A software-powered simulation for assembly behavior can compensate for the gap in automation by building intuition in the safety of a high-fidelity digital twin. The best way to align a screw is a ...

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Delivering small items such as hearing-aid speakers, cell-phone connectors, and automobile pressure sensors to automated assembly equipment requires inspecting the parts upstream to ensure that the ...

Removing the human element from the process of cable-to-connector assembly for medical devices by the use of robotic automation improves reliability and reduces production cost. Miniature assemblies, ...

We saw it next to the robotic arm that installs windshields on truck cabs at the Kenworth assembly plant in Chillicothe, Ohio. It was an elevator—a very large parts elevator—about 15 feet behind us.

More than 50% of total production time is spent on assembly or fastening. However, mechanical fastening usually represents less than 5% of the total in-place or assembled cost of a product. When ...

Complex manual steps in aircraft production – such as the assembly of newly developed, weight-reducing thermoplastic integral frames that stiffen the fuselage in the transverse direction – are to be ...

People do incredible things with Lego bricks. They’re a powerful tool to turn any number of ideas into something real and functional. Cars have always been popular Lego products, but a machine that ...