In recent years, however, a new kind of robotic weld cell has hit the market: autonomous robotic welding—where (grossly oversimplified) the robot “looks” at the part, then starts to weld. Alex Burnham ...

In this brief, robot-environment interaction control problem of n-link robotic manipulator system without force sensors is investigated. At first, a novel sliding mode (SM) based two-layer adaptive ...

Miller Electric Mfg. LLC, a leading worldwide manufacturer of arc welding products, announces the release of its OptX™ 2kW handheld laser welder, cutting-edg ...

Focused on the scientific issues of collision avoidance and compliant operation of physical human-robot interaction (pHRI) systems, this paper proposes a reinforcement learning (RL) strategy based on ...

As part of Disneyland's 70th anniversary, the company will introduce an animatronic of Walt Disney. But his granddaughter Joanna Miller believes the figure will do more harm than good.

If you’re in the business of oxyfuel cutting, heating, or welding, gas control devices are essential to your operation. Understanding the following about regulators, flowmeters, and adjacent products ...

HOUSTON—Shipyards depend on an army of skilled welders to build aircraft carriers, container ships, ferries, tankers, submarines and other vessels. However, like all industries, they are facing a ...