Annals of Scientifc Society for Assembly, Handling and Industrial Robotics

Abstract

Due to rising product and process complexity, assistance systems for humans are increasingly used in both the planning and execution of assembly

activities or as support systems for reworking. However, developments availa- ble so far usually act as isolated solutions. Therefore a continuous dataflow be- tween top and shop floor is not given. This article presents a comprehensive as- sistance system consisting of a virtual planning environment and various smart

devices at an assembly workstation. In the virtual environment, the feasibility of initially created product condition graphs will be validated and a training of the repair scope to be carried out will be done. As a result, a process plan is derived

from the virtual environment and transferred to an assisted workstation for re- working. The repair on the real product is carried out using the created process

plan so that a continuous data flow is available. Thus the system supports the

persons involved in the product analysis and work plan creation up to the exe- cution of repair activities during rework.