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This chapter describes a solution for an automated book manipulator in libraries. Nowadays, library automation is referring to hardware and software systems that are implemented in the library process activities in order to automate book handling applications. As libraries provide a huge content of printed materials, the automation of books handling becomes a must. In the same point of view, a large amount of routine and repetitive activities will be reduced in the workplace of shelves and in service point. Some similar state-of-the-art developments are presented. This article presents CAD models of two book manipulators and also an innovative design approach in designing library book handling gripper mechanisms. The parallel gripper prototype is manufactured using light-weight thermoplastic reinforced material for the mobile finger. A field test with the developed book manipulator experimental model was conducted in the test laboratory.
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The research for this paper was made in collaboration with Institute for Lightweight Engineering and Polymer Technology (ILK), Dresden, Germany.
The authors would like to express their gratitude towards the German Research Foundation (DFG), which supports this research within the scope of the subproject D2 of the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 639 Textile-Reinforced Composite Components in Function-Integrating Multi-Material Design for Complex Lightweight Applications.
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Comsa, A., Maniu, I., Modler, N., Lovasz, EC., Ciupe, V. (2014). Automated Book Manipulator in Libraries. In: Pisla, D., Bleuler, H., Rodic, A., Vaida, C., Pisla, A. (eds) New Trends in Medical and Service Robots. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 16. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01592-7_6
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