Virtual Prototype Based Method for Hybrid Reconfigurable Assembly Systems Design in Top Class Automotive Industry
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Changeability is mandatory for top class automotive industry to cope with new product development paradigms and demanding market. Hybrid Reconfigurable Assembly Systems (H-RMSs) address a customized flexibility on product families, given by coexistence or cooperation of human workers and robots. Key-issues for the effective design of harmonized hybrid assembly systems are: modularity; integrability of humans, machines and components; customization; convertibility; diagnosability of systems; and smart utilization of robots and skilled workers. Human and robotic tasks need a clear definition and allocation, for an effective enhancing of human dexterity and cognitive proactivity, together with robotic accuracy and strength. Virtual prototyping plays a strategic role within the H-RMS design optimization process, to explore different assembly setting and to interactively train operators but represents a challenging task and needs advanced tools. The present paper deals with the development of a Virtual Prototype based method for H-RMS design in top class automotive industry.
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