ABSTRACT The World Robot Summit (WRS) is a robotic 'challenge and
exposition'organized by the Japanese government to accelerate social implementation …

Today's robotics involves a large range of knowledge and skills across many disciplines.
This issue has recently come to light as robotics competitions attract more talented teams to …

This article develops a mechanical screwing tool and its manipulation policies for two-finger
parallel robotic grippers. The tool is based on a combined scissor-like element (SLE) and …

Existing rotated object detection methods usually use angular parameters to represent the
object orientation. However, due to the symmetry and periodicity of these angular …

The rapid deployment of intelligent robots to perform service tasks has become an
increasingly complex challenge for researchers due to the number of disciplines and skills …

ABSTRACT A task-board task is a task in which robots perform a set of fundamental
assembly operations related to the assembly of a specific product such as inserting a part …

The Industrial Assembly Challenge at the World Robot Summit 2020 was a competition
showcasing the latest technologies in robot assembly tasks. Teams had two days to set up …

This paper presented a regrasp planning method to eliminate grasp uncertainty while
considering the geometric constraints of a fixture. The method automatically finds the Stable …

This thesis focuses on designing mechanical tools for two-finger parallel grippers and
enabling robots to manipulate various parts for assembly tasks. The manipulation ability of a …

This paper develops a mechanical tool as well as its manipulation policies for 2-finger
parallel robotic grippers. It primarily focuses on a mechanism that converts the gripping …