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WorkCellSimulator: A 3D Simulator for Intelligent Manufacturing

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Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots (SIMPAR 2012)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNAI,volume 7628))

Abstract

This paper presents WorkCellSimulator, a software platform that allows to manage an environment for the simulation of robot tasks. It uses the most advanced artificial intelligence algorithms in order to define the production process, by controlling one or more robot manipulators and machineries present in the work cell. The main goal of this software is to assist the user in defining customized production processes which involve specific automated cells. It has been developed by IT+Robotics, a spin-off company of the University of Padua, founded in 2005 from the collaboration between young researchers in the field of Robotics and a group of professors from the Department of Information Engineering, University of Padua.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. IT+Robotics srl, Contra’ Valmerlara 21, Vicenza, Italy

    Stefano Tonello, Guido Piero Zanetti & Matteo Finotto

  2. Intelligent Autonomous Systems Laboratory Department of Information Engineering (DEI), University of Padua, Italy

    Roberto Bortoletto, Elisa Tosello & Emanuele Menegatti

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  1. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, AIST, Tsukuba Central 2, 305-8568, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Itsuki Noda  & Noriaki Ando  & 

  2. School of Engineering, University of Bergamo, v.le Marconi, 5, 24044, Dalmine, Italy

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  3. Google Research, Google Inc., 1600 Amphiteatre Parkway, 94043, Mountain View, CA, USA

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Tonello, S., Zanetti, G.P., Finotto, M., Bortoletto, R., Tosello, E., Menegatti, E. (2012). WorkCellSimulator: A 3D Simulator for Intelligent Manufacturing. In: Noda, I., Ando, N., Brugali, D., Kuffner, J.J. (eds) Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots. SIMPAR 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 7628. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34327-8_29

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