The information on this page has not been updated since September, 1998. Our research involves the design and implementation of flexible machines, mechanical hardware, electronics, control and software. The goal is customizing, which is now in great demand. The new machine tool industry will allow corporations to respond to the ever changing patterns of world trade. The new manufacturing systems can analyze new products and automatically will produce near optimal plans for production.
Adaptability is the key.
Sequence Planner - Finds the best sequence of bending operations and repositionings of the part in the robot gripper to make a bent sheet metal part. Grasping Planner - Sheet metal grasp planning for the Intelligent Bending Workstation. It contains only those publications in the RI publications database. Entries are listed in reverse chronological order. Using Features and Their Constraints to Aid Process Planning of Sheet Metal Parts C. Wang and D. Bourne Proc.