Ratchatin Chancharoen

With the advancements in robotics, industrial companies have heavily invested in research and development of flexible robotic manipulators that offer improved productivity and help to meet the increasing demand of manufacturing [1]. Traditionally, heavy rigid manipulators were deployed in the assembly lines for many tasks including pick and place, welding, and track-tracking [2].

This is an early access version, the complete PDF, HTML, and XML versions will be available soon. Open AccessArticle by Kantawatchr Chaiprabha and Ratchatin Chancharoen * Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.