... 01 2022 28 01 2022 28 01 2022 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Robot Automotive industry Cobot Additive manufacturing Electric vehicles Artificial intelligence The automotive industry was the first to use...

...Robert Bogue Purpose This paper aims to provide a background to the use of robots by the automotive industry and describe a number of applications which illustrate the capabilities and importance of robotic machine vision technology. Design/methodology/approach Following an historical...

... industrial robots in FSW process. Originality/value The report is the first one outside Japan that details the new technology. Yoshihiro Kusuda can be contacted at: kusuda_itnl@ybb.ne.jp © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Robotics Automotive industry Japan Friction stir welding...

... important steps for its implementation in industry and specifically the automotive industry. Design/methodology/approach This study focuses on the robot deflections during FSW, by relating process forces to the deviations from the programmed robot path and to the strength of the obtained joint. A robot...

... and potentials rather than academic value or intriguing technology. Yoshihiro Kusuda can be contacted at: kusuda_itnl@ybb.ne.jp © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Robotics Automotive industry Electronics industry Entertainment industry Health and safety Japan In 2006...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Automotive industry Robotics Spot welding United Kingdom General Motors (GM) and Renault has spent €7.4 million revamping the Luton, Bedfordshire, UK, body‐in‐white shop producing vans under the Vauxhall, Opel, Renault and Nissan brand names. The aim...

... installation time. John Mortimer can be contacted at: jmort4S171@aol.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Automotive industry Robotics Spot welding Bonding Production engineering United Kingdom Jaguar Cars has added 55 new Kawasaki ZX200S Industrial Robot's...

... with the iron and then flows out of the cut as iron oxide slag. The benefits and limitations of oxy‐gas cutting are listed in Table V . The automotive industry is the dominant user of robotic water‐jet cutting. This technique has been used widely since the 1990s, where water‐jet cutting robots have...

...‐sets and processes. Automotive industry Robotics Spot welding Adhesives Inspection Other large body parts, such as doors, roof and body side sections pass over the four‐stage large‐space 5,000‐tonne Hitachi Zosen Press. Hitherto, roof panels for the Mini were produced at BMW Dingolfing...

... before the aluminium can be recycled. In Blundell et al. (2005) , aluminium alloy sheets 1.8 and 2.0 mm thick of a type commonly used in the automotive industry were joined in a two‐sheet stack (either way up) using SPR and FSJ processes. A Henrob servo riveting gun inserted the 5 mm...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Robotics Automotive industry Advanced robots spearhead new Freelander production Keywords: Robotics, Automotive industry ABB, the global power and automation technologies group, has won a contract from the Ford Motor...

...Mike Wilson; Takashi Yagi Purpose Reports on trends in the design and application of robots in the Japanese automotive industry. Design/methodology/approach Surveys the business practices of Japanese automotive manufacturers and their plants in Japan and overseas Findings Since, the 1990s...

... for body shell inspection and MIG welding aluminum skin panels. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Automotive industry Welding Inspection Joining materials Lasers Sensors Some people have a passion for motorcars, and in this respect they find will the new Jaguar XK sports car...

... of automotive fuel container's painting process. Presents potential application to reduce the defects generation thus, improving quality, and reducing production cost. K. Saito can be contacted at: saito@engr.uky.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Robotics Painting Automotive...

.... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Automotive industry Robotics Welding BMW is to integrate a further 160 KUKA robots into its existing body‐in‐white (BIW) facility at Oxford as part of a £100 million investment at the UK plant that currently manufactures the Mini saloon...

... benefits. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Robotics Automotive industry Flexible manufacturing systems BMW is one of the most pioneering of car companies. Its use of robotics in vehicle manufacture is no exception. With the launch of the company's new small passenger vehicle, the 1...

... Mortimer Automotive industry Robotics Welding © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Jaguar's first serious move into aluminium for volume production car bodies came with the XJ saloon, known internally as X350. From a manufacturing viewpoint this represented a major shift...

... Limited 2004 Robotics Automation Automotive industry Motorcycles or “bikes” are more than just two‐wheeled transportation, they are an extension and expression of the owner/rider. Harley‐Davidson, the premier builder of motorcycles in the US is known for unmatched performance...

... Adhesives Robotics Welding Automotive industry Production of the DB9 sports car is being ramped up at Aston Martin's new and near palatial manufacturing plant at Gaydon, Warwickshire, UK. This car uses the first UK applications of precision robot‐dispensed two‐part adhesives for bonding aluminium...

.... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Assembly Robotics Welding Automotive industry The idea of employing a group of robots operating in a synchronous manner started to look at several years back. Fanuc and Motoman already had commercial applications running in industry 2 years...