Hybrid Assembly for Ultra-Precise Manufacturing
Abstract
This paper presents a European integrated project in
the domain of innovative hybrid assembly - the combination of
self-assembly and robotics. Robotics allows for high precision and
flexibility with full control of the assembly process. Self-assembly, on
the other hand, offers massively parallel, unsupervised processing and
thus provides high throughputs that cannot be reached with simple
robotics alone. The combination of these approaches thus offers robust,
high-speed and high-precision assembly methodologies. Different
approaches to achieve reliable self-assembly are investigated, such as
chemical or physical surface modification and structuring and field
induced assembly. These techniques are combined with high performance
robotic tools such as precise manipulators, innovative vision, force
sensing and system control. Selected innovative demonstrator systems
prove the industrial impact of these developments. Focus is put on
assembly and processing of small parts with dimensions below 1 mm: MEMS
parts, RFID tags, cells, optical systems and nanowires.
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