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Benchmarking Protocols for Evaluating Small Parts Robotic Assembly Systems

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Kenneth Kimble, Joseph Falco, Elena R. Messina, Karl Van Wyk , Yu Sun, Mizuho Shibata, Wataru Uemura, Yasuyoshi Yokokohji

Abstract

This paper presents a set of performance metrics, test methods, and associated artifacts to help progress the development and deployment of robotic assembly systems. The designs for three task board artifacts that replicate small part insertions and fastening operations such as threading, snap fitting, and meshing with standard screws, nuts, washers, gears, electrical connectors, belt drives, and wiring are presented. To support the evaluation of robotic assembly and disassembly operations, benchmarking protocols and performance metrics are presented that leverage these task boards. Finally, robot competitions are discussed as use cases for these task boards.
Citation
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Volume
5
Issue
2
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

Robotic assembly, performance benchmarking, manufacturing
Robotics, Manufacturing and Dexterous grasping

Citation

Kimble, K. , Falco, J. , Messina, E. , Van Wyk, K. , Sun, Y. , Shibata, M. , Uemura, W. and Yokokohji, Y. (2020), Benchmarking Protocols for Evaluating Small Parts Robotic Assembly Systems, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2020.2965869 (Accessed October 27, 2025)

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Created March 31, 2020, Updated October 12, 2021
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