Integrated robotic system development for arc-welding application with artificial vision

Author

Fraile-Marinero, J.C. ; Gutierrez-Diez, V. ; Perez-Turiel, J.

Author_Institution

Dept. de Ingenieria de Sistemas y Autom., Valladolid Univ.

fYear

1989

fDate

6-10 Nov 1989

Firstpage

568

Abstract

The authors describe the concept, development, and operation of an arc-welding industrial robot to which have been joined a vision system and a computer for controlling and synchronizing the integration. The vision system makes it possible to determine the exact point where the robot must perform the arc-weldings. A communications protocol makes it possible to communicate between the robot and the computer and to synchronize the operation of the vision system (robot-computer). It is concluded that the arc-welding robot integrated with a vision system allows improved control of the weld process and the total elimination of welding errors caused by deformations on the weld-piece geometry

Keywords

arc welding; computer vision; industrial robots; position control; protocols; arc-welding industrial robot; artificial vision; communications protocol; deformations; weld-piece geometry; welding errors; Application software; Communication system control; Computer industry; Computer vision; Control systems; Electrical equipment industry; Machine vision; Robot vision systems; Service robots; Welding;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics Society, 1989. IECON '89., 15th Annual Conference of IEEE

Conference_Location

Philadelphia, PA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.1989.69694

Filename

69694