A new application for the industrial robot has emerged, inspection, with two players emerging, Stäubli and Amatec Robotics of the Kuka Roboter Group. Both companies' systems and their competing benefits are discussed. Until this new development, car bodies were inspected on-line with arrays of laser sensors fixed in position over the production line. Using a robot to manipulate the same type of sensor gives more flexibility in the areas of the car to be measured and also reduces the number of sensors needed. It emerges that virtually all of the applications to date are to be found in European car plants, and some of these are described.
Robots get the measure of car body inspection
Einsatz von Robotern für die Karosserieinspektion
The Industrial Robot ; 28 , 2 ; 125-130
2001
6 Seiten, 7 Bilder
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
Industrieroboter , Karosserie , Inspektion , Laser , Sensor , Array , Fertigungsstraße , Flexibilität , Autoindustrie , Europa , Lasersensor
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