The Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology has designed a new robotic production system that it says is “as versatile as a Swiss Army knife”.
Fraunhofer says the system’s features and benefits include:
- it is utilization-optimized;
- flexibly arranged production modules equipped via driverless transport systems which can manufacture a variety of products;
- a production planning and control system that can flexibly allocate these modules;
- segmentation and intelligent distribution of manufacturing tasks; and
- possible to produce large-size components in small facilities.
Fraunhofer adds that its “Matrix production and SWAP-IT create a production infrastructure that enables highly efficient manufacturing of even smaller quantities”. [Read more…] about Fraunhofer designs robotic production system that is ‘as versatile as a Swiss Army knife’