Optimal layout and reconfiguration of a fixturing system constructed from passive Stewart platforms

• Published in: Journal of manufacturing systems Vol. 60; pp. 226 - 238
• Main Authors: Gašpar, Timotej, Kovač, Igor, Ude, Aleš
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2021
• Subjects: Fixture layout optimization; Passive reconfigurable fixtures; Robot-supported reconfiguration; Robot-supported reconfiguration; Passive reconfigurable fixtures; Fixture layout optimization

•A reconfigurable fixturing system made of passive Stewart platforms.•Possible to fix multiple workpieces within the same system.•Robot-driven fixturing system reconfiguration.•Solving a constrained nonlinear optimization problem determines a layout for a set of workpieces.•Kinematic constraints ens...