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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Mayer, Marcel Ph
• Schlick, Christopher M.
• Ewert, Daniel
• Behnen, Daniel
• Kuz, Sinem
• Odenthal, Barbara
• Kausch, Bernhard

Titel

Automation of robotic assembly processes on the basis of an architecture of human cognition

Ist Teil von

• Production engineering (Berlin, Germany), 2011-08, Vol.5 (4), p.423-431

Ort / Verlag

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A novel concept to cognitive automation of robotic assembly processes is introduced. An experimental assembly cell with two robots was designed to verify and validate the concept. The cell’s numerical control—termed a cognitive control unit (CCU)—is able to simulate human information processing at a rule-based level of cognitive control. To enable the CCU to work on a large range of assembly tasks expected of a human operator, the cognitive architecture SOAR is used. On the basis of a self-developed set of production rules within the knowledge base, the CCU can plan assembly processes autonomously and react to ad-hoc changes in assembly sequences effectively. Extensive simulation studies have shown that cognitive automation based on SOAR is especially suitable for random parts supply, which reduces planning effort in logistics. Conversely, a disproportional increase in processing time was observed for deterministic parts supply, especially for assemblies containing large numbers of identical parts.