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Integration of A Flexible Workcell for Garment Assembly

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Hull University Robotics Research Unit is currently researching into the problems involved in realising a flexible, automated garment assembly workstation. A demonstration rig, incorporating a number of robotic and assembly tasks quickly showed that a hierarchical information and downloading structure was necessary for true flexibility. This paper decribes this structure in detail, outlining the current status of this ongoing project and the further work required to establish the ideas involved in its makeup. KEYWORDS: Robotic garment assembly, flexible workcell, man machine interface, cluster/production supervisor.

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  1. University of Hull, UK

    P. M. Taylor, A. J. Wilkinson, M. Gunner, A. Sawyer & I. Gibson

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  1. Division of Manufacturing and Machine Tools, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UMIST, UK

    B. J. Davies (Professor of Manufacturing Technology) (Professor of Manufacturing Technology)

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© 1990 Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology

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Taylor, P.M., Wilkinson, A.J., Gunner, M., Sawyer, A., Gibson, I. (1990). Integration of A Flexible Workcell for Garment Assembly. In: Davies, B.J. (eds) Proceedings of the Twenty-eighth International. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10890-9_19

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