Assembly Line Improvements of Efficiency and Safety and Their Effect on the Working Class Using the YuMi Collaborative Robot as a Model

School Name

Governor's School for Science and Mathematics

Grade Level

12th Grade

Presentation Topic

Engineering

Presentation Type

Mentored

Abstract

My research focused on the use of collaborative robots and the delivery systems which would be used to deliver them stock material. After visiting with Anderson Brass, which is a local brass manufacturer in Hartsville, SC and Integrated Systems Inc. located in Darlington, SC, I began to design a robotic automation system that could make the assembly line process more efficient and safer for the workers. I created two functional Lego mechanisms designed to work with the YuMi collaborative robot and its vision system. The final mechanisms demonstrate a work environment where collaborative robots would be able to do the dangerous portions of the assembly line process so that worker injuries would be reduced.

Location

Neville 109

Start Date

4-14-2018 11:15 AM

Presentation Format

Oral and Written

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Apr 14th, 11:15 AM

Assembly Line Improvements of Efficiency and Safety and Their Effect on the Working Class Using the YuMi Collaborative Robot as a Model

Neville 109

My research focused on the use of collaborative robots and the delivery systems which would be used to deliver them stock material. After visiting with Anderson Brass, which is a local brass manufacturer in Hartsville, SC and Integrated Systems Inc. located in Darlington, SC, I began to design a robotic automation system that could make the assembly line process more efficient and safer for the workers. I created two functional Lego mechanisms designed to work with the YuMi collaborative robot and its vision system. The final mechanisms demonstrate a work environment where collaborative robots would be able to do the dangerous portions of the assembly line process so that worker injuries would be reduced.