Machining
Related papers: 20
About
Machining is a broad category of subtractive manufacturing processes in which material is removed from a workpiece—through cutting, milling, grinding, drilling, or polishing—to produce parts with precise geometries and surface finishes. In robotics and AI, machining is increasingly performed by industrial robotic arms and parallel mechanisms that replace or augment traditional CNC machine tools, offering greater workspace flexibility, lower cost, and multi-axis capability for complex geometries. Robots must overcome significant challenges in this domain, including structural compliance, joint stiffness limitations, and vibration-induced chatter, which degrade dimensional accuracy. Researchers address these issues through stiffness-based posture optimization, dynamic modeling, calibration techniques, and machine learning-driven process monitoring such as tool condition detection and smart parameter adaptation. Machining matters because it underpins the fabrication of precision components across aerospace, automotive, and medical industries. As robots become more capable and intelligent, robotic machining represents a critical pathway toward flexible, automated, and cost-effective high-precision manufacturing at industrial scale.
Top Researchers
Top Institutes
Top Cited Papers
Fundamentals of modern manufacturing : materials, processes, and systems
Mikell P. Groover
Citations: 1365 • 1996
Applications of the MOORA method for decision making in manufacturing environment
Shankar Chakraborty
Citations: 523 • 2010
Applications of WASPAS Method in Manufacturing Decision Making
Shankar Chakraborty, Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas
Citations: 447 • 2014
Robotic grinding of complex components: A step towards efficient and intelligent machining – challenges, solutions, and applications
Dahu Zhu, Xiaozhi Feng, Xiaohu Xu, Zeyuan Yang, Wenlong Li, Sijie Yan, Han Ding
Citations: 408 • 2020
Microrobot Design Using Fiber Reinforced Composites
Robert J. Wood, S. Avadhanula, Ranjana Sahai, E. Steltz, Ronald S. Fearing
Citations: 389 • 2008
Industrial robotic machining: a review
Wei Ji, Lihui Wang
Citations: 370 • 2019
Robots in machining
Alexander Verl, Anna Valente, Shreyes N. Melkote, Christian Brecher, Erdem Öztürk, Lütfi Taner Tunç
Citations: 366 • 2019
Chatter analysis of robotic machining process
Zengxi Pan, Hui Zhang, Zhenqi Zhu, Jianjun Wang
Citations: 351 • 2006
Joint stiffness identification of six-revolute industrial serial robots
Claire Dumas, Stéphane Caro, Sébastien Garnier, Benoît Furet
Citations: 334 • 2011
Modeling and Identification of an Industrial Robot for Machining Applications
Eberhard Abele, Matthias Weigold, Stefan Rothenbücher
Citations: 317 • 2007
Virtual and Augmented Reality Applications in Manufacturing
A.Y.C. Nee, S. K. Ong
Citations: 295 • 2013
Smart Machining Process Using Machine Learning: A Review and Perspective on Machining Industry
Dong-Hyeon Kim, Thomas J. Y. Kim, Xinlin Wang, Mincheol Kim, Ying‐Jun Quan, Jin Woo Oh, Soo‐Hong Min, Hyungjung Kim, Binayak Bhandari, Insoon Yang, Sung‐Hoon Ahn
Citations: 279 • 2018
Robot machining: recent development and future research issues
Yonghua Chen, Fenghua Dong
Citations: 271 • 2012
Stiffness-oriented posture optimization in robotic machining applications
Yingjie Guo, Huiyue Dong, An Li
Citations: 259 • 2015
State space modeling of dimensional variation propagation in multistage machining process using differential motion vectors
Shiyu Zhou, Qiang Huang, Jianjun Shi
Citations: 258 • 2003
H4: a new family of 4-DOF parallel robots
François Pierrot
Citations: 242 • 1999
Chatter stability in robotic milling
Marcel Cordes, Wolfgang Hintze, Yusuf Altıntaş
Citations: 210 • 2018
In-process tool condition monitoring in compliant abrasive belt grinding process using support vector machine and genetic algorithm
Vigneashwara Pandiyan, Wahyu Caesarendra, Tegoeh Tjahjowidodo, Hock Hao Tan
Citations: 209 • 2017
A state-of-the-art review on robotic milling of complex parts with high efficiency and precision
Wenbo Wang, Qiang Guo, Zhibo Yang, Yan Jiang, Jinting Xu
Citations: 202 • 2022
Design and analysis of a redundantly actuated parallel mechanism for rapid machining
Jongwon Kim, Frank C. Park, Sun Joong Ryu, Jinwook Kim, Jae Chul Hwang, Changbeom Park, C.C. Iurascu
Citations: 194 • 2001