Behavior-Based Intelligent Robotic Technologies in Industrial Applications

Gan, Zhihan; Zhang, H.; Wang, J. J.

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-73374-4_1

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“…Real-time images of the blade state from a CCD camera were used to determine the damaged area; therefore, the operator could control the robot system to perform the repair. Researchers at the ABB Corporate Research Center in Shanghai [23] briefly reviewed the robotic techniques in industrial application and noted that force control and machine vision were enabling technologies of robotic automation.…”

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Section Curve Reconstruction and Mean-Camber Curve Extraction of a Point-Sampled Blade Surface

Xie

et al. 2014

PLoS ONE

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The blade is one of the most critical parts of an aviation engine, and a small change in the blade geometry may significantly affect the dynamics performance of the aviation engine. Rapid advancements in 3D scanning techniques have enabled the inspection of the blade shape using a dense and accurate point cloud. This paper proposes a new method to achieving two common tasks in blade inspection: section curve reconstruction and mean-camber curve extraction with the representation of a point cloud. The mathematical morphology is expanded and applied to restrain the effect of the measuring defects and generate an ordered sequence of 2D measured points in the section plane. Then, the energy and distance are minimized to iteratively smoothen the measured points, approximate the section curve and extract the mean-camber curve. In addition, a turbine blade is machined and scanned to observe the curvature variation, energy variation and approximation error, which demonstrates the availability of the proposed method. The proposed method is simple to implement and can be applied in aviation casting-blade finish inspection, large forging-blade allowance inspection and visual-guided robot grinding localization.

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Section Curve Reconstruction and Mean-Camber Curve Extraction of a Point-Sampled Blade Surface

Xie

et al. 2014

PLoS ONE

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“…There is significant research interest in automating evermore complex tasks in industrial applications [2], [3]. One challenge that has received attention in the literature is a robot's inability to perceive the environment for tasks where the tasks' parameters cannot be defined statically, such as in automated drilling for manufacture [4] and robotic welding in the field [5].…”

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Prior-knowledge assisted fast 3D map building of structured environments for steel bridge maintenance

Sehestedt

Paul

Rushton-Smith

et al. 2013

2013 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)

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Practical application of a robot in a structured, yet unknown environment, such as in bridge maintenance, requires the robot to quickly generate an accurate map of the surfaces in the environment. A consistent and complete map is fundamental to achieving reliable and robust operation. In a real-world and field application, sensor noise and insufficient exploration oftentimes result in an incomplete map. This paper presents a robust environment mapping approach using prior knowledge in combination with a single depth camera mounted on the end-effector of a robotic manipulator. The approach has been successfully implemented in an industrial setting for the purpose of steel bridge maintenance. A prototype robot, which includes the presented map building approach in its software package, has recently been delivered to industry.

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Machine Vision Handbook

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Behavior-Based Intelligent Robotic Technologies in Industrial Applications

Cited by 5 publications

References 5 publications

Section Curve Reconstruction and Mean-Camber Curve Extraction of a Point-Sampled Blade Surface

Section Curve Reconstruction and Mean-Camber Curve Extraction of a Point-Sampled Blade Surface

Prior-knowledge assisted fast 3D map building of structured environments for steel bridge maintenance

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