CAD-Based Robot Programming Solution for Wire Harness Manufacturing in Aeronautic Sector

Javier González Huarte; Maite Ortiz de Zarate; Aitor Ibarguren

doi:10.3390/robotics12050130

CAD-Based Robot Programming Solution for Wire Harness Manufacturing in Aeronautic Sector

Javier González Huarte, Maite Ortiz de Zarate, Aitor Ibarguren

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Wire harness manufacturing in the aeronautic sector is highly manual work, with production defined by multiple references and small batches. Although complete automation of the production process is not feasible, a robot-assisted approach could increase the efficiency of the existing production means. This paper presents a novel dual-arm robotic solution for workbench configuration and cable routing during the initial steps of wire harness manufacturing. Based on the CAD information of the wire harness, the proposed framework generates trajectories in real-time to complete the initial manufacturing tasks, dividing automatically the whole job between both robots. The presented approach has been validated in a production environment using different wire harness references, obtaining promising results and metrics.

Original language	English
Article number	130
Journal	Robotics
Volume	12
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/robotics12050130
Publication status	Published - Oct 2023

Keywords

CAD-based robot programming
dual-arm robotics
robotic application
wire harness manufacturing

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