[Courtesy of Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)]
Automobile production ends with a surface job which requires human workers to even out the surface of car panels by removing burrs and bumps. Veteran workers normally do their surface-processing job using delicate skills so that metal panels can be processed to paint.
The Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), a science school in Gwangju some 270 kilometers (167 miles) south of Seoul, said in a statement that a team of researchers has developed a specially designed robotic arm that is sturdy and can stably carry out delicate work.
"This technology is capable of reducing the time and cost taken in the production of cars in the era of autonomous vehicles," GIST professor Lee Sun-kyu was quoted as saying. He said that the robotic arm project was funded partly by the National Research Foundation of Korea, a state research foundation.
The institute in Gwangju said that its invention can be easily attached to car assembly lines. It can be used to process products produced by 3D printers.
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Park Sae-jin
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