Title :
Assembly Based Fabrication
Author :
Medellín, H. ; Corney, J. ; Lim, T. ; Ritchie, J.M. ; Davies, J.B.C.
Author_Institution :
Univ. Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi
Abstract :
Advances in robotics and assembly automation have suggested that it might be feasible to fabricate prototypes from assemblies of regular shapes for low cost manufacturing and visualization. This paper presents an automated assembly system to investigate the feasibility of this idea.
Keywords :
CAD/CAM; approximation theory; assembling; automation; industrial robots; octrees; production engineering computing; prototypes; CAD; OcBlox; automated assembly system; low cost manufacturing; low cost visualization; octree approximation; prototype fabrication; robotics; Assembly systems; Costs; Fabrication; Manufacturing automation; Manufacturing processes; Process planning; Prototypes; Robotic assembly; Robotics and automation; Shape;
Conference_Titel :
Assembly and Manufacturing, 2007. ISAM '07. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Ann Arbor, MI
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0563-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0563-7
DOI :
10.1109/ISAM.2007.4288465
