ARFLEX applications |
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| In general, the replacement of
mechanical precision by intelligence and dynamic adaptation (to variations
of the environmental conditions) shall enhance and widen the set of
robot’s addressable services, providing a base for provisions to enhance
dependability. |
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The
potential and performance of ARFLEX systems will be considered especially
in nowadays critical tasks, in which low costs, high performance, as well
as flexibility and reconfigurability of ARFLEX concepts can enable a
qualitative breakthrough.
The following application
scenarios will be mainly considered. |
| Flexible assembly of complex customized
parts in which the intelligence of new robot control will be
utilized to recognize position of objects to be handled, compensate for
inaccuracies and accomplish accurate assembly operations (this scenario
will be considered for applications in SMEs sectors, as well as in
automotive industry, e.g. flexible assembly of cock-pits with moving lines,
assembly of innovative complex powertrain systems, collar insertion and
swaging in airframe assembly, precise assembly of electromechanical
components etc.). Both autonomous and cooperative applications, in so
called robot-assistant work-places will be considered. |
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Precise laser welding, cutting, measuring
and inspection of complex surfaces (rapidly growing
applications in automotive and other sectors); |
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Automatic final processing (deburring,
polishing) of sensitive and dimensions and form-variable ceramic products
(operation nowadays mainly performed manually, causing outsourcing of
traditional European manufacturing); |
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Precise and fast manipulation in
biotechnological applications (e.g. yielding biochip probes); |
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Interaction with human (e.g.
rehabilitation) and domestic applications
in an unstructured and variable environment (potential enlargement to
service-robot applications). |