Automated Handling of Garments for Pressing.

摘要

The overall objective of this project is to acquire the knowledge necessary for a totally automated pressing system which loads a complete garment or sub-assembly on a form, smooths it for pressing and unloads the press. This will be achieved in three year-long phases: (1) Development of enabling knowledge and subsystems for modeling, sensing, grasping and manipulation, and control, with integration architecture; (2) Creation of a working prototype which integrates the subsystems, and proof-of-concept at the alpha (research) site; and (3) Commercialization through beta site implementation in partnership with equipment vendors. The state-of-the-art has been advanced in three areas: modeling of limp materials; sensing of positions and conditions of seams and garment parts; and the automated loading of garment parts on pressing machines. The feasibility and practicality of coordinating all physical activities of loading trousers onto a pressing machine with seams aligned and without wrinkles in a single, continuous, automated operation has been demonstrated.