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Production Engineering and Production Economics, Ulm University of Applied Sciences , Prittwitzstraße , Germany
Production Engineering and Production Economics, Ulm University of Applied Sciences , Prittwitzstraße , Germany
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Kempten University of Applied Sciences , Kempten , Germany
Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, North University Centre of Baia Mare , Baia Mare, , Romania
Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, North University Centre of Baia Mare , Baia Mare, , Romania
Automation processes enter more and more into all areas of life and production. Especially people with disabilities can hardly keep step with this change. In sheltered workshops in Germany people with physical and mental disabilities get help with much dedication, to be integrated into the work processes. This work shows that cooperation between disabled people and industrial robots by means of industrial image processing can successfully result in the production of highly complex products. Here is described how high-pressure hydraulic pumps are assembled by people with disabilities in cooperation with industrial robots in a sheltered workshop. After the assembly process, the pumps are checked for leaks at very high pressures in a completely automated process.
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