On Flange-based 3D Hand-Eye Calibration for Soft Robotic Tactile Welding

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Auteurs principaux: Han, Xudong, Guo, Ning, Jie, Yu, Wang, He, Wan, Fang, Song, Chaoyang
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Publié: 2024
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author Han, Xudong
Guo, Ning
Jie, Yu
Wang, He
Wan, Fang
Song, Chaoyang
author_facet Han, Xudong
Guo, Ning
Jie, Yu
Wang, He
Wan, Fang
Song, Chaoyang
contents This paper investigates the direct application of standardized designs on the robot for conducting robot hand-eye calibration by employing 3D scanners with collaborative robots. The well-established geometric features of the robot flange are exploited by directly capturing its point cloud data. In particular, an iterative method is proposed to facilitate point cloud processing toward a refined calibration outcome. Several extensive experiments are conducted over a range of collaborative robots, including Universal Robots UR5 & UR10 e-series, Franka Emika, and AUBO i5 using an industrial-grade 3D scanner Photoneo Phoxi S & M and a commercial-grade 3D scanner Microsoft Azure Kinect DK. Experimental results show that translational and rotational errors converge efficiently to less than 0.28 mm and 0.25 degrees, respectively, achieving a hand-eye calibration accuracy as high as the camera's resolution, probing the hardware limit. A welding seam tracking system is presented, combining the flange-based calibration method with soft tactile sensing. The experiment results show that the system enables the robot to adjust its motion in real-time, ensuring consistent weld quality and paving the way for more efficient and adaptable manufacturing processes.
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spellingShingle On Flange-based 3D Hand-Eye Calibration for Soft Robotic Tactile Welding
Han, Xudong
Guo, Ning
Jie, Yu
Wang, He
Wan, Fang
Song, Chaoyang
Robotics
This paper investigates the direct application of standardized designs on the robot for conducting robot hand-eye calibration by employing 3D scanners with collaborative robots. The well-established geometric features of the robot flange are exploited by directly capturing its point cloud data. In particular, an iterative method is proposed to facilitate point cloud processing toward a refined calibration outcome. Several extensive experiments are conducted over a range of collaborative robots, including Universal Robots UR5 & UR10 e-series, Franka Emika, and AUBO i5 using an industrial-grade 3D scanner Photoneo Phoxi S & M and a commercial-grade 3D scanner Microsoft Azure Kinect DK. Experimental results show that translational and rotational errors converge efficiently to less than 0.28 mm and 0.25 degrees, respectively, achieving a hand-eye calibration accuracy as high as the camera's resolution, probing the hardware limit. A welding seam tracking system is presented, combining the flange-based calibration method with soft tactile sensing. The experiment results show that the system enables the robot to adjust its motion in real-time, ensuring consistent weld quality and paving the way for more efficient and adaptable manufacturing processes.
title On Flange-based 3D Hand-Eye Calibration for Soft Robotic Tactile Welding
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.16041