Skylar Tibbits have a perhaps the idea of subverting future manufacturing - allows mobile phones to complete their assembly without simply relying on manpower.
MIT (MIT) Automatic assembly laboratory in the laboratory, recently is carrying an interesting project, and they hope to automatically assemble mobile phones through some technologies, thereby reducing the human rights on the pipeline, even highly custom robots. Workload.
How to make your phone complete automatic assembly?
Fast Company pointed out that this is a built-in machine device with a special algorithm, which is placed in a roller that is not inverted, and judges the speed of the drum operation through a particular programming.
The process of mobile phone automatic assembly is a bit like a process of protein into cells, and Tibbits said it is also the source of his inspiration. During the operation, all parts are placed in this roller such as the washing machine (or you can call a cement mixer). At the same time, the research team also uses a series of different polar magnets, which is to ensure that the components can be integrated together. The component moves and interacts in this drum until the mobile phone assembly is completed. A roller can accommodate two phones.
It is undeniable that how to choose a problem with the most appropriate speed is the problem that the R & D team must be careful. If the speed is too slow, the movement and interaction of the part will be insufficient, and if the speed is too fast, the part may be damaged. The R & D team also needs to perform multiple tests.
Tibbits said that in terms of manufacturing, all companies have always worked hard to reduce costs, while two ways: labor transfer to overseas, or enhance automation. And if this process can be widely used by the factory, it will greatly contribute to the lower automation process. However, he also admits that this technology has not been too great than the current artificial assembly, because many companies have chosen to transfer labor more cheap overseas way to reduce costs. However, it is undeniable that once it is mass production, the process will further reduce the cost of automation.
Tibbits is an expert in the automatic assembly laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has been committed to implementing the material and product automatic assembly by programming. In 2011, Tibbits set up an automatic assembled laboratory, using a 3D printing mechanism for longer materials, and can change the function of the material itself. Thereafter, the laboratory launched a series of methods that can be automatically constructed according to the "program" and began to receive funds for foreign companies. At present, they have conceived methods that automatically assemble flat-pack furniture, and even possible sports shoes that can develop automatic laces.
For mobile phone automatic assembly processes, Tibbits said that the most exciting may be at the design level. Tibbits said, "Imagine, you put together a board and other mobile phone components, let them get a reaction, so that you can get different features, these features are yourself DIY. This is a magical thing. "Tibbits said that these can be implemented in the future," Now we have begun to accept mobile phone bookings, "R & D team is using this method to assemble mobile phones," For example, you can put Google's mobile phone parts and Samsung's mobile phone parts together In the roller, there will be different types of new mobile phones.
"The freedom of design is critical." Tibbits said, "When you design a mobile phone, you have to give free space for each small part, and we are still just a horn of the iceberg now."
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