Loading [a11y]/accessibility-menu.js
Mobile manipulator is coming to aerospace manufacturing industry | IEEE Conference Publication | IEEE Xplore

Mobile manipulator is coming to aerospace manufacturing industry


Abstract:

Industrial robots, that are designed to carry out operations fast, repeatedly and accurately, usually have been fixed to one physical location and manipulate objects on t...Show More

Abstract:

Industrial robots, that are designed to carry out operations fast, repeatedly and accurately, usually have been fixed to one physical location and manipulate objects on the assembly line. However, for several industrial applications, particularly for the applications involving large part manufacturing such as aerospace industry or shipbuilding industry, large parts are worked on in a stationary production cell. In such a production environment, specialized, stationary robotic systems are not economical and a mobile manipulator is desirable. In this paper, we present the systematic architecture designed for a mobile manipulator working together with human co-workers in an unstructured environment. We detail hardware specification of robot as well as software architectures under consideration of safety, efficiency and load balance issues of industrial robotics, in particular for the aerospace manufacturing industry. A configurable graphical user interface has also been presented to test and validate our system design. Two commonly existing exemplary tasks in aerospace manufacturing industry - sealant applying and visual inspection, have been discussed within this systematic architecture.
Date of Conference: 16-18 October 2014
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 13 November 2014
ISBN Information:
Conference Location: Timisoara, Romania

Contact IEEE to Subscribe

References

References is not available for this document.