This project involves the development of new hardware and software technologies and methods for automated assembly of precision high-value products such as magnetic storage devices, palmtop and wearable computers, and other high-density equipment. Our Agile Assembly Architecture (AAA) supports the creation of miniature assembly factories (minifactories) built from small modular robotic components. The goals are to substantially reduce design, deployment, and product changeover times; to greatly improve quality levels by using sensor-moderated precision motion; and to achieve new levels of manufacturing system portability by shrinking the sizes of typical assembly systems from large room size to tabletop size.
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