Task planning for Robotworld: a case study

Author

Buckley, Stephen J. ; Park, Frank C. ; Korein, James U.

Author_Institution

IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

25-26 Sep 1989

Firstpage

348

Lastpage

353

Abstract

The authors describe an implemented task planning system for the placement of electronic components on a printed circuit board (PCB). The task planner assumes an assembly workstation which is similar to V. Scheinman´s Robotworld (1987), in which a number of small two-degrees-of-freedom robots slide on a horizontal platten above the PCB. After obtaining a PCB specification, the task planner generates a feeder layout, a feeder setup, a component assembly sequence, and a motion program for each of the robots. To test the task planner, the output is simulated graphically. For relatively small PCBs, all of this occurs within minutes, enabling quick turnaround from design to manufacture

Keywords

computerised control; electronic engineering computing; industrial robots; Robotworld; assembly workstation; electronic components; feeder layout; feeder setup; motion program; placement; printed circuit board; task planning system; Computer aided software engineering; Consumer products; Electronic components; Layout; Manufacturing automation; Printed circuits; Prototypes; Robot sensing systems; Robotic assembly; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Control, 1989. Proceedings., IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Albany, NY

ISSN

2158-9860

Print_ISBN

0-8186-1987-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISIC.1989.238695

Filename

238695