FLAIR-robotic printed circuit board assembly workcell

Author

Liebes, Sidney ; Gong, William ; Gray, Alexander ; Martins, Henrique ; Modesitt, Bruce ; Tella, Richard

Author_Institution

Hewlett-Packard Labs., Palo Alto, CA, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

24-29 Apr 1988

Firstpage

1594

Abstract

The FLAIR (flexible assembly intelligent robot) workcell loads odd-shaped through-hole and surface-mount components onto printed circuit boards. It is 100% data driven, handles diverse components and boards in arbitrary batch sizes, uses computer vision for viewing components and boards, and incorporates sensor-based error detection and recovery, generic parts feeders, general purpose lead straightening, and lead clinching. It automatically calibrates cameras and robot. FLAIR functions either stand alone or are integrated into an assembly line

Keywords

artificial intelligence; assembling; computer vision; factory automation; industrial robots; printed circuit manufacture; FLAIR; PCB manufacture; computer vision; factory automation; flexible assembly intelligent robot; generic parts feeders; industrial robots; robotic PCB assembly workcell; sensor-based error detection; Cameras; Computer errors; Computer vision; Flexible printed circuits; Intelligent robots; Printed circuits; Robot sensing systems; Robot vision systems; Robotic assembly; Robotics and automation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robotics and Automation, 1988. Proceedings., 1988 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Philadelphia, PA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-0852-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROBOT.1988.12294

Filename

12294