Assembly Automation: Volume 23 Issue 1
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The international journal of assembly technology and managementTable of contents
Guidelines for the design of robotic gripping systems
Greg CauseyThis paper describes guidelines for the design of grippers for use in modular manufacturing workcells. Gripper design is an important and often overlooked aspect of the design of…
PalletPicker‐3D, the solution for picking of randomly placed parts
Henrik SaldnerIt is now possible to pick randomly placed parts from a bin automatically. SVIA have developed a patented bin‐picking system that is general and easy for the operator to teach. It…
GM creates flexible assembly line at its Ellesmere Port plant in the UK
Anna KochanGM's Vauxhall plant at Ellesmere Port is now building not only the Astra model but also the Vectra. Turning this plant into a flex plant that was also lean and efficient involved…
Breaking the bond
Anna KochanThis paper outlines a new technology for creating adhesive bonds that can be broken at end‐of‐life. Also describes its potential application in the automotive industry…
Intelligent picking of chaotically stored objects
Rolf Dieter Schraft, Thomas LedermannA robot system for the intelligent picking of chaotically stored objects by the analysis of depth data is presented in this research article. This “bin‐picking” enables the…
Designing for task oriented grasps in robotic assembly
Gordon Lowe, Bijan ShirinzadehThe objective is to develop a flexible robot assembly system capable of economically switching between a wide range of product assemblies. Towards this goal, this paper introduces…
Laser ranging and video imaging for bin picking
Faysal Boughorbel, Yan Zhang, Sangkyu Kang, Umayal Chidambaram, Besma Abidi, Andreas Koschan, Mongi AbidiThis paper describes an imaging system that was developed to aid industrial bin picking tasks. The purpose of this system was to provide accurate 3D models of parts and objects in…
UDP/IP based distributed control for a hydraulic valve
Donal Heffernan, Don MurphyThe hardware and software development of a remotely controlled hydraulic valve assembly is described. The valve becomes a dedicated server in a distributed control environment…
Simulation modelling in virtual manufacturing analysis for integrated product and process design
Danny S.K. ChanThis paper presents the work on the implementation of developing graphical simulation models. The work of development emphasises the integrated approach in the product and process…
Force‐guided robot in automated assembly of mobile phone
Kong Suh Chin, Mani Maran Ratnam, Rajeswari MandavaThis paper describes how force‐guided robot can be implemented in the automated assembly of mobile phone. A case study was carried out to investigate the assembly operations and…
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0144-5154Renamed to:
Robotic Intelligence and AutomationOnline date, start – end:
1980 – 2022Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedEditor:
- Prof Hong Qiao