NDLI: Configuration Support and Kinematics for a Reconfigurable Gantry-Tau Manipulator

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Author	Dressier, I. Haage, M. Nilsson, K. Johansson, R. Robertsson, A. Brogardh, T.
Copyright Year	2007
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. Autom. Control, Lund Univ. (Dressier, I.)
Abstract	Affordable and competitive industrial automation is of key importance for small and medium enterprises, in Europe and elsewhere. A key factor is the introduction of new robot automation concepts that ease fast deployment and extend available task repertoire. The Gantry-Tau manipulator is a new robot concept. In contrast to other parallel kinematic manipulators (PKMs), it has a large working range. The high stiffness makes it ideal for a wide range of tasks such as grinding, deburring, and cutting. An additional aspect of such a PKM is the modularity, which in this work has been studied in terms of possibilities for assembly and mechanical reconfiguration at the end-user site, integration of such a kinematically different robot with a standard industrial controller, and new needs for methods/tools to support simple (re)configuration. What is needed for fully utilizing the modularity of the concept in typical SME manufacturing scenarios? A range of software tools and methods were found to be useful and necessary for efficient engineering and integration. For experimental evaluation, a full-scale prototype robot was designed and built, the kinematic software was developed and integrated into the ABB kinematics software, robot CAD software was adapted to the configuration needs, and both simulations and physical experiments were carried out. Our findings make us believe that enhanced software tools should be integrated on a higher symbolic (or meta-) level to better support transformation of data and code generation, but also that the Gantry-Tau type of robot (with adequate software support) will bring a new dimension of flexibility into SME manufacturing.
Sponsorship	IEEE Robotics and Automation Soc
Starting Page	2957
Ending Page	2962
File Size	541858
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	1424406013
ISSN	10504729
DOI	10.1109/ROBOT.2007.363921
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2007-04-10
Publisher Place	Italy
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Kinematics Robotics and automation Manipulators Service robots Software tools Robotic assembly Manufacturing Europe Deburring Industrial control
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Artificial Intelligence Control and Systems Engineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering Software

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