From car manufacturing to production of niche products, welding is one of the most widespread and successful applications of industrial robotics. This book is an overview of robotic welding at the beginning of this century. The last few years-worth of evolution in robotic welding are described, illustrating their rapid innovations and featuring: Welding Technology;Sensors and Sensing Techniques;Industrial robotic welding systems; andActual industrial application of modern-day robotic welding techniques. Containing worked examples and problems, this book will be of value to students of robotics and manufacturing engineering who wish to understand the latest robot welding technologies while also being a useful reference for active researchers and those working in industry. The book signposts future developments and aims to give readers the information they need to contribute to the next wave of development in the area of manufacturing technology.

Industrial Robots Programming focuses on designing and building robotic manufacturing cells, and explores the capabilities of todaya (TM)s industrial equipment as well as the latest computer and software technologies. Special attention is given to the input devices and systems that create efficient human-machine interfaces, and how they help non-technical personnel perform necessary programming, control, and supervision tasks.

Drawing upon years of practical experience and using numerous examples and illustrative applications, J. Norberto Pires covers robotics programming as it applies to:

• The current industrial robotic equipment including manipulators, control systems, and programming environments.
  
• Software interfaces that can be used to develop distributed industrial manufacturing cells and techniques which can be used to build interfaces between robots and computers.
  
• Real-world applications with examples designed and implemented recently in the lab.

This book is supported by a website http: //robotics.dem.uc.pt/indrobprog that includes software code for the examples presented, various software applications developed by the author and videos of all examples presented and discussed.

This book, a unique text on robotics and welding, will be bought by graduate students, and researchers and practitioners in robotics and manufacturing.

Industrial Robots Programming focuses on designing and building robotic manufacturing cells, and explores the capabilities of today s industrial equipment as well as the latest computer and software technologies. Special attention is given to the input devices and systems that create efficient human-machine interfaces, and how they help non-technical personnel perform necessary programming, control, and supervision tasks.

Drawing upon years of practical experience and using numerous examples and illustrative applications, J. Norberto Pires covers robotics programming as it applies to: The current industrial robotic equipment including manipulators, control systems, and programming environments.
Software interfaces that can be used to develop distributed industrial manufacturing cells and techniques which can be used to build interfaces between robots and computers.
Real-world applications with examples designed and implemented recently in the lab.

This book is supported by a website http: //robotics.dem.uc.pt/indrobprog that includes software code for the examples presented, various software applications developed by the author and videos of all examples presented and discussed.

For more information about Industrial Robotics, please find the author's Industrial Robotics collection at the iTunesU University of Coimbra channel at the following link: http: //itunes.apple.com/itunes-u/id413183592

"