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User-friendly task level programming based on an online walk-through teaching approach

Publicated to: Industrial Robot-The International Journal of Robotics Research and Application. 43 (2): 153-163 - 2016-03-21 43(2), DOI: 10.1108/IR-05-2015-0103

Authors:

Brunete, Alberto; Mateo, Carlos; Gambao, Ernesto; Hernando, Miguel; Koskinen, Jukka; Ahola, Jari M; Seppala, Tuomas; Heikkila, Tapio
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Affiliations

Finland Ltd, VTT Tech Res Ctr, Oulu, Finland - Author
Robótica y Cibernética. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Ctr Automat & Robot, Madrid, Spain - Author
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Abstract

Purpose - This paper aims to propose a new technique for programming robotized machining tasks based on intuitive human-machine interaction. This will enable operators to create robot programs for small-batch production in a fast and easy way, reducing the required time to accomplish the programming tasks. Design/methodology/approach - This technique makes use of online walk-through path guidance using an external force/torque sensor, and simple and intuitive visual programming, by a demonstration method and symbolic task-level programming. Findings - Thanks to this technique, the operator can easily program robots without learning every robot-specific language and can design new tasks for industrial robots based on manual guidance. Originality/value - The main contribution of the paper is a new procedure to program machining tasks based on manual guidance (walk-through teaching method) and user-friendly visual programming. Up to now, the acquisition of paths and the task programming were done in separate steps and in separate machines. The authors propose a procedure for using a tablet as the only user interface to acquire paths and to make a program to use this path for machining tasks.
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Keywords

HmiIndustrial manipulatorsManual guidanceRoboticsTeaching paths

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Industrial Robot-The International Journal of Robotics Research and Application due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2016, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Control and Systems Engineering. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q4 for the agency WoS (JCR) in the category Robotics.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-25:

  • WoS: 11
  • Scopus: 19
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-25:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 28.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 28 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 6.

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/90886/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 110
  • Downloads: 1
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Finland.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (BRUNETE GONZALEZ, ALBERTO) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been GAMBAO GALAN, ERNESTO.

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Awards linked to the item

The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement no 314739 (Hephestos).
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