A MULTI-ROBOT SYSTEM FOR ASSEMBLY TASKS IN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

Abstract

This paper describes the virtual assembly automation systems as decision support systems, for the better knowledge of assembly operation. The study of this procedure is described as well as the necessity for assembly systems design. The work draws on research into product and manufacturing knowledge models, and uses the cases study based on a simplified virtual assembly lines realized in Delphi programming environment. A virtual prototype has been implemented to testify the feasibility of the presented methodology for the assembly of mechanical objects. The paper describes with enough detail the adopted solutions used to perform those tasks, giving special attention to the software designed to supervise the system. To support robot work simulation, a simulator environment is developed. In this paper, the authors have proposed the virtual prototype models for assembly systems architecture of robotic assembly automation in automotive industry.