In architectural construction, automated robotic assembly is challenging due to occurring tolerances, small series production and complex contact situations, especially in of elements with form-closure such as timber structures integral joints. This paper proposes apply Reinforcement Learning control robot movements contact-rich tolerance-prone tasks presents the first successful demonstration ...

Advanced robotic assembly systems are promising great benefits to the manufacturing sector, once shortcomings of current technologies overcome. One biggest obstacles introducing flexible is ability robots sense and perceive semi-structured or unstructured environment. This paper presents a cyber-physical system based framework cell that capable recognizing resources processes, on information fr...

This paper addresses issues related to the design and implementation of robotic assembly tasks. Specifically, we consider automatic assembly systems with real-time visual sensing for the back shells of cellular phones. Typically, industrial assembly tasks are accomplished using either the look-then-move open-loop or the look-and-move closed-loop control approach. For either approach, successful...

Ambitions to explore and develop space call for the assembly and servicing of diverse in-space facilities. Robots will assemble future stations, spacecraft and facilities that are orders of magnitude larger, more complex and more remote than those of today. Profiled here is Skyworker research developing robotic technologies for the assembly, inspection, and maintenance of large space facilities.