论文信息 - Design of a Hyper-flexible cell for handling 3 D Carbon fiber fabric

Design of a Hyper-flexible cell for handling 3 D Carbon fiber fabric

The paper presents the main design concepts of a hyper-flexible cell for low-volume industrial aircraft manufacturers. The cell is served by two cooperative robots, each of them equipped with a simple and reliable adaptive prehensor, purposely developed for the robust handling of limp carbon-fiber preforms. Some details are given about the adopted picking technology and results obtained on a purposely developed test bench on the first physical prototype of the new picking module are presented. Keywords—Flexible manufacturing cell, Dexterous handling, Soft material, Robotics.

R. Molfino | M. Zoppi | E. E. Cepolina | F. Cepolina | J. Yousef

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