Improving the tracking quality of the weld seam butt with V-form grooving by using Kalman filter and neural network

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An algorithm for tracking of the welded seams grooving by using a Kalman filter based on six characteristic points of the profile obtained using the RF627 laser vision sensor is proposed. In order to reduce the error in weld seams control, a multilayer neural network with a backpropagation algorithm is created to compensate for errors caused by colored noise when using the Kalman filter. Experimental results show that when the algorithm is applied, the error in tracking the trajectory of weld seams is reduced. Keywords tracking of weld seams; multilayer/multi-pass welding; Kalman filter; multilayer perceptron

2013 ◽  
Vol 401-403 ◽  
pp. 895-898
Author(s):  
Sheng Gao ◽  
Yu Wang

This paper studies the dynamic modeling of weld seam by using the laser vision sensor in virtual environment (VE). By introducing virtual guide (VG), lowering operative difficulty and showing high security can be obtained. Template matching is used to recognize remote weld seam, and the uniform contour of V is defined to represent the features of remote seam. Cubic spline interpolation is employed to construct the continuous model of the seam.


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Adaptive adjustment of the relationship between the welding process parameters and the butt geometry permits to reduce the likelihood of welding defects appearance and improve the quality of the welded joint in automatic welding of large-diameter pipes. To obtain data on the configuration of the welded joint, the RF627 laser vision sensor is used. To reduce the influence of restrictions arising during the welding process, a median algorithm for filtering impulse noise is proposed. To calculate the geometric parameters of the welded joint, a model based on pixel data obtained from a laser sensor is proposed. The restoration of the welded butt parameters is carried out according to the algorithm of piecewise-linear approximation, which involves the determination of six characteristic points of the butt. The adaptive adjuster uses an inverse neural network model for adjustment the parameters of the welding process: welding current, voltage, wire feed speed. To train the neural network, the characteristic parameters of the welded butt are used: gap, skewing (warping of the edges) and bluntness (for the root weld), the current width of the butt groove in each layer (for other types of welds). The weights of the neural network layers are restored online using a gradient descent algorithm. The important role of the laser vision sensor in solving the problem of adaptation of welding equipment and the effectiveness of the proposed algorithms are confirmed experimentally. Keywords laser vision sensor; robotic welding; multilayer/multi-pass welding; piecewise linear approximation; adaptive control with a reverse neural network model


2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (10) ◽  
pp. 1720-1725 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Park ◽  
Y. Kim ◽  
J. Byeon ◽  
K. Sung ◽  
C. Yeom ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Taewook Kim ◽  
Seungbeom Lee ◽  
Seunghwan Baek ◽  
Kwangsuck Boo

Author(s):  
Chao Liu ◽  
Hui Wang ◽  
Yu Huang ◽  
Youmin Rong ◽  
Jie Meng ◽  
...  

Abstract Mobile welding robot with adaptive seam tracking ability can greatly improve the welding efficiency and quality, which has been extensively studied. To further improve the automation in multiple station welding, a novel intelligent mobile welding robot consists of a four-wheeled mobile platform and a collaborative manipulator is developed. Under the support of simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) technology, the robot is capable of automatically navigating to different stations to perform welding operation. To automatically detect the welding seam, a composite sensor system including an RGB-D camera and a laser vision sensor is creatively applied. Based on the sensor system, the multi-layer sensing strategy is performed to ensure the welding seam can be detected and tracked with high precision. By applying hybrid filter to the RGB-D camera measurement, the initial welding seam could be effectively extracted. Then a novel welding start point detection method is proposed. Meanwhile, to guarantee the tracking quality, a robust welding seam tracking algorithm based on laser vision sensor is presented to eliminate the tracking discrepancy caused by the platform parking error, through which the tracking trajectory can be corrected in real-time. The experimental results show that the robot can autonomously detect and track the welding seam effectively in different station. Also, the multiple station welding efficiency can be improved and quality can also be guaranteed.


2004 ◽  
Vol 270-273 ◽  
pp. 2332-2337 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Lee ◽  
K. Sung ◽  
H. Park ◽  
Se Hun Rhee

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.7) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
V Gopi Tilak ◽  
S Koteswara Rao

Maintaining good quality and intelligibility of speech is the primary constraint in mobile communications. The present work is on the enhancement of speech under the consideration of additive white and colored noise environments using Kalman filter. Dual and Joint estimation techniques were applied and the quality of speech is analyzed through the signal to noise ratio. The techniques were applied in both ideal and practical cases for two different speech samples.


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