A Vision-Based Robotic Laser Welding System for Insulated Mugs with Fuzzy Seam Tracking Control

Symmetry

Wenwu Weng¹  Weijun Wang²  Guilin Yang²  Zaojun Fang²  Chi Zhang² 

[1] Zhejiang Haers Vacuum Containers Co., Ltd., Yongkang 321300, China;Zhejiang Key Lab of Robotics and Intelligent Manufacturing Equipment Technology, Ningbo Institute of Material Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Ningbo 315201, China;

关键词: welding robot;    laser welding;    vision sensor;    insulated mug;    ransac;    seam tracking;    fuzzy control;   

DOI  :  10.3390/sym11111385

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The symmetrical insulated mug is composed of two layers. The two ends of the two layers form the mouth and bottom seams of the insulated mug. The weld quality of the two seams is very important to keep the vacuum degree of the air between the two layers, which is vital for the heat-insulating property of the mug. Due to the narrow seam, laser welding is used. Since laser welding has high demand on the relative position of the seam and the laser torch, a vision-based seam tracking system is designed. Before welding is started, the vision sensor scans the seam and feature sample points are collected. A reconstruction algorithm is proposed to form the image containing the seam. Then, a least square fitting (LSF) method combined with random sample consensus (RANSAC) method is proposed to detect the smooth seam from the sample points. In the welding process, a seam tracking system with fuzzy logic control method is presented to keep the torch precisely on the seam. Finally, full experiments are conducted in the welding factory of the insulated mugs to verify the effectiveness of the proposed system and method.

【 授权许可】

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