Advanced manufacturing systems are vital to the manufacturing industry. If a target work piece has a curved surface, then automation of the polishing process is difficult. In this book, the authors present results where industrial robots have been used successfully to polish difficult surfaces. Chapters cover topics such as velocity-based discrete-time control system for industrial robots, preliminary simulation of intelligent force control, computer-aided machinery (CAM) system for articulated industrial robots and desktop orthogonal-type robots for finishing processes of LED lens cavities.
Fusaomi Nagata is Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tokyo University of Science, Japan.
Keigo Watanabe is Professor in the Department of Intelligent Mechanical Systems at the Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Japan.