Robot Technology and Applications / Edition 1

by Rembold

Overview

Introduces designers to hardware and software tools necessary for planning, laying out, and building advanced robot-based manufacturing cells surveying the available technology for creating innovative machines suitable to individual needs. Considers assembly system simulation, task-oriented programm

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780824782061
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/25/1990
Series:	Manufacturing Engineering and Materials Processing , #34
Pages:	696
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ulrich Rembold (Author)

Table of Contents

Preface — 1 Types of Robots and Their Integration into Computer-Integrated Manufacturing Systems /Rudiger Dillmann — 2 Planning of a Robot Integrated Manufacturing Process /Ulrich Rembold — 3 Knowledge-Based Modeling for Computer-Integrated Manufacturing /Paul Levi — 4 Simulation: Layout of a Robot Cell /Jim Browne and Subhash Wadhwa — 5 Sensors and Grippers in Robot Work Cells /Theo Doll — 6 Programming of the Robot Cell /Klaus Hormann — 7 Path-Planning Methods for Robot Motion /C. Buckley — 8 Automatic Error Detection and Recovery /Maria Gini — 9 Databases for Planning and Manufacturing /Klaus Dittrich, Alfons Kemper, and Peter Lockemann — 10 Development Toward Autonomous Systems /Volker Turau — 11 Some Examples of Advanced Robot Systems Compiled and Translated by Ulrich Rembold — 11.1 Introduction /Ulrich Rembold — 11.2 The Automatic Assembly of Hoses Using Industrial Robots /Hans-Jiirgen Warnecke and Bruno Frankenhauser — 11.3 A Dual-Armed Robot System for Assembly Tasks /Klaus Feldmann and Detlef Classe — 11.4 Vision-Guided Robot Applications /Ulrich Rembold — 11.5 Mobile Autonomous Robot IPAMAR Performs Free-Ranging AGV Operations /Hans-Jurgen Warnecke and Gerhard Drunk — Index.

Editorial Reviews

Introduces designers to hardware and software tools necessary for planning, laying out, and building advanced robot-based manufacturing cells--surveying the available technology for creating innovative machines suitable to individual needs. Considers assembly system simulation, task-oriented programming, path planning methods, and automatic error recognition and recovery. Describes sensors for advanced robots--detailing range, proximity, short-range, force, and touch instruments. Treats autonomous mobile robots--detailing the architecture and components useful in developing these units. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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