Summary form only given. While industrial automation has long been associated with the increase of manufacturing productivity, much of the current motivation behind the development of advancedautomation techniques is...
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Summary form only given. While industrial automation has long been associated with the increase of manufacturing productivity, much of the current motivation behind the development of advancedautomation techniques is driven by the need to enhance product quality, increase the safety of the operational environment, and quickly respond to changing consumer demands for new products. In this paper, we introduce some modern principles underlying the design and operation of advancedautomation systems, then describe several industrial implementations in both manufacturing and service sectors. Special attention is paid to the concept of mass customization, and its potential impact on the growth of small enterprises. We start with the design stage, then look at the manufacturing process, and discuss the application of advancedautomation concepts to the processing of both metals and textiles. The role of computer based modeling and inspection as quality control tools is examined. Finally, we present several recent developments in intelligent robotic systems, and describe their applications. Specific examples involving maintenance and repairs in nuclear power generation plants are discussed.
The goals of Modular automation Concepts (MAC) for the automation field are presented. In order to demonstrate the strategies, the packaging automation industry is reviewed to find new opportunities for production mac...
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Nonlinearity is ubiquitous in engineering and natural *** development of nonlinear control can be traced back to decades *** date,the research has reached the stage that emphasizes developing methodologies that can ha...
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Nonlinearity is ubiquitous in engineering and natural *** development of nonlinear control can be traced back to decades *** date,the research has reached the stage that emphasizes developing methodologies that can handle the complexity characterized by uncertainty,
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Derby, StephenCooper, ClayDirector
Mechatronics and Assembly Lab New York State Center for Advanced Technology in Automation D Robotics and Manufacturing Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TroyNY12180 United States American Dixie Group
Inc. 25 Industrial Park Drive Albany NY12206 United States
Teaching a course on Modular automation Concepts (MAC) for the automation field has been twice accomplished. In order to demonstrate the MAC strategies, the packaging automation industry is reviewed to find new opport...
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An anthropomorphic five-fingered hand, the Anthrobot-2, is described. It features anatomical consistency with a human hand, giving it special advantages during teleoperation. Each finger has four joints as in the huma...
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An anthropomorphic five-fingered hand, the Anthrobot-2, is described. It features anatomical consistency with a human hand, giving it special advantages during teleoperation. Each finger has four joints as in the human hand: two at the knuckle, one between the proximal and middle finger segments, and one between the middle and distal finger segments. The thumb has four degrees of freedom, allowing it to emulate human thumb motion. The controlling hardware and the kinematic analysis, including forward and inverse kinematics, are presented. Future research is discussed.< >
The problem of planning motions offline for a robot in the presence of obstacles via an algorithm that does not proceed by a discretization of the search space involves defining good heuristics to characterize the pro...
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The problem of planning motions offline for a robot in the presence of obstacles via an algorithm that does not proceed by a discretization of the search space involves defining good heuristics to characterize the proximal relationships between two rigid bodies and the development of algorithms for their computation. Several measures are presented, and schemes for their computation are developed. The performances of the algorithms are determined in terms of their running time. The advantage of the fuzzy model is that it lends itself easily to numerical computation involving manipulation of the coordinates of the extreme points.< >
Presents a novel approach to automated visual inspection based on comparing volumetric models of a reference object to a model of an actual object iteratively created from sensor data. The use of volumetric models giv...
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Presents a novel approach to automated visual inspection based on comparing volumetric models of a reference object to a model of an actual object iteratively created from sensor data. The use of volumetric models gives this approach a number of distinct advantages over more traditional surface-based methods. First, there is no need to identify "features" which is important when inspecting objects whose features are difficult to identify. Second, volumetric inspection lends itself naturally to multi-sensor applications. Finally, true 3-D comparisons of the reference and sensed objects can be easily carried out using volumetric models.< >
The problem of position control and unit consistent hybrid position/force control of the Anthrobot robot hand is considered. A dynamic model, for the Anthrobot, is used to develop the control laws. The experimental re...
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The problem of position control and unit consistent hybrid position/force control of the Anthrobot robot hand is considered. A dynamic model, for the Anthrobot, is used to develop the control laws. The experimental results of applying the control to the Anthrobot are discussed.< >
An anthropomorphic dextrous robotic hand (Anthrobot-2) is described. Its forward and inverse kinematics, as well as its Jacobians are developed as the first step toward its utilization for either teleoperation or auto...
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An anthropomorphic dextrous robotic hand (Anthrobot-2) is described. Its forward and inverse kinematics, as well as its Jacobians are developed as the first step toward its utilization for either teleoperation or autonomous operation. The Anthrobot frames are assigned using the modified Denavit-Hartenberg formulation, referred to as the hand frame. A finger with proximal link contact point is described.< >
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