Milling refers to a class of material processing methods that relies on a high-speed rotating
milling cutter removing extra material to get desired shapes and features. Being distinct from …

Due to the advantages of large workspace, low cost and the integrated vision/force sensing,
robotic milling has become an important way for machining of complex parts. In recent years …

Industrial manipulators are rarely used in high-force processes even though they provide
flexibility, adaptability, relatively low cost, and a large workspace. This limited utilization is …

The precision and performance of machined flexible parts are under influence of
deformation errors during end milling operations. Thus, prediction and compensation of …

Robotic grinding is a promising automatic technique for free-form surface manufacturing.
One important problem that restrains the application of robotic grinding is the machining …

Curved parts are widely used in aerospace, automotive and energy industries. The profile
and thickness accuracy are both critical to some curved parts such as hollow blades …

Autonomous Grinding (AG) is a unique kind of manufacturing process which needs extra
operative care, for both robot and environment. Due to the rapid growth of research on AG, a …

Industrial robots have been extensively used in industry, however, geometric errors mainly
caused by connecting rod parameter error and non-geometric errors caused by deflection …

Robotized intelligent manufacturing is a growing trend in the manufacturing of large and
complex components in aviation, aerospace, marine engineering and other industries. With …

Robotic flank milling has outstanding advantages in machining large-scale slender surfaces.
Currently, the paths for this process are mainly generated by optimizing redundant robot …