On the Development of an Automated Adaptive Polishing System

The emerge of Industrial 4.0 revolution and influences to production, information, and communication technologies have made manufacturers capable of reaching higher performance in the last decade. Making smart operations has been set as a top strategy of manufacturing societies, and machinery industry as an integral part of production has been highlighted develop. Aerospace, automotive, metals, glass, and plastics industries have been pioneers to improve, optimize, and develop automated polishing as a final operation of surface finishing process considering of KPIs: quality, time, cost, and safety. In this review, after mentioning the state of the art of last relevant papers, some clues for future research will be presented.