Flexible assembly automation using industrial robots

Abstract

Industrial robots used to perform assembly tasks are still a small portion of total robot sales each year. One of the main reasons is that it is difficult for conventional industrial robots to adjust to any sort of change. Therefore, more intelligent industrial robotic systems are attracting more and more attentions. This paper discusses an intelligent robotics system that performs an assembly process while the object is moving using visual and force servoing. The wheel loading process, which assemblies the wheel into the wheel hub of a vehicle on a moving assembly line, is used as an example to demonstrate the developed technology. A working system has been set up and experiments of loading wheels onto the wheel hub have been implemented and performed successfully. The experimental results demonstrate that the developed technology can be used for assembly while the assembly line is moving randomly. Check sample for key words. Most of them have list of key words.