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Automatic Reconfiguration of Robotic Welding Cells

verfasst von : Dietmar Hömberg, Chantal Landry, Martin Skutella, Wolfgang A. Welz

Erschienen in: Math for the Digital Factory

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Robotic welding cells are at the core of many complex production systems, especially in automotive industry. In these cells, a certain number of robots perform spot welding tasks on a workpiece. The configuration of the cells can have a huge impact on the production rate. The smaller the cycle time is, the higher the production is. In this paper, we present a complete algorithm that automatically configures the welding cell such that the given cycle time of the production process is kept. This algorithm assigns tasks to the different robots, decides in which order the tasks are executed and computes the fastest collision-free trajectory of the robots between two consecutive tasks.

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Metadaten
Titel
Automatic Reconfiguration of Robotic Welding Cells
verfasst von
Dietmar Hömberg
Chantal Landry
Martin Skutella
Wolfgang A. Welz
Copyright-Jahr
2017
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63957-4_9

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