CAD/CAM Robotics and Factories of the Future: Volume III: Robotics and Plant Automation

Front Matter....Pages I-XXII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Automated Manufacturing Project: Understanding Management’s Concern....Pages 3-7
Strategic Planning for the Factory of the Future....Pages 8-11
Human Performance in Man-Robot System....Pages 15-20
Review of Determining/Optimizing a Robot’s Process Capability....Pages 21-26
Automated Data Collection Workstation for Inventory Management....Pages 27-31
Investigation of Computer-Aided Control of a Waterjet Robotic Workcell....Pages 32-36
Automatic Decentralized Allocation of AGVs in a Cellular System....Pages 37-41
Implementing a Transition Manager in the AMRF Cell Controller....Pages 42-46
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
Investigation of Automatic Assembly Methods....Pages 49-53
The Interrelationship of Parts Classification and Gripper Design for Automated Assembly....Pages 54-58
CARA — The Next Generation....Pages 59-63
Pin Assembly by Robot....Pages 64-69
Automated Robotic Cell Configuration for Electronics Assembly....Pages 70-74
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
ADAR: A New Vision of Tasks Programming for Robotized Industrial Workcell....Pages 77-81
Robot Systems Software....Pages 82-88
The Simulation of a Manufacturing Cell....Pages 89-94
GROSS — Graphic Robot Simulation System....Pages 95-99
Kinematic Simulation of Robotic Systems....Pages 100-104
Simulation of Compliant Motions with Uncertainty....Pages 105-110
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
A New Departure in Programmable Robotic Manipulators....Pages 113-119
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Tunnel Following Problem of an Autonomous LHD Vehicle Operating in an Underground Mine....Pages 120-124
A Robot Kinematic Gripper....Pages 125-131
A Kinematic Study of a Robot and a Dextrous Hand....Pages 132-138
Inverse Kinematic Analysis of Moving Base Robot with Redundant Degrees of Freedom....Pages 139-143
Real-Time Obstacle Avoidance for Fast Mobile Robots....Pages 144-148
Modeling, Trajectory Coordination, Control and Simulation of the Multiarm System....Pages 149-154
Dynamic Characteristics of a PUMA 560 Manipulator, and a Complementary Tracking Control Strategy....Pages 155-159
Kinematic Model Sensitivity to Geometrical Parameters Errors and its Impact on Robot Precision....Pages 160-165
Flexible Manufacturing Using Modular Robotic Wrists....Pages 166-170
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
3-D Modeling for Robotic Tactile Object Recognition....Pages 173-177
An Imaging Proximity Sensor for Robotic Inspection and Assembly....Pages 178-182
A Sensor System for Determining Position and Orientation of Robot Targets....Pages 183-187
Learning Shape Features Using a Binary Tree Classifier....Pages 188-192
Measurement System for Testing Magnetic Parameters of Thin Amorphous Ribbons and Metrologic Parameters of Displacement Sensor Using Amorphous Ribbons....Pages 193-197
An Experimental Autonomous Articulated Robot that can Learn....Pages 198-208
Development of 3-D Imaging Systems for Postal Automation....Pages 209-216
Mailpiece Manipulation on the Basis of Partial Shape Information....Pages 217-224
Singulation of Irregular Objects by Adaptive Robotics and Sparse Range Imagery....Pages 225-234
A Multiview Image Acquisition System for Postal Parcels....Pages 235-241
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
Application of Kalman Filters to Assembly Signature Monitoring Using Empirical Process Models....Pages 245-249
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
Autonomous Distributed Control Through Flexible Communications....Pages 250-254
Non-Homogenous Redundancy Management for Fault Tolerant Robots....Pages 255-259
Reflex-Action Position Control and Two-Arm Load-Sharing Force Control With Adaptive Load Apportioning....Pages 260-268
Performance Implications of Rendezvous in the Design of Multi-Task Robotic Systems....Pages 269-273
A Microprocessor Based Speed Controller and Data Processor for Dynamic Testing of Rotor Blades....Pages 274-280
A DSP Microprocessor Based Workstation for Expert Control....Pages 281-285
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
Lifting of an Object by Coordination of Two Planar Robots....Pages 289-290
Dynamics and Coordination of Multiple Robot Arms Moving a Common Task Object....Pages 291-295
Coupling of a Robotic Language with a Supervisor for a Simultaneous Adaptive Control of Two Robots....Pages 296-300
Front Matter....Pages 301-301
Fiber Optic Factory of the Future....Pages 303-307
MAP/TOP Functionality from User Perspective....Pages 308-312
Robot Support System for Automotive Manufacturing Using MAP Communication Standards....Pages 313-320
Front Matter....Pages 321-321
A Cross-Decomposition Method for Layout Systems and Scheduling Problem....Pages 323-327
Extraction of Flowshop Type Lines from a Set of Working Processes....Pages 328-332
Modeling Multistage Production Systems by Timed Petri Nets....Pages 333-337
Modeling Cellular Manufacturing Systems by Using Petri Nets....Pages 338-343
Modeling of Production Systems by Continuous Petri Nets....Pages 344-348
Specification and Composition of Relativized Models of Real-Time Systems....Pages 349-357
Waterjet Cutting Systems for Factories of the Future....Pages 358-362
Front Matter....Pages 363-363
Beyond CIM — A Computer Optimized Manufacturing System....Pages 365-369
Front Matter....Pages 363-363
Proposed ANSI/RIA Mechanical Interface Standards: For Industrial Robots....Pages 370-374
Robots Beyond the Factory....Pages 375-380
Guidelines and Rules for Automated Assembly by Robots in Space....Pages 381-388
Back Matter....Pages 389-402