Automatic, force control based touch sensing of surface structures for single piece production using industrial robots

Publikation: Qualifikations-/StudienabschlussarbeitSonstige Qualifikationsarbeit

Autorschaft

  • Tobias Holst

Externe Organisationen

  • University of Wollongong
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Titel in ÜbersetzungAutomatisiertes, kraftgeregeltes Ertasten von Oberflächenstrukturen in der Einzelfertigung mittels Industrierobotern
OriginalspracheEnglisch
Betreut von
  • Larkin, Nathan, Betreuer*in, Externe Person
  • Schönherr, Marcus, Betreuer*in, Externe Person
PublikationsstatusAngenommen/Im Druck - 18 Feb. 2013

Abstract

The aim of this thesis is to investigate the use of force control based touch sensing to determine the shape of a part with complex surfaces. The target application is supposed to apply a friction stir process to a Nickel Aluminium Bronze part, made up of complex, three dimensional surfaces with minimal part-specific programming. The working area was simulated on the computer and a basic algorithm was tested in the simulation. Following this procedure, a state of the art industrial robot with force control mounted on a mobile platform was used and programmed. The programming was checked on real objects with simple and complex surfaces and then optimized for speed, correctness and flexibility.
During the simulation with the software of the robot manufacturer, it was observed the forces could not be simulated correctly. Consequently simulation was changed to checking collisions instead of measuring forces. But it became apparent that the actual robot behaved very differently compared to the simulations. Therefore, the programming had to be done at the actual robot. The algorithms had to be simple but effective at the same time, because the computing power and memory of the robot controller is very limited. Concluding, the robot was able to search for simple and complex shaped objects in a given range and do some work on the surface. Experiments were done to determine the optimal process parameters, such as speeds and reference forces.

Schlagwörter

    Studienarbeit

Fachgebiet (basierend auf ÖFOS 2012)

  • TECHNISCHE WISSENSCHAFTEN
  • Elektrotechnik, Elektronik, Informationstechnik
  • Elektrotechnik, Elektronik, Informationstechnik
  • Robotik
  • NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN
  • Informatik
  • Informatik
  • Softwareentwicklung
  • TECHNISCHE WISSENSCHAFTEN
  • Maschinenbau
  • Maschinenbau
  • Fertigungstechnik

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Publikation: Qualifikations-/StudienabschlussarbeitSonstige Qualifikationsarbeit

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