Robotics and automation

B. Grocholsky, A. Makarenko, and H. Durrant-Whyte, Information-theoretic coordinated control of multiple sensor platforms, in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Taipei, Taiwan, September 2003, pp. 1521-1526. 

Owens, Ken, and Larry Matthies. Passive Night Vision Sensor Comparison for Unmanned Ground Vehicle Stereo Vision Navigtaion, in proceedings from the International Conference on Robotics and Automation. IEEE, 122—131,2000. 

Laboratory robotics is not an outgrowth of classical industrial robotics (manufacturing robotics). Developed independently, it focuses on the chemical process rather than on robotic hardware development. However, much of the technology that was previously developed and tested for industrial automation has found uses in laboratory robotics. Also, some classical terms are routinely used in connection with laboratory robotics and laboratory automation. By 1994, robotics had seemingly reached maturity, so a specific nomenclature for laboratory robotics and automation was issued by lUPAC [2,3]. Some of lUPAC s recommended terms are general and require the word robot or robotics for specific use (e.g. in controlled-path robots , corrosion-resistant robots , feedback in robotics , accuracy in robotics ) others are characteristic of robotic technology (e.g. arm , articulate structure , flexible automation , manipulator ). 

M. Herman and J.S. Albus, Overview of the Multiple Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Project, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Philadelphia, PA, 1988... 

Robotics and automated process development are emerging as efficient tools for optimization [28, 29]. The ease of running large numbers of experiments will allow more investigators to take advantage of DOE to optimize experiments efficiently [30],... 

Production Test methods and sensors Increased applications for robotics and automation Improved sensing technologies and portability Technologies to insure performance requirements Nondestructive test methods... 

H.M. Kingston, M.L. Kingston, Nomenclature in laboratory robotics and automation (IUPAC recommendations 1994), J. Autom. Chem. 16 (1994) 43. 

S. Murata, H. Kurokawa, and S. Kokaji. Self-assembling machine. In Proc. IEEE international conference on robotics and automation (ICRA94). San Diego, CA (1994). 

Actually synthesis steps performed in HT equipment are often better reproducible than manual experiments in the laboratory, which is due to the very precise workflow of the used robots and automated synthesizers. From that it can be concluded, that HTE can substitute standard laboratory synthesis. This is true until powders or small granules have to be processed. So far no solutions for HT spray drying, grinding, sieving, agglomerating, and shaping processes exist The other common unit operations are implemented reproducible on the HT level. 

The R D process is benefitting from the expanding knowledge base, and from the increasing contributions from robotics and automation, informatics and bioinformatics, equipment development, and tire outsourcing of key processes and consolidation of the regulatory environment. 

The use of fluorescent detection, combined with robotics and automated data analysis pipelines, facilitate highly automated, high-throughput genotyping platforms, resulting in thousands of genotypes per day at a relatively low cost. 

To understand the principal terminology for computer systems and the meaning of robotics and automation. 

Rabelo, L., Yih, Y, Jones, A., and Tsai, J. (1993), Intelligent Scheduling for Flexible Manufacturing Systems, in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 3, pp. 810-815. 

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