Robots in machining

Abstract

Robotic machining centers offer diverse advantages: large operation reach with large reorientation capability, and a low cost, to name a few. Many challenges have slowed down the adoption or sometimes inhibited the use of robots for machining tasks. This paper deals with the current usage and status of robots in machining, as well as the necessary modelling and identification for enabling optimization, process planning and process control. Recent research addressing deburring, milling, incremental forming, polishing or thin wall machining is presented. We discuss various processes in which robots need to deal with significant process forces while fulfilling their machining task.

Metadata

Authors/Creators:

Verl, A.
Valente, A.
Melkote, S.
Brecher, C.
Ozturk, E. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9982-2837
Tunc, L.T.

© 2019 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of CIRP. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in CIRP Annals. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

Keywords:

Robot; Machining; Process planning; Control

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