TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– This review will describe the development of the Bionic Handling Assistant as well as the additive manufacturing (AM) process of robot grippers and its possibilities.Design/methodology/approach– AM offers the chance to use the additive processes to produce highly flexible automation parts and systems as the Bionic Handling Assistant in small and medium quantities that can utilize a lot of design advantages provided by the process.Findings– A lot of products of today and especially tomorrow could be produced by rapid manufacturing. New categories of products, such as the Bionic Handling Assistant, will occur.Originality/value– In the paper, aspects of a visionary scenario for future productions are shown and demonstrated on the Bionic Handling Assistant.
VL  - 31
IS  - 4
SN  - 0144-5154
DO  - 10.1108/01445151111172907
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/01445151111172907
AU  - Grzesiak Andrzej
AU  - Becker Ralf
AU  - Verl Alexander
PY  - 2011
Y1  - 2011/01/01
TI  - The Bionic Handling Assistant: a success story of additive manufacturing
T2  - Assembly Automation
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 329
EP  - 333
Y2  - 2024/09/23
ER  -