Autonomous Manufacturing of Composite Parts by a Multi-Robot System

Intelligent Selective Compliance Articulated Robot Arm robot with object recognition in a multi-agent manufacturing system

“…Image processing and communication are handled using Cþþ multithread program and TCP/IP protocol. A method using a stereovision system attached to the robot is used for providing measurements of calibration points in space by Š vaco et al 27 An embedded cognitive and self-learning stereo-vision system that can be used to locate a robot's position with respect to the workplace is proposed by Cristalli et al 28 Schuster et al 29 suggest an autonomous multirobot for the manufacturing of aerospace structures. The system is set by combining computer vision, manual processes, and generic process execution in one system.…”

Research toward IoT and Robotics in Intelligent Manufacturing: A Survey

“…A common model needs to be established describing how a task will be executed in a collaborative manner. Once the robots have acquired the relevant features of manufacturing model, like tasks, their positions and contours, the sequence of torques to be applied on the joints can be calculated via inverse kinematics, enables a collaborative flexible manufacturing assembly station while supporting dynamic re-scheduling of manufacturing operations towards an adaptive and more efficient execution of the production schedule [16].…”

Collaborative Systems, Operation and Task of the Manufacturing Execution Systems in the 21st Century Industry

“…Schuster et al [16] examined manufacturing problems with production cells used in the aerospace industry. The structures used here have to withstand heavy mechanical stress, which requires the use of special materials such as Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics (CFRP) or Fiber Metal Laminates (FML).…”

“…For this reason, the study examines an autonomous multi -robot pick -and -place process in an airframe manufacturing cell with steps of picking, transfer, dropping and post -drop treatment, that can be apply in MES and ERP for aerospace industry enterprises. According to Schuster et al [16] for industrial robots, the biggest difficulty is that in the aerospace industry, the diversity of components made of the same material is so large that the time spent on teaching efforts can exceed the production time of parts. The industry already uses advanced solutions such as Delmia Robotic Simulation or Process Simulate software, but they can only be used within certain limits.…”

“…• Schuster et al [16] emphasize that cameras can be mounted on a robot, or define a logical relationship between a robot and a camera, which increases the flexibility of the system and facilitates data collection for optimalization for MES and ERP. The overall structure of the system for four robots and cameras is shown in Fig.…”