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Robotics solutions for composites material manufacturing - automating the hand layup process

Andrea Bonci

Associate Professor at Marche Polytechnic University

Ancona, Italy

About

Hand layup process is a skill-intensive task performed by multiple expert workers. Automate manual removal of protective films as tedious and valueless task. Remove the  bottleneck of film removal in achieving automation of the layup process. Solutions have been developed in a framework for protective film removal from prepregs using collaborative robot; It is an Easy-to-integrate framework where also Human-robots co-transportation of composite materials was considered.

Field

  • Automotive, Transport and Logistics
  • Materials, Textiles and Chemicals
  • Space and Aerospace

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