About this Abstract |
Meeting |
2022 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2022)
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Symposium
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2022 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2022)
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Presentation Title |
NEW TIME (was 11:30 am) Swarm Manufacturing of a Robotic Vehicle |
Author(s) |
Rencheng Wu, Nahid Tushar, Zhenghui Sha, Wan Shou, Wenchao Zhou |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Rencheng Wu |
Abstract Scope |
Although increasingly automated and flexible, modern factories are mostly designed for specific products, which often rely on other special-purpose factory for components. This leads to high dependencies between factories, making it challenging to secure a supply chain against disruptions (e.g., COVID). Swarm manufacturing employs an army of manufacturing robots to work together to manufacture a wide variety of products autonomously for general-purpose factories, which can potentially create a distributed manufacturing infrastructure which ensures a more resilient supply chain. In this paper, we demonstrate the swarm manufacturing of a simple robotic car and present a set of principles for swarm manufacturing of complex electromechanical products. Specifically, we first designed a simple robotic car for swarm manufacturing. A series of manufacturing tasks are generated and carried out by two types of robots - 3D printing robot and assembly robot. The results demonstrate a proof-of-concept of swarm manufacturing of complex products. |
Proceedings Inclusion? |
Definite: Post-meeting proceedings |