Investigation of Synchronous Accuracy of Dual Arm Motion of Industrial Robot

2012 ◽  
Vol 516 ◽  
pp. 234-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Wu ◽  
Toshiki Hirogaki ◽  
Eiichi Aoyama
Keyword(s):  
Rotational Motion ◽  
Manufacturing Systems ◽  
Industrial Robot ◽  
Circular Path ◽  
Stable Operation ◽  
Motion Error ◽  
Ball Rolling ◽  
Arm Motion ◽  
Five Axis ◽  
Dual Arm

Recently, new needs have emerged to control not only linear motion but also rotational motion in high-accuracy manufacturing fields. Many five-axis-controlled machining centres are therefore in use. However, one problem has been the difficulty of creating flexible manufacturing systems with methods based on the use of these machine tools. On the other hand, the industrial dual-arm robot has gained attention as a new way to achieve accurate linear and rotational motion in an attempt to control a working plate like a machine tool table. In the present report, a cooperating dual-arm motion is demonstrated to make it feasible to perform stable operation control, such as controlling the working plate to keep a ball rolling around a circular path on it. As a result, we investigated the influence of each axis motion error on a ball-rolling path.

Motion Control of Rolling Ball by Operating the Working Plate with a Dual-Arm Robot

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Wu ◽  
◽  
Toshiki Hirogaki ◽  
Eiichi Aoyama ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Rotational Motion ◽  
Manufacturing Systems ◽  
Present Report ◽  
Circular Path ◽  
Stable Operation ◽  
Linear Motion ◽  
Motion Error ◽  
Rolling Ball ◽  
Ball Rolling ◽  
Dual Arm

Recently, new needs have emerged to control not only linear motion but also rotational motion in high-accuracy manufacturing fields. Many five axiscontrolled machining centers are therefore in use. However, one problem has been that it may be difficult to achieve flexible manufacturing systems by methods based on the use of these machine tools. On the other hand, industrial dual-arm robots have gained attention as new tools to control both linear motion and rotational motion accurately, in the attempt to control a working plate like a machine tool table. In the present report, cooperative dual-arm motion is demonstrated to make it feasible to perform stable operation control, such as controlling the working plate to keep a ball rolling in a circular path on it. As a result, we investigated the influence of each axis motion error on a ball-rolling path.

Proposal of Improving Method of Rotational 2-Axis Synchronous Accuracy of Plate Motion Control with a Dual Arm Robot by Estimating Ball Rolling Motion on the Plate

2012 ◽  
Vol 523-524 ◽  
pp. 889-894 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Wu ◽  
Toshiki Hirogaki ◽  
Eiichi Aoyama
Keyword(s):  
Machine Tool ◽  
Present Report ◽  
Plate Motion ◽  
Circular Path ◽  
Motion Error ◽  
Rotation Axes ◽  
Ball Rolling ◽  
Dual Arm Robot ◽  
Five Axis ◽  
Dual Arm

Recently, developers of machining tools have begun paying more and more attention to multi-joint dual-arm robot, and it is expected the robot will reclaim its place in the field of new automation. Industrial dual-arm robots have therefore gained attention as new tools to control both linear motion and rotational motion accurately. On the other hand, the five-axis control machining center controlling the motion of three translation axes and two rotation axes has put into wide practical use. However, a one problem has been that it may be the difficult to measure the synchronic accuracy of rotation two axes without high accuracy gyro sensor. In the present report, we proposed a novel method to measure the synchronic accuracy of rotation two axes of machine tool table with a ball, which keeps a ball rolling around a circular path on the working plate by dual-arm cooperating control. As a result, we investigated an influence of each axis motion error on a ball- rolling path, and demonstrated this method made it feasible to estimate the synchronic accuracy of rotation two axes of machine tool table.

Detection of Motion Error Under Synchronous Two-Axis Control of a Dual Arm Robot Based on Monitoring of Ball Rolling Motion on a Plate

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-42
Author(s):  
Wei Wu ◽  
◽  
Shun Kinoshita ◽  
Toshiki Hirogaki ◽  
Eiichi Aoyama
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Control ◽  
Rolling Friction ◽  
Industrial Robots ◽  
Circular Path ◽  
Motion Error ◽  
Rotary Axes ◽  
Ball Rolling ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Dual Arm Robot ◽  
Dual Arm

Dual-arm industrial robots have been gaining attention as novel tools in the field of new automation. We therefore focus on them to flexibly control both the linear motion and the rotational motion of a working plate. However, the difficulty of measuring the synchronous accuracy of two rotary axes without a highaccuracy gyro sensor has been a problem. We therefore propose a novel method of using a ball to measure the synchronous accuracy of two rotary axes of a working plate. The plate uses dual-arm cooperative control to keep the ball rolling in a circular path on it. In this report, we investigate the effects of the rolling friction coefficient of the ball on its sensitivity and resolution to estimate the synchronous accuracy of two rotary axes.

