Engineers design robot to carry out tricky manual operations in the challenging shipbuilding environment
Monday, September 28, 2015 - 07:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Large semi-structured manufacturing spaces present serious challenges to robot mobility and reliability. This is certainly the case in modern shipbuilding, which makes considerable use of prefabricated sections. Entire multi-deck segments of the hull or superstructure are built in shipyards, transported to the building dock and then lifted into place.