Optomechatronic System for Position Detection of a Mobile Mini-Robot

Author

Nitu, Constantin I. ; Gramescu, Bogdan S. ; Comeaga, Constantin Daniel P ; Trufasu, Aurelian Ovidius

Author_Institution

Dept. of Precision Eng. & Mechatronics, Univ. "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania

Volume

52

Issue

4

fYear

2005

Firstpage

969

Lastpage

973

Abstract

This paper presents an optomechatronic system which can detect, by triangulation, the position of a light point source, fastened onto a robot part. The sensing system consists of two positioning modules for optical transducers, which automatically follow the direction of the light point source. The system control is accomplished by means of data acquisition boards and LabVIEW programming.

Keywords

data acquisition; mechatronics; micromechanical devices; mobile robots; optical sensors; optoelectronic devices; position control; transducers; LabVIEW programming; data acquisition board; light point source; mobile mini-robot; optical transducer; optomechatronic system; position detection; positioning module; robot sensing system; triangulation; Data acquisition; Hydraulic actuators; Light sources; Optical sensors; Orbital robotics; Robot kinematics; Robot sensing systems; Robotics and automation; Switches; Transducers; Mechatronics; optical transducer; robot sensing system;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0046

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIE.2005.851647

Filename

1490686