Skillful Operating of Working Plate to Control Ball Rolling Motion With a Dual Arm Robot

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shun Kinoshita ◽  
Toshiki Hirogaki ◽  
Eiichi Aoyama ◽  
Wei Wu
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Control ◽  
Present Report ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Circular Path ◽  
Rotary Axes ◽  
Ball Rolling ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Rotational Motions ◽  
Dual Arm Robot ◽  
Dual Arm

Industrial dual-arm robots have been gaining attention as novel tools in the field of new automation. Our past research has focused on using them flexibly to control both the linear and rotational motions of a working plate. However, it has been difficult to measure the synchronous accuracy of two rotary axes without a high-accuracy gyro sensor. We therefore developed a novel method to measure the synchronous accuracy of the two rotary axes of a working plate with a ball, in which the ball is kept rolling around a circular path by dual-arm cooperative control. In the present report, in order to widen the range of application, we tried to keep the ball rolling around a rhomboid path, which is one of the polygonal paths used on a working plate by dual-arm cooperative control. It could be seen that there is some possibility of generating an equal speed diamond motion by inputting wave as the odd power of a trigonometric function and considered a deceleration angle with the robot that we handled.

scholarly journals Predictive Process Adjustment by Detecting System Status of Vacuum Gripper in Real Time during Pick-Up Operations

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 634
Author(s):  
Sujeong Baek ◽  
Dong Oh Kim
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Manufacturing Systems ◽  
Air Pressure ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Stable Operation ◽  
System Operation ◽  
Process Adjustment ◽  
Manufacturing Errors ◽  
Predictive Process ◽  
Considerable Loss

In manufacturing systems, pick-up operations by vacuum grippers may fail owing to manufacturing errors in an object’s surface that are within the allowable tolerance limits. In such situations, manual interference is required to resume system operation, which results in considerable loss of time as well as economic losses. Although vacuum grippers have many advantages and are widely used in the industry, it is highly difficult to directly monitor the current machine status and provide appropriate recovery feedback for stable operation. Therefore, this paper proposes a method to detect the success or failure of a suction operation in advance by analyzing the amount of outlet air pressure in the Venturi line. This was achieved by installing an air pressure sensor on the Venturi line to predict whether the current suction action will be successful. Through empirical experiments, it was found that downward movements in the z-axis of the vacuum gripper can easily rectify a faulty gripper suction operation. Real-time monitoring results verified that predictive process adjustment of the pick-up operation can be performed by modifying the z-position of the vacuum gripper.

scholarly journals Comparative Analysis of the Life-Cycle Cost of Robot Substitution: A Case of Automobile Welding Production in China

Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 226
Author(s):  
Xuyang Zhao ◽  
Cisheng Wu ◽  
Duanyong Liu
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Life Cycle Cost ◽  
Manufacturing Systems ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Cost Allocation ◽  
Industrial Robot ◽  
Case Analysis ◽  
Industrial Robots ◽  
Analysis Model

Within the context of the large-scale application of industrial robots, methods of analyzing the life-cycle cost (LCC) of industrial robot production have shown considerable developments, but there remains a lack of methods that allow for the examination of robot substitution. Taking inspiration from the symmetry philosophy in manufacturing systems engineering, this article further establishes a comparative LCC analysis model to compare the LCC of the industrial robot production with traditional production at the same time. This model introduces intangible costs (covering idle loss, efficiency loss and defect loss) to supplement the actual costs and comprehensively uses various methods for cost allocation and variable estimation to conduct total cost and the cost efficiency analysis, together with hierarchical decomposition and dynamic comparison. To demonstrate the model, an investigation of a Chinese automobile manufacturer is provided to compare the LCC of welding robot production with that of manual welding production; methods of case analysis and simulation are combined, and a thorough comparison is done with related existing works to show the validity of this framework. In accordance with this study, a simple template is developed to support the decision-making analysis of the application and cost management of industrial robots. In addition, the case analysis and simulations can provide references for enterprises in emerging markets in relation to robot substitution.

scholarly journals Examination of industrial robot performance parameters utilizing machine tool diagnostic methods

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 172988142090572
Author(s):  
Ivan Kuric ◽  
Vladimír Tlach ◽  
Miroslav Císar ◽  
Zuzana Ságová ◽  
Ivan Zajačko
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Laser Interferometer ◽  
Industrial Robot ◽  
Diagnostic Methods ◽  
Circular Path ◽  
Performance Parameters ◽  
Positional Analysis ◽  
Accuracy And Precision ◽  
Robot Accuracy ◽  
Robot Performance

The article discusses the possibility to identify changes in robot accuracy based on deformation of the circular path measured by the Renishaw Ballbar system. The research method utilizes correlation between industrial robot accuracy and precision of method used for the so-called calibration process. The presented experiments consist of two basic parts. The first is positional analysis with a simulation model of the robot in Creo Parametric 4.0. The second part describe practical measurements using the Renishaw Ballbar QC20-W and the Renishaw XL-80 laser interferometer. The results of the experiments confirm that Renishaw Ballbar can be used to quickly and simply identify occurrence of changes in the condition of an industrial robot.

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