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A Normal Tracking Method for Workpieces with Free-Form Surface in Robotic Polishing

  • Bing Wang
  • , Jian Li
  • , Haowen Chen
  • , Yisheng Guan*
  • , Tao Zhang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Guangdong University of Technology
  • Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems

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Abstract

Polishing operations often require constant normal contact forces, making robotic systems difficult to apply in polishing operations with offline programming methods that the geometric information of workpieces is lacking. This paper proposes a new method to achieve normal contact control between a polishing tool and workpieces without priori geometric information and designs a robot end-effector applicable to this method. The method employs three laser distance sensors and a linear encoder to form a measurement system. The theoretical analysis and simulation verification of the proposed method shows that the proposed method can obtain a higher normal tracking accuracy with an average error of 0. 37. An experimental platform built based on the proposed method also achieves good normal tracking in the actual polishing process. Both simulation and experimental results show that the proposed method provides a viable robotic polishing method when workpieces have no precise geometric models.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Mechanical Design - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Mechanical Design, ICMD 2021
EditorsJianrong Tan
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media B.V.
Pages1753-1765
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)9789811673801
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Conference on Mechanical Design, ICMD 2021 - Changsha, China
Duration: 11 Aug 202113 Aug 2021

Publication series

NameMechanisms and Machine Science
Volume111
ISSN (Print)2211-0984
ISSN (Electronic)2211-0992

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Mechanical Design, ICMD 2021
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChangsha
Period11/08/2113/08/21

Keywords

  • End-effector
  • Free-form surface
  • Intelligent manufacturing
  • Normal tracking
  • Robotic polishing

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