Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Fibre‐reinforced composites manufacturing is a large and growing industry, with much of the work carried out manually by skilled human laminators. The physical nature of the work can be significantly deleterious to these workers' health, while growing demand requires increased rates of manufacture. Human–robot collaborative manufacturing offers a potential solution but requires the human to feel confident working with the robot and trust that they will be safe. Successful human trials of two different approaches to collaborative lay‐up of fibre‐reinforced plastic composites are presented, with tasks representative of manufacturing challenges in industry. Volunteer responses are measured by questionnaires, with users reporting the processes to be safe, simple to use and allowing greater ease of manufacturing than manual‐only lay‐up.
DOI: 10.1049/cim2.12123
Authors: Laura Rhian Pickard, Michael Elkington
Institution: University of Bristol
Language: English
Subfield: Control and Systems Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,290
OpenAlex ID: W4402925854