Strength of Materials Department, Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Robotics,
National University of Science and Technology Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
Email: mihai.costea2210@upb.ro (M.C.); gabriel.jiga@upb.ro (G-G.J.)
*Corresponding author
Manuscript received January 14, 2024; revised May 27, 2024; accepted May 15, 2024; published July 29, 2024
Abstract—In the industrial engineering domain, the manufacturing flexible cells represent a system having the ability to adapt to the new requirements of the global market, with minimal costs. The specific features of such a manufacturing flexible cell are the following: The modularity of cell integrated systems; The possibility of long-term work without the intervention of human operators; Although the initial costs are high, these could be amortized over time. In the present paper the authors developed a flexible cell destined to palletizing operations for prismatic objects. Besides the design of constitutive elements, a topological optimization for the virtual prototype of the vacuumatic end effector has been performed in parallel.
Keywords—topological optimization, articulated arm robots, industrial palletizing cell, robot working cycle
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Cite: Mihai Costea and Gheorghe-Gabriel Jiga, "Topological Optimization of a Polyfunctional End-Effector Used in Palletizing Applications," International Journal of Modeling and Optimization, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 100-103, 2024.
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