【正文】 a workpiece is loaded and any other setup procedures are pleted. However, in a workstation that has two fixtures and one welding robot, a workpiece is loaded onto one fixture, is setup, and then sits idle until the welding robot pletes welding operations at the second fixture. Therefore, in a workstation having one fixture and one welding robot, the workpiece efficiency is maximized while in a workstation having two fixtures and one welding robot the welding efficiency is maximized. It is desirable to provide a workstation wherein the welding efficiency and the workpiece efficiency are both enhanced. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention can include a single or a plurality of similar workstations positioned in sequence along an assembly line. A movable material handling transportation or transfer robot can be located in between adjacent workstations for moving workpieces from one workstation to the next. The present invention can also include a robot for processing the workpieces while held by the material handling transfer robot in between the adjacent workstations. The present invention includes a flexible body shop for assembling workpieces using a single or multiple robots and a single or multiple fixtures. The present invention includes movable material handling robots, and stationary material processing robots in bination at the flexible body workstation. The workstation can perform processing operations on multiple workpieces sequentially, and performs different processing operations through the workstation simultaneously. The material processing robots performing processing operations on the workpieces can be located adjacent the at least one processing path, or in between first and second processing paths and are independently movable relative to each other. The workpiece fixtures can be provided in the form of interchangeable end effecters connectable to the at least one material handling robot for holding and supporting different workpiece configurations by exchanging one interchangeable end effecter configuration for a different interchangeable end effecter workpiece configuration. The interchangeable end effecters can be geometry fixtures for different workpiece configura tions to allow processing different workpiece configurations in any desired sequence by changing end effecters automatically to correspond to the next workpiece configuration to be processed. The present invention can include a plurality of similar workstations positioned in sequence along an assem172。able end effecters is necessary in order to process a different workpiece configuration during the next cycle of movement along the processing path. The material processing robot can be controlled with different programmable sequences for the various workpiece configurations to be processed in order to perform the necessary processing operations, by way of example and not limitation such as welding, in an efficient manner for the particular workpiece configuration being processed. Other objects, advantages and applications of the present invention will bee apparent to those skilled in the art when the following description of the best mode contemplated for practicing the invention is read in conjunction with the acpanying drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The description herein makes reference to the acpanying drawings wherein like reference numerals refer to like workpieces throughout the several views, and wherein: FIG. 1 is an overhead view of a workstation according to the present invention。tioned by the at least one material handling robot 14a, 14b. A stationary monument 18 can be provided if desired, for large workpieces to be processed. By way of example and not limitation, at least one material handling robot can include a first material handling robot 14a movable along a first processing path 16a for supporting a first workpiece 12a to be moved along the first processing path 16a, and a second material handling robot 14b movable along a second processing path 16b for sup172。至少一臺(tái)可以定義至少一個(gè)加工位置相鄰的處理路徑接收待加工工件時(shí) 交付和定位的至少一個(gè)材料處理機(jī)器人。 柔性體裝配工件工作站 相關(guān)應(yīng)用 本申 請 要求利益 用于 應(yīng)用服務(wù)器。 發(fā) 明背景 效率的一個(gè)焊接工作站可以定義所需的時(shí)間，通常一個(gè)百分比，一個(gè)焊接機(jī)器人焊接相比花費(fèi)的總時(shí)間需要一個(gè)特定的重復(fù)周期。在現(xiàn)有技術(shù)中，這個(gè)問題已經(jīng)解決，再添加一個(gè)夾具在工作站內(nèi)達(dá)成一個(gè)單一的焊接機(jī)器人。大量的時(shí)間，一個(gè)工件閑置在夾具降低整體運(yùn)營能力的工作站通過減少產(chǎn)量，通常在每小時(shí)或類似單位的整體組裝過程。最好是提供一個(gè)工作站，其中，焊接效率和工件效率均得到提高。 本發(fā)明包括彈性體裝配車間工件使用單個(gè)或多個(gè)機(jī)器人和一個(gè)或多個(gè)固定裝置。工件夾具可以提供的形式影響互 換結(jié)束連接到至少一個(gè)材料處理機(jī)器人持有和支持不同工件配置一個(gè)交換可互換年底效應(yīng)配置不同的可互換年底效應(yīng)工件配置。本發(fā)明還可以包括材料處理機(jī)器人的工件加工而正在舉行的物料搬 運(yùn)機(jī)器人在轉(zhuǎn)移位置在相鄰工作站。電子控制手段可以信號每個(gè)物料搬運(yùn)機(jī)器人當(dāng)交換可互換年底的影響是必要的，以便處理不同的工件配置在一個(gè)周期運(yùn)動(dòng)沿著加工路徑。 說明首選的體現(xiàn) 現(xiàn)在參照圖形。固定紀(jì)念碑 18 可提供如果需要的話，對大型工件進(jìn)行處理。 至少 有一個(gè)材料加工機(jī)器人 20A， 20B， 20E， 20D 可以位于相鄰的加工位置，12A， 12B 將被至少一個(gè)物料搬運(yùn)機(jī)器人 14A 交付后處理加工工件 14B 沿相應(yīng)處理路徑 16A， 16B?？苫Q的最終效果器可以定義一個(gè)幾何方面的最終效應(yīng)器 22，從而使相應(yīng)的物料搬運(yùn)機(jī)器人 14A， 14B，準(zhǔn)確定位工件的 12A， 12B 和最終效果器處理的準(zhǔn)確定位工件的12A， 12B 夾具工具 24 22 日在預(yù)定位置的加工位置，使材料加工機(jī)器人 20A，20B， 20E， 20D 可以執(zhí)行工件的精確定位準(zhǔn)確的加工業(yè)務(wù)組合。該方法可以包括步驟支持工件 12A， 12B 移動(dòng)沿加工路徑 16A， 16B 至少有一個(gè)物料搬運(yùn)機(jī)器人 14A， 14B沿加工路徑 16A， 16B 動(dòng)產(chǎn)。第一工件 12A 或第二工件 12B 可以支持處理后的第一和第二的物料搬運(yùn)機(jī)器人 14A， 14B 交付至少有一站位于第一和第