Nowadays, precision components have been extensively used in various industries such as
biomedicine, photonics, and optics. To achieve nanometric surface roughness, high …

Surface finishing, as the final stage in the manufacturing pipeline, is a key process in
determining the quality and life span of a product. Such a task is characterized by low …

Precise finishing operations such as chamfering and filleting are characterized by relatively
low contact forces and low material removal. For such processes, conventional automation …

In the polishing process, contact force has obvious influence on material removal rate, thus
realizing stability and effectiveness of force control is a significant issue for automatic …

A time-optimal motion planning method for robotic machining of sculptured surfaces is
reported in this paper. Compared with the general time-optimal robot motion planning, a …

Impedance control is to provide stable tracking by regulating the impedance response of a
robot. In this paper, an asymmetrical nonlinear impedance control (ANIC) is proposed for a …

Surface finishing and polishing are important quality assurance processes in many
manufacturing industries. A polished surface (low surface roughness) is linked with many …

This paper focuses on the kinematic design issues for a three degrees-of-freedom (DOFs),
ie, two-rotational and one-translational (2R1T) end-effector to perform continuous contact …

Surface polishing is required in many manufacturing sectors. Currently, it demands a large
amount of manual work, which is time-consuming, error-prone, and costly. Additionally, it …

For robotic polishing of curved surfaces with compliant polishing disc, it is critical to
accurately control the tilt angle of the polishing disc and normal contact force between the …