UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, LAHORE

MATERIAL HANDLING & ROBOTICS APPLICATIONS

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING
Mehroz Khan 2010-IME-04
2/6/2014

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Robotics: Industrial robots, as other modern manufacturing systems are advanced automation systems that utilize computers as an integral part of their control. Computers are now a vital part of industrial automation. They run production lines and control stand-alone manufacturing systems such as various machine tools, welders, inspection systems, and laser-beam cutters. Even more sophisticated are the new robots that perform various operations in industrial plants and participate in full automation of factories. A revolutionary change in factory production techniques and management is predicted by the end of the twentieth century. Every operation in this factory of the future, from product design to manufacturing, assembly, and product inspection, would be monitored and controlled by computers and performed by industrial robots and intelligent systems. It is well to keep in mind that this automatically controlled factory is nothing more than a new phase in industrial revolution that began in Europe two centuries ago and now has become flourished to the extent never thought before. Applications of Robotics: Automotive industry Assembly Medical laboratories Medicine Nuclear energy Agriculture Spatial exploration Underwater inspection Customer service Arts and entertainment

Automotive industry:
One of the most important partners in the development of robotic technologies Welding robots Robustness and precision of the assembly of pieces Manipulate very heavy loads Found in painting rooms Used for places that are hard to reach

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Assembly:
Another strong partners is the assembly of manufactured Products Execute repetitive sequence of movement, boring, demotivating and dangerous tasks at constant performance. Many tools are attached at the extremity of a manipulator Use the optimal sequence of operations. Can monitor the quality assembly line with adapted enhanced sensor technologies

Medical laboratories:
Medical laboratories are another place where repetitive tasks must be made Handling a large quantity of samples Execution of analyses Automatic systems with measurement apparatus. Small mobile units can also take charge of moving the samples between different parts of the room or services, thus eliminating the need for the technician to continuously have to walk.

Medicine:
As robots as getting more and more accurate and modern surgery tends to be less invasive Robotic systems now start to be developed to assist surgeons in high precision manipulation of devices. The development of biomedical applications for robotics is becoming a very important field of research of development A social motivation to improve patient cares

Nuclear energy:
Nuclear generator installations are places where we can find a large number of robotic applications Used for maintenance of nuclear reactors. Used for the replacement of radioactive fuel tubes. Seal off radioactive leakages in contaminated zones.

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Cleaning and decontaminating radioactive areas without compromising the health of workers was also necessary.

Agriculture:
Robots have also found some applications in agriculture In Australia a robotic system has been developed for sheep shearing Robots for field sowing Raisin and apple Gathering

Spatial exploration:
Spatial probes sent for many years to explore and discover our universe Like the Viking I and II probes sent to explore Mars in 1976, Tele manipulator used to collect samples of soil The famous Canadian spatial manipulator mounted on American spaceships and the new space station remote manipulator system (SSRMS) that is used to assemble the international space station. Mars Rover in 1998 explored the neighbor planet while being tele-guided from the Earth. Provided an incredible amount of new information about this unknown environment.

Underwater inspection:
Submersible robots have been used for many years to explore sea beds Rescuing ship-wrecked persons Retrieving black boxes of crashed planes. Exploring deep sea and old wrecks in order to find their secrets. Inspection of the flooded side of dams to detect the cracks Inspect and maintain oil digging Platforms

Customer service:
Various machines have been developed to serve customers in a semiautomatic or fully automatic way Automatic banking Shell Smart Pump

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Arts and entertainment:
Playing with sophisticated toys dedicated for funny applications Robots that are supposed to do house cleaning AIBO, built by Sony, which has all the nice characteristics of a real dog but without its obvious disadvantages. Remotely controlled robots used to do fun painting Considered as a very positive and innovative way of evolution in robotics.

To conclude:
By definition, robotics is a multidisciplinary science. Collaboration of numerous participants from various fields Mechanical engineering Electrical engineering Computer science Physics Mathematics

Robotic systems are everywhere. They improve our life and help us in various ways. But the adaptation capability of humans is far from being reproduced by automata

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