The increasing miniaturization and customization of products leads to new demands on production and assembly systems For the assembly of micro products, two different techniques are common depending on the size of the batch to be assembled For high batches, fully automated production cells are used. These cells are characterized by high output and low flexibility. For low batches, manual assembly is common. Traditionally, the worker uses utensils such as microscopes and tweezers to overcome scaling effects between the micro and the macro world. This manual assembly shows several drawbacks regarding quality requirements or the possibility to increase production volume. Furthermore, ergonomic shortcomings reduce work performances. Due to this strict separation of assembly systems, the step from low to high batch production requires a total change of the production system.
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