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IJAT Vol.3 No.6 pp. 663-670
doi: 10.20965/ijat.2009.p0663
(2009)

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Kinesthetic Assistance for Improving Task Performance -The Case of Window Installation Assist-

Naoyuki Takesue*, Hideyuki Murayama**, Kousyun Fujiwara**, Kuniyasu Matsumoto**, Hitoshi Konosu**, and Hideo Fujimoto***

*Faculty of System Design, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 6-6 Asahigaoka, Hino-shi, Tokyo 191-0065, Japan

**Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota, Aichi 470-0309, Japan

***Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi 466-8555, Japan

Received:
June 3, 2009
Accepted:
September 2, 2009
Published:
November 5, 2009
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Keywords:
power assist, human-machine coordinate system, cooperative task system, window installation
Abstract
Industrial robots have been widely used in factory automation. On the other hand, in the final assembly in automobile factories, many tasks are still completed by humans due to the difficulties and costs associated with automation. One example still requiring skilled human operators is the installation of the automobile window. The window installation assist robot we developed enables a single operator to install a window easily. The present study focuses on kinesthetic assistance including preliminary experiments and application to automobile window installation during car assembly demonstrating the effectiveness of our proposal.
Cite this article as:
N. Takesue, H. Murayama, K. Fujiwara, K. Matsumoto, H. Konosu, and H. Fujimoto, “Kinesthetic Assistance for Improving Task Performance -The Case of Window Installation Assist-,” Int. J. Automation Technol., Vol.3 No.6, pp. 663-670, 2009.
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