Modular Control and Services to Operate Lineless Mobile Assembly Systems
Interdisciplinary excellence accelerator series, pp. 303–328
Abstract
Abstract The increasing product variability and lack of skilled workers demand for autonomous, flexible production. Since assembly is considered a main cost driver and accounts for a major part of production time, research focuses on new technologies in assembly. The paradigm of Line-less Mobile Assembly Systems (LMAS) provides a solution for the future of assembly by mobilizing all resources. Thus, dynamic product routes through spatiotemporally configured assembly stations on a shop floor free of fixed obstacles are enabled. In this chapter, we present research focal points on different levels of LMAS, starting with the macroscopic level of formation planning, followed by the mesoscopic level of mobile robot control and multipurpose input devices and the microscopic level of services, such as interpreting autonomous decisions and in-network computing. We provide cross-level data and knowledge transfer through a novel ontology-based knowledge management. Overall, our work contributes to future safe and predictable human-robot collaboration in dynamic LMAS stations based on accurate online formation and motion planning of mobile robots, novel human-machine interfaces and networking technologies, as well as trustworthy AI-based decisions.
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Aline Kluge‐Wilkes corresponding Aachen Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL)
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Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Institute of Industrial Engineering and Ergonomics (IAW), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Communication and Distributed Systems, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Institute of Mechanism Theory, Machine Dynamics and Robotics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) , RWTH Aachen University , Aachen , Germany
Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Institute of Mechanism Theory, Machine Dynamics and Robotics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Institute of Mechanism Theory, Machine Dynamics and Robotics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Institute of Industrial Engineering and Ergonomics (IAW), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Robert Heinrich Schmitt Aachen Fraunhofer IPT Information Management in Mechanical Engineering (IMA) Production Metrology and Quality Management Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL)
Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT · RWTH Aachen University
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Fraunhofer IPT, Aachen, Germany
Information Management in Mechanical Engineering (WZL-MQ/IMA), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Production Metrology and Quality Management, Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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