Fixtureless Assembly Workcell

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three FANUC S-400 Industrial Robots (payload 80kgs. each)
three KAREL controllers
welder

NSERC Equipment Grant
IRIS Phase III
General Motors of Canada Ltd.
Massiv Die Form Inc.
CRS Robotics Corp.

Benny Yeung
Edward Park

Three robots will be used to assemble automotive parts without fixtures. Each of two robots will grasp a single sheet metal part, bring the parts together, and the third robot will weld the parts. Repeated application of the above process is used to assemble subassemblies consisting of more than two parts.