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C OBOTS
D EVELOPMENT
06_ TRI teaches mobile manipulator for
household use with VR, simulation
10 _ DHL on the state of warehouse robotics
14 _ Robotics and 5G enable remote surgeries in China
18 _ 5 design process elements for successful
robot production
M OBILE ROBOTS
22 _ 6 River Systems acquisition: Mobile robots
optimize internal logistics
32 _ 6 trends to watch in autonomous mobile robots S OFTWARE
38 _ OpenAI teaches robot hand to single-handedly
solve Rubik’s Cube
42 _ How the power of cloud computing benefits robotics
52 _ When will high-DOF robot arms matter? 56 _ UR5 cobot makes automation a snap at Zippertubing
60 _ Surgical system uses KUKA cobot for
sensitive precision
M OTION CONTROL
64 _ Examining motion control at the Healthcare
Robotics Engineering Forum
66 _ Consider your environment when designing or selecting robot joints
a must in new economy
28 _ Ford Spain uses MiR mobile robots to
E XOSKELETONS
74 _ Designing lightweight, upper-body exoskeletons E ND EFFECTORS
80 _ Grippers grow with collaborative robotics market
86 _ How to design precise parallel grippers for cobots S ENSING/VISION
90 _ 6 common mistakes when setting up
safety laser scanners
96 _ Cleo Robotics compact drone taking on dangerous jobs
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