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Human/Robot Multi-initiative Setups for Assembly Cells

Authors:
Dan Gadensgaard
David Alan Bourne

Keywords: Augmented Reality (AR), setup for assembly automation, Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Robot-Human Interaction (RHI), active vision, multi-initiative tasks

Abstract:
New products and small batch production entail a disproportionate amount of time is spent setting up automated assembly tasks. We have designed and implemented an automation tool to radically reduce this time. The setup for assembly automation involves: assembly planning, fixture-tool selection and positioning as well as part loading. This automation tool provides the robot with the ability to provide a human operator with precise and convenient instructions to follow through augmented reality, while at the same time allowing the robot to read information supplied by the human operator's actions. In this way, a complex setup task can be collaboratively executed, while allowing both the robot and the human to do what each does best.

Pages: 1 to 6

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2011

Publication date: May 22, 2011

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3913

ISBN: 978-1-61208-134-2

Location: Venice/Mestre, Italy

Dates: from May 22, 2011 to May 27, 2011