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Safe, Flexible and Productive Human-Robot-Collaboration for Disassembly of Lithium-Ion Batteries

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The rising number of electric vehicles will lead to an increase of EV batteries reaching their end-of-life. Efforts are therefore being made to develop technologies and processes for recycling, remanufacturing and reusing EV batteries. One important and necessary step for the recycling process is the disassembly of EOL EV batteries. Unpredictable lot sizes and volumes, as well as significant variations in battery design between different car models challenges the disassembly automation. Disassembly is therefore currently carried out manually. Fully-automated disassembly would require high product specific investments which is not economically feasible in changing production environments. Human robot collaboration aims to overcome those problems with partial-automation by incorporating sensor integrated robotics in more fields of human activity. This chapter presents the implementation of human robot collaboration for disassembly of lithium-ion Batteries. While the human operator performs the more complex tasks, the robot performs simple, repetitive tasks such as removing screws and bolts. An intuitive programming environment, which does not require experience in robot programming, is combined with cost efficient tooling and additional 3D safety sensors to realize a safe, productive and ergonomic workspace.

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  1. Chair of Production Technology and Process Automation, Institute of Machine Tools and Production Technology, TU Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

    Roman Gerbers, Kathrin Wegener, Franz Dietrich & Klaus Dröder

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Gerbers, R., Wegener, K., Dietrich, F., Dröder, K. (2018). Safe, Flexible and Productive Human-Robot-Collaboration for Disassembly of Lithium-Ion Batteries. In: Kwade, A., Diekmann, J. (eds) Recycling of Lithium-Ion Batteries. Sustainable Production, Life Cycle Engineering and Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70572-9_6

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