with a degree of autonomy. ...
doi:10.1109/3516.662866
fatcat:ji7va7q2ere5vepifeim6tauk4
Medical telerobotic systems: current status and future trends
2016
BioMedical Engineering OnLine
A thorough insight of telerobotics systems discussing design concepts, enabling technologies (namely robotic manipulation, telecommunications, and vision systems), and potential applications in clinical ...
Telerobotic systems are further categorized with respect to their application field. For the reviewed systems are also examined their engineering characteristics and the employed robotics technology. ...
Availability of data and supporting materials No data or other supporting materials exist relevant to this work that could be made publicly available. ...
doi:10.1186/s12938-016-0217-7
pmid:27520552
pmcid:PMC4983067
fatcat:4tsn4wjkdnbzrjyinciz2shlnu
2021 Index IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters Vol. 6
2021
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
The primary entry includes the coauthors' names, the title of the paper or other item, and its location, specified by the publication abbreviation, year, month, and inclusive pagination. ...
Departments and other items may also be covered if they have been judged to have archival value. The Author Index contains the primary entry for each item, listed under the first author's name. ...
Design and Evaluation of a Foot-Controlled Robotic System for Endoscopic Surgery. ...
doi:10.1109/lra.2021.3119726
fatcat:lsnerdofvveqhlv7xx7gati2xu
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