Flexible Robot Sealant Dispensing Cell using RGB-D sensor and off-line programming

Maiolino, Perla; Woolley, Richard; Branson, David; Benardos, Panorios; Popov, Atanas and Ratchev, Svetan. 2017. Flexible Robot Sealant Dispensing Cell using RGB-D sensor and off-line programming. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 48, pp. 188-195. ISSN 0736-5845 [Article]

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Abstract or Description

In aerospace manufacture the accurate and robust application of sealant is an integral and challenging part of the manufacturing process that is still performed by human operator. Automation of this process is difficult and not cost effective due to the high variability in the parts to operate and also the difficulty associated with programming industrial robotic systems. This work tries to overcome these problems by presenting an AOLP (Automatic Off-Line Programming) system for sealant dispensing through the integration of the ABB’s proprietary OLP (Off-Line Programming) system RobotStudio with a relatively new RBG-D sensor technology based on structured light and the development of a RobotStudio add-on. The integration of the vision system in the generation of the robot program overcomes the current problems related to AOLP systems that rely on a known model of the work environment. This enables the ability to dynamically adapt the model according to sensor data, thus coping with environmental and parts variability during operation. Furthermore it exploits the advantages of an OLP system simplifying the robot programming allowing for faster automation of the process.

Item Type:

Article

Identification Number (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2017.04.004

Keywords:

AOLP; RGB-D sensor; Sealant dispensing

Departments, Centres and Research Units:

Computing

Dates:

DateEvent
12 April 2017Accepted
21 April 2017Published

Item ID:

20350

Date Deposited:

25 Apr 2017 14:47

Last Modified:

09 Jun 2021 18:29

Peer Reviewed:

Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.

URI:

https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/20350

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