Coordinated Research in Robotics and Integrated Manufacturing.
Abstract
The research procured under this contract is oriented toward the understanding and development of the flexible robot based manufacturing cells or islands which will increasingly become a basic blocks for the building of modern parts production and assembly facilities. Present work spans a hierarchy of sub-systems oriented toward the development and integration of high performance manipulators into flexible manufacturing cells. These subsystems may be divided into several levels of abstraction: Level 1: The mechanical structure and low-level (small time-constant) control of high-performance manipulators; The sensor sub-systems (force, tactile, thermal, and vision); Computer architecture and languages which form the basis of robot systems and manufacturing cells; Level 2: Integration of mechanical structure, computer system and sensor to form flexible robot systems; Level 3: The integration of systems with production and assembly machines and information contained in the manufacturer's computer-aided design database; and Level 4: Integration of the factory-wide distributed database which is central to the design, production and business functions of manufacturing.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 31, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADA137042
Entities
People
- D. E. Atkins
- R. A. Volz
Organizations
- University of Michigan