Abstract
In this paper, already developed robotic CAM system is extended for removal machining using a ball-end mill in order to efficiently remove cusp marks along free-formed surface. The extended robotic CAM system can online generate small vibrational motion orthogonally along original CL data such as zigzag path and spiral path. A small-sized industrial robot Mitsubishi RV1A incorporated with the extended robotic CAM is applied to the machining process of foamed polystyrene materials with curved surface. The machining ability is evaluated with respect to the surface quality after machining. The implementation and machining results are shown.
