Human-Robot Collaboration - Redesigning a Workplace for Employees with Performance Transformations at Ford-Werke GmbH
Redesign of a cycle time-bound workplace to secure the employment of people with disabilities with the help of human-robot collaboration in the engine plant of Ford-Werke GmbH.
In the project, a workplace in the engine plant of Ford-Werke GmbH in Cologne has been modified for people with disabilities. The cycle time-bound assembly process involves the assembly of so-called "Variable Cam Time" solenoids, which are pressed into the front cover of the engine. Using human-robot collaboration, the loads and sequences are adapted so that people with disabilities can do the job.
Motivation
Expanding job opportunities for people with disabilities and securing workplaces with the help of human-robot collaboration
Goal
- Gain important knowledge in the handling and implementation of human-robot workplaces
- Create workplaces for people with disabilities
- Improve unergonomic work situation
Approach
- Modification of the workplace to an inclusive human-robot workplace as a model project
- scientific supervision of the implementation and analysis of the work results regarding improvement of ergonomics
- safety in HRC
- time and cost schedule as well as challenges during construction, implementation, and operation
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