Part streaming assembly
From apm
This is about sreaming parts along a mobile shape changing path to a manipuators end effector where the streamed parts are finally assembled.
- The path can be made out of stiff and rigid sections (micro-, meso-, and macroscale)
- The path can be soft curved shaped (meso-, and macroscale) – Related Emulated elasticity
Delineation
If there is also assembly happening along the way of the transport then we have:
Part streaming assembly with integrated assembly line
Notes
- (wiki-TODO: add image of part streaming from productive nanosystems video)
- (wiki-TODO: add image of of sketch of part streaming macroscale tentacle style manipulator)