DE LEONARDO GIRARD , Luis Miguel

A self-reconfigurable fixture system, primarily targeted at the aerospace industry, is being developed within the inter-European SwarmItFIX project. The system is composed of one mobile base, one parallel mechanism and one adjustable head. This paper describes the mobile base, the subsystem which ensures rapid and precise locomotion, as well as...

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The European project SwarmItFIX has developed a new highly adaptable self-reconfiguring fixturing system which uses a swarm of mobile agents moving freely on a bench and repositioning in real time to better support the machined part. The project investigates the application of robotic multi-agent fixtures for the support of automotive and...

Driven by the trend of life-cycle design and sustainable production, an innovative project called self-reconfigurable intelligent swarm fixtures (SwarmItFIX) funded by the European Commission is being developed. The project investigates the application of robotic multi agent fixtures for the support of automotive and airplane body panels during...

Purpose – The use of thin sheets with 3D geometries is growing in quantity, due to current progress towards life-cycle design and sustainable production, and growing in geometrical complexity, due to aesthetic and quality concerns. The growth in manufacturing equipment flexibility has not kept pace with these trends. The purpose of this paper...

The authors present four industrial solutions for loading/unloading goods on a freight urban robotic vehicle, named FURBOT. The final design of the FURBOT vehicle allows the movement of two Euro Pallets 800 × 1,200 mm (or FURBOT boxes with similar bottom part). Following a sustainable and efficient mobility approach, a robotic handling device...

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As manufacture trends move towards life-cycle design, sustainable production, geometrical complexity, short time-to-market, small and variable batch production and mass customization; manufacture equipment struggles to keep pace and provide the required flexibility, adaptability and automation. This paper describes the new concept of...