FORECAST OF ASSEMBLY AUTOMATION IN THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY: TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS IN ROBOTICS

A model of technological effect on automation in the automobile industry is proposed, and the rate of automation of the final assembly line is predicted by means of introducing robot technology into the line. Assembly processes are defined as a function of properties of both parts and robots. By means of analyzing properties of parts, the difficulty of assembly is evaluated. The rate of automation of final automobile assembly will be between 35 percent and 75 percent in the year 2000. Robots necessary for assembly automation will require a large working space and up to 9 degrees of freedom.

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  Elsevier Science Publishing Company, Incorporated

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• Authors:
  • Arai, T
• Publication Date: 1989-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 133-148
• Serial:
  • Technological Forecasting and Social Change
  • Volume: 35
  • Issue Number: 2-3
  • Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Company, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0040-1625
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00401625

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Assembly lines; Automation; Automobile industry; Degrees of freedom; Forecasting; Labor relations; Robotics; Robots; Workplace layout
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00486480
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1989 12:00AM