• DocumentCode
    3312142
  • Title

    Ecologically conscious automated disassembly system

  • Author

    Shibata, Takanori ; Tanie, Kazuo

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Robotics, MITI, Tsukuba, Japan
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    12-16 Sep 1994
  • Firstpage
    1980
  • Abstract
    Human beings are using and consuming resources to make various products. However, the resources on the earth are limited. Therefore, recycling of the resources is very important for human beings now and in the future. After use of the products, they are thrown away or burnt while discharging COx. The environment of the earth is being damaged and the resources are being exhausted. In order to reuse the resources and to protect the environment of the earth, this paper introduces a conceptual design of disassembly automation system for automated manufacturing with ecological recycling. The system employs many robots to disassemble the used products. The disassembly process has to deal with a lot of uncertainty of the used products, while assembly process does not have to deal with so much uncertainty of the products. This paper explains a configuration of the system, functions of the robots and some problems
  • Keywords
    air pollution; assembling; ecology; industrial control; industrial robots; natural resources; robots; waste disposal; CO; CO2; automated manufacturing; ecological recycling; ecologically conscious automated disassembly system; environmental protection; resources reuse; Design automation; Earth; Humans; Manufacturing automation; Protection; Pulp manufacturing; Recycling; Robotic assembly; Robotics and automation; Uncertainty;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Intelligent Robots and Systems '94. 'Advanced Robotic Systems and the Real World', IROS '94. Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ/GI International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-1933-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IROS.1994.407592
  • Filename
    407592