Authors:
Andreas Angerer
1
;
Michael Vistein
1
;
Alwin Hoffmann
1
;
Wolfgang Reif
1
;
Florian Krebs
2
and
Manfred Schönheits
2
Affiliations:
1
University of Augsburg, Germany
;
2
Center for Lightweight Production Technology, Institute of Structures and Design and German Aerospace Center, Germany
Keyword(s):
Cooperating Robots, Industrial Automation and Robotics, Robot Programming, Modelling and Simulation.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Engineering Applications
;
Industrial Automation and Robotics
;
Industrial Engineering
;
Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics
;
Intelligent Control Systems and Optimization
;
Modeling, Simulation and Architectures
;
Robotics and Automation
;
Signal Processing, Sensors, Systems Modeling and Control
Abstract:
Multi-functional robot cells will play an important role in smart factories of the future. Equipped with flexible
toolings, teams of robots will be able to realize manufacturing processes with growing complexity. However, to
efficiently support small batch sizes and a multitude of process variants, powerful software tools are required.
This paper illustrates the challenges that developers face in multi-functional robot cells, using the example of
CFRP production. The vision of a new programming environment for such future flexible automation systems
is sketched.