抄録
This study aims at the construction of a robotic system that can precisely grind metal molds instead of skilled persons. For example, in case of plastic products like cellular phones, the surface-roughness must be from about 0.1 to 0.03 micrometers. Usually, it takes seven to eight hours for rough grinding and two to three hours for finishing grinding even if a skilled person grinds, which costs a lot of money. Development of an automatic grinding system will reduce the costs. Therefore, the goal of this study is to develop such a system. We use an industrial robot with six joints, and soft and ceramic whetstone to grind molds. We conducted some basic experiment and found that the robot can grind the mold as smooth as human to some extent.
