Title :
The automation of complex fabric handling tasks requiring out of plane manipulation
Author :
Taylor, P.M. ; Wilkinson, A.J. ; Gibson, I. ; Palmer, G.S. ; Gunner, M.B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Hull Univ., UK
Abstract :
Describes a generic aspect of automated fabric handling resulting from the study of an integrated robotic garment assembly system. Out of plane manipulation is defined along with a classification of robot gripping strategies for fabric. Two case studies are described in detail, outlining how such manipulation strategies have been applied.<>
Keywords :
assembling; industrial manipulators; materials handling; textile industry; automated fabric handling; gripping strategies; industrial manipulators; integrated robotic garment assembly system; materials handling; out of plane manipulation; textile industry; Assembly systems; Clothing; Collaborative work; Fabrics; Laboratories; Manufacturing; Programmable control; Prototypes; Robotic assembly; Robotics and automation;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Robotics, 1991. 'Robots in Unstructured Environments', 91 ICAR., Fifth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pisa, Italy
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0078-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICAR.1991.240581
