TY - JOUR
T1 - Optimizing the performance of serial robots for milling tasks
T2 - A review
AU - Gao, Yuhang
AU - Qiu, Tianyang
AU - Song, Ci
AU - Ma, Senjie
AU - Liu, Zhibing
AU - Liang, Zhiqiang
AU - Wang, Xibin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2025/8
Y1 - 2025/8
N2 - Serial industrial robots, as a great potential alternative to computer numerical control (CNC) machine tools, have attracted numerous attention, relying on their large workspace and low cost. However, a detailed and specific guidance is still missed to solve the problem of poor milling performance caused by their weak stiffness when facing milling tasks with high material removal rates (MRR). Combined with the status information, this paper systematically and comprehensively reviews the potential issues and their corresponding solutions from the aspects of posture and milling process, thus achieving better machining quality, ensuring machining stability, continuity in path, and preventing the occurrence of failures. Furthermore, future research hotspots and directions are proposed by considering the current research findings and the increasingly intelligent trends exhibited by the continuous development of the manufacturing industry.
AB - Serial industrial robots, as a great potential alternative to computer numerical control (CNC) machine tools, have attracted numerous attention, relying on their large workspace and low cost. However, a detailed and specific guidance is still missed to solve the problem of poor milling performance caused by their weak stiffness when facing milling tasks with high material removal rates (MRR). Combined with the status information, this paper systematically and comprehensively reviews the potential issues and their corresponding solutions from the aspects of posture and milling process, thus achieving better machining quality, ensuring machining stability, continuity in path, and preventing the occurrence of failures. Furthermore, future research hotspots and directions are proposed by considering the current research findings and the increasingly intelligent trends exhibited by the continuous development of the manufacturing industry.
KW - Machining accuracy compensation
KW - Milling performance
KW - Positioning errors
KW - Serial industrial robots
KW - Surface quality optimization
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U2 - 10.1016/j.rcim.2025.102977
DO - 10.1016/j.rcim.2025.102977
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85217975624
SN - 0736-5845
VL - 94
JO - Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
JF - Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
M1 - 102977
ER -