TY - JOUR
T1 - A Robotic Lift Assister
T2 - A Smart Companion for Heavy Payload Transport and Manipulation in Automotive Assembly
AU - Chen, Yi
AU - Wang, Weitian
AU - Abdollahi, Zoleikha
AU - Wang, Zebin
AU - Schulte, Joerg
AU - Krovi, Venkat
AU - Jia, Yunyi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 1994-2011 IEEE.
PY - 2018/6
Y1 - 2018/6
N2 - Although as robot involvement in manufacturing for the transportation industry has increased dramatically in recent years [1], over 60% of automotive assembly tasks are still accomplished manually by human workers. The automotive assembly line presents numerous challenges, such as significant variability in tools and parts, flexible tasks, and unstructured and dynamic environments that preclude direct automation via traditional fenced robotic work cells. While human-robot collaboration offers a technically viable means to integrate robotic systems into automotive assembly [2]-[4], the lack of suitable robotic systems remains a challenge.
AB - Although as robot involvement in manufacturing for the transportation industry has increased dramatically in recent years [1], over 60% of automotive assembly tasks are still accomplished manually by human workers. The automotive assembly line presents numerous challenges, such as significant variability in tools and parts, flexible tasks, and unstructured and dynamic environments that preclude direct automation via traditional fenced robotic work cells. While human-robot collaboration offers a technically viable means to integrate robotic systems into automotive assembly [2]-[4], the lack of suitable robotic systems remains a challenge.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85046997984&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/MRA.2018.2815704
DO - 10.1109/MRA.2018.2815704
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85046997984
SN - 1070-9932
VL - 25
SP - 107
EP - 119
JO - IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine
JF - IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine
IS - 2
ER -