Robot-based Manufacturing

Call Name: Research at Vienna’s Universities of Applied Science

The infrastructure project Robot-Based Manufacturing aims to expand existing resources of the UAS Technikum Wien in the field of robot-based manufacturing in order to lay the foundation for continued research activities. In contrast to the classical robot-based automation technology, the topic robot-based manufacturing deals on the one hand with the implementation of subtractive manufacturing processes by industrial robots (robot machining) and on the other hand with additive manufacturing (3D printing) by means of robots (robot-based additive manufacturing).

The research laboratory Technikum Digital Factory already houses such stations and associated equipment as well as peripherals, which are to undergo corresponding stages of expansion and modernization in the course of the project. Among other things, 3-axis machining tables are to be integrated into the stations, which will increase the number of possible finished and machinable component geometries. In addition, the robotic machining station is to be extended by one degree of freedom through the implementation of a rail-supported linear axis system, and the filament extruder of the robotic additive manufacturing station is to be renewed.

In addition, in order to enable a focus on previously unsolved problems in this context, additional measurement and calibration equipment (TCP[1] measurement system, tactile probe system) will be purchased, which will allow an improvement of the (repeatable) accuracy of the robot systems. The equipment requested will enable a deepening of the research efforts and a continuous enrichment of the range of courses on offer at the UAS Technikum Wien in the context of robot-assisted manufacturing.

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