V. Smukala
Papers
7
Total Citations
244
H-Index
5
About
V. Smukala is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of robotics and advanced manufacturing, with a particular focus on incremental sheet metal forming processes. Best known for pioneering contributions to "Roboforming" — a dieless, robot-based incremental sheet metal forming technique — Smukala has helped redefine cost-effective manufacturing for prototype parts and small-batch production runs. His most cited work, "Increasing the part accuracy in dieless robot-based incremental sheet metal forming" (2009, 100 citations), reflects his sustained effort to push the geometrical precision of this emerging technology. A landmark 2007 paper introducing Two Point Incremental Forming with Two Moving Forming Tools (75 citations) demonstrated an innovative dual-robot architecture that enables synchronized, kinematically driven shaping — a significant leap forward in flexible manufacturing capability. Beyond forming accuracy, Smukala has contributed to tool path generation for free-form surfaces and CAM solutions tailored to dual-robot systems, advancing the practical, industrial deployment of Roboforming. An earlier contribution on optical flow feedback for mobile robot navigation (2004, 23 citations) reveals a broader grounding in robotics fundamentals. Collectively, his research has garnered over 240 citations, marking him as an influential voice in flexible, automated sheet metal manufacturing.
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- 2Two Point Incremental Forming with Two Moving Forming Tools75 citations · 2007
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- 4On-line optical flow feedback for mobile robot localization/ navigation23 citations · 2004
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- 6CAM-Solution for Two Robots Based Incremental Sheet Metal Forming4 citations · 2011
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