0 present participle of buff --
1 to rub an object made of metal, wood, or leather in order to make it shine, using a soft, dry cloth --
Figure 1 shows a control system for the robot, in which the buffing tool attached to the end-effector is intended to follow the trajectory on the workspace.
New buffing robot manipulator robot by means of the transfer device from the conveyor.
In this sense, developing automatic buffing machines for processing of the shoe uppers has been actively pursued in the shoemaking industry.
Then, peripheral systems integrated with the conveyer, transfer device, and fixture device are designed for the sequential buffing process of shoes.
A control system, including input/output interfaces and the related electronic system, is designed for the control of the mechanical structure of the buffing robot.
To coordinate the buffing tool of the robot, the position and orientation of the buffing tool can be decided by using the derived model.
It has been observed that industrial robots are often too expensive and not appropriate for the buffing operation of irregular shoes such as public sneakers.
Furthermore, to apply industrial robots to the buffing operation of shoes, a user-oriented program is required to achieve easy interface between operators and robots.
