Planning a Shared Modular Fixture Layout Across Robotic Disassembly Stages

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.27151v1
• Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:03:43 GMT
• Title: Planning a Shared Modular Fixture Layout Across Robotic Disassembly Stages
• Abstract summary: As components are removed, surfaces, mass distribution, and task loads change throughout the process of disassembly.<n>This paper presents a vacuum-based fixturing system that plans the mixed continuous-discrete layout space without reconfiguration.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Stable support remains challenging in robotic disassembly of irregularly shaped products. As components are progressively removed, the available support surfaces, mass distribution, and task loads change throughout the process. A fixture layout designed for one workpiece state may therefore become infeasible at later stages, motivating unified support planning over the complete disassembly sequence. This paper presents a modular vacuum-based fixturing system that plans one shared support configuration for the complete disassembly sequence of a screwdriver or shaver, allowing each sequence to proceed without fixture reconfiguration. To search the mixed continuous--discrete layout space under repeated cross-stage evaluation, a denoising diffusion probabilistic model generates physics-informed initial configurations that are refined through Bayesian optimization. Robotic screw and component-removal experiments verified the disassembly feasibility of the planned layouts, while 11 directional-load tests quantified their stability. Comparisons between the measured operational loads and directional responses yielded mean empirical stability margins of 66.9% for the screwdriver and 81.6% for the shaver. These results demonstrate that a product-specific shared layout can provide stable support throughout the tested robotic disassembly sequence.

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