In the process of manufacturing fibre reinforced composite components with automatic fibre
placement (AFP), trajectory generation is the core technology that determines the quality …

This article uses arc-length parameters for path planning to carry out robotic fibre placement
(RFP) over open-contoured structures. This allows representing the initial path and offset …

Automated fibre placement (AFP) potentiates the fabrication of fibre-reinforced composite
with high efficiency and quality. Complex surface design on aircraft components leads to …

Aiming at the traditional fixed-angle trajectory design methods in automatic composite fiber
placement, a novel trajectory design algorithm based on given ply orientation information of …

Due to their high stiffness and strength, composites are widely used in the aerospace
industry. To manufacture composites, especially composites of free-form surface structure …

The directional deviation and wrinkling deformation of the fibers need to be strictly controlled
within a specific range to guarantee the final formed composite component's quality. This …

In this paper, the research background and development of robotic fibre placement for
composites are first reviewed briefly. Then current path planning algorithms are introduced …

Composites have become common engineering materials in industries where the strength to
weight performance of structures is a key design consideration. The major limiting factors …

Path planning for fiber placement is one of the research hotspots on composite fiber
placement forming technology. The problem how to realize adaptive planning of placement …

Automated fiber placement is an advanced automatic manufacturing technology for
composite materials, which is widely used in manufacturing composite components with …