Quantitative Evaluation of Automatic Parts Delivery in “Attentive Workbench” Supporting Workers in Cell Production
Author(s) -
Masao Sugi,
Ippei Matsumura,
Yusuke Tamura,
Makoto Nikaido,
Jun Ota,
Tamio Arai,
Kiyoshi Kotani,
Kiyoshi Takamasu,
Hiromasa Suzuki,
Akio Yamamoto,
Yoichi Sato,
Seiichi Shin,
Fumihiko Kimura
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of robotics and mechatronics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1883-8049
pISSN - 0915-3942
DOI - 10.20965/jrm.2009.p0135
Subject(s) - workbench , production (economics) , focus (optics) , computer science , production system (computer science) , delivery system , artificial intelligence , manufacturing engineering , human–computer interaction , simulation , engineering , operating system , biomedical engineering , visualization , physics , process (computing) , optics , economics , macroeconomics
The attentive workbench (AWB) is a new cell pro-duction system that supports human workers phys-ically and informationally. Here we focus on phys-ical assembly support through parts delivery, usingautomatically-moving parts trays. We quantitativelyevaluated processing time in actual assembly experi-ments employing an implemented AWB system.Keywords: cellproductionsystem,assemblysupport,at-tentive workbench (AWB)
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