Development of reconfigurable machines

Autor: Peter E. Orban, Zhuming Bi, Marcel Verner, Sherman Y. T. Lang
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 39:1227-1251
ISSN: 1433-3015
0268-3768
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-007-1288-1
Popis: This paper summarizes our survey on the development of reconfigurable machines (RMs). The goals of this survey were to (i) clarify the needs and drivers to develop the RMs, (ii) define the academic and practical issues involved in the development of RMs, (iii) learn the state of the art of the RD while RMs are essential components to implement an RMS. RMs should be designed to meet a variety of task requirements via its reconfigurability. It has been found that few existing RMs can achieve this objective. The survey has concluded that the obstacles of the development of RMs include (i) the difficulties to identify and generalize design requirements since an RM is application-oriented and the design requirements have to be defined from an actual application; and in fact, some requirements are very difficult to be quantified; (ii) the lacking of efficient automated robot programming tools despite that the robots are essential components for most of the RMs; (iii) the lack of effective technologies that can be used to support system reconfigurations; (iv) no international organization that serves for standardizing the modular components for manufacturing and assembly processes; (v) the lack of the effort in implementing a heterogeneous system consisting of different types of RMs. The survey has suggested some future research works to overcome these obstacles.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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