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Cooperating Robots for Flexible ManufacturingFlexible Cooperating Robots for Reconfigurable Shop Floor

Cooperating Robots for Flexible Manufacturing: Flexible Cooperating Robots for Reconfigurable... [Automated assembly lines consist of model specific machinery, which needs to be replaced upon a product’s change. The reconfiguration of an assembly cell is not possible if its resources have not been physically removed and replaced by new ones. Moreover, the control software needs manual reprogramming. This chapter elaborates on the concept of flexible assembly systems along with the methods for controlling them. Both hardware and software aspects are discussed. On the hardware side, a number of flexible robotic resources are presented, such as mobile robot arms as well as reconfigurable and exchangeable gripping tools. A software control framework is discussed, allowing for controlling the assembly system’s resources and enabling its autonomous operation. Multi criteria decision making is utilized to generate resources assignments which are then executed over a distributed communication architecture. The robotic resources can sense the environment, schedule and if necessary, reschedule their tasks and finally automatically execute their manufacturing operations. The method has been implemented on a software system via the Robot Operating System-ROS, along with the ontology technology. The robotic resources can cooperate and determine their course of actions. An example is provided involving the coordination of multiple robots and flexible grippers from the automotive industry.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Cooperating Robots for Flexible ManufacturingFlexible Cooperating Robots for Reconfigurable Shop Floor

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Springer International Publishing
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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
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978-3-030-51590-4
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35 –74
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10.1007/978-3-030-51591-1_2
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[Automated assembly lines consist of model specific machinery, which needs to be replaced upon a product’s change. The reconfiguration of an assembly cell is not possible if its resources have not been physically removed and replaced by new ones. Moreover, the control software needs manual reprogramming. This chapter elaborates on the concept of flexible assembly systems along with the methods for controlling them. Both hardware and software aspects are discussed. On the hardware side, a number of flexible robotic resources are presented, such as mobile robot arms as well as reconfigurable and exchangeable gripping tools. A software control framework is discussed, allowing for controlling the assembly system’s resources and enabling its autonomous operation. Multi criteria decision making is utilized to generate resources assignments which are then executed over a distributed communication architecture. The robotic resources can sense the environment, schedule and if necessary, reschedule their tasks and finally automatically execute their manufacturing operations. The method has been implemented on a software system via the Robot Operating System-ROS, along with the ontology technology. The robotic resources can cooperate and determine their course of actions. An example is provided involving the coordination of multiple robots and flexible grippers from the automotive industry.]

Published: Oct 1, 2020

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