Title :
Flexible robotic assembly efforts at Ford Motor Company IEEE/RSJ international conference on intelligent robots and systems
Author :
Gravel, David P.
Author_Institution :
Ford Adv. Manuf. Technol. Dev. Center, Detroit, MI, USA
Abstract :
Ford Motor Company has been seeking ways to improve the quality of its assembly operations and to reduce ergonomic injuries related to repetitive strain. Recently, Ford Motor Company has installed force controlled robotic assembly systems that emulate human assembly performance by limiting the forces of contact with the environment. These systems apply forces and moments in pre-programmed ways that insure a quality assembly process.
Keywords :
automobile industry; intelligent robots; robotic assembly; Ford motor company; ergonomic injuries; flexible robotic assembly; force controlled robotic assembly systems; human assembly performance; intelligent robots; intelligent systems; quality assembly process; Assembly systems; Capacitive sensors; Control systems; Ergonomics; Force control; Humans; Injuries; Intelligent robots; Robot control; Robotic assembly;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2003. (IROS 2003). Proceedings. 2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7860-1
DOI :
10.1109/IROS.2003.1249249
