Trends and opportunities for robotic automation of trim & final assembly in the automotive industry

Author

Choi, Sang ; Eakins, William J. ; Fuhlbrigge, Thomas A.

Author_Institution

U.S. Corp. Res. Center for Mechatron. & Robotic Autom., ABB, Inc., Windsor, CT, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

21-24 Aug. 2010

Firstpage

124

Lastpage

129

Abstract

This paper presents the technical analysis of, and industrial robotics´ potential opportunity in, the trim and final assembly area of the motor vehicle manufacturing industry. This work focused on providing a general knowledge of the trim and final assembly line sequence, and the processes and operations in each station at a detailed level. We then looked at what technologies could be used in the future to automate the existing manual operations and described those here. Such technologies may include robotic vision, force control guidance, or employing a robot as an intelligent assist device. We also surveyed and identified the opportunities and the future research trends in this industry segment.

Keywords

automobile industry; production engineering computing; robotic assembly; assembly line sequence; automotive industry; final assembly; force control guidance; industrial robotics; industry segment; intelligent assist device; motor vehicle manufacturing industry; robotic automation; robotic vision; technical analysis; trim assembly; Grippers; Instruments; Motion measurement; Registers; Suspensions; Vibration measurement; Wires;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), 2010 IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Toronto, ON

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5447-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COASE.2010.5584524

Filename

5584524