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Quick Positional Health Assessment for Industrial Robot Prognostics and Health Management (PHM)

June 2, 2017

Author(s)

Guixiu Qiao, Craig I. Schlenoff, Brian A. Weiss

Robot calibration and performance will degrade if proper maintenance isn't performed. There have been challenges for manufacturers to optimize the maintenance strategy and minimize unexpected shutdowns. Prognostics and health management (PHM) can be

Use Case Development to Advance Monitoring, Diagnostics, and Prognostics in Manufacturing Operations

December 6, 2016

Author(s)

Brian A. Weiss, Moneer Helu, Gregory W. Vogl, Guixiu Qiao

Manufacturing operations suffer from degradation as equipment and processes are continually used to generate products. The development and integration of monitoring, diagnostic, and prognostic (collectively known as PHM) technologies can enhance

Advancing Measurement Science to Assess Monitoring, Diagnostics,and Prognostics for Manufacturing Robotics

September 29, 2016

Author(s)

Guixiu Qiao, Brian Weiss

From the moment a robot system is put into service to enable a manufacturing process, the overall process, its constituent sub-systems, and components begin to degrade. Without maintenance, this degradation will lead to faults and/or failures impacting the