A low-cost mockup to simulate robotic laser cutting in nuclear decommissioning
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| author | Silva, Frederico Fernandes Afonso Marinho, Murilo Marques Adorno, Bruno Vilhena |
| author_facet | Silva, Frederico Fernandes Afonso Marinho, Murilo Marques Adorno, Bruno Vilhena |
| contents | This paper introduces a low-cost experimental mockup to simulate the laser cutting process of containers in nuclear decommissioning. It is composed of a three-axis table supporting a cuboid container with ultraviolet-sensitive faces, a six-degree-of-freedom serial manipulator holding an ultraviolet torch that simulates the laser, and a visual system based on cameras and fiducial markers. The system employs a constrained task-space adaptive motion controller that compensates for inaccurate parameters and eliminates the need to calibrate the system. Furthermore, as the motion controller explicitly accounts for geometric constraints, the robot reactively avoids collisions with obstacles while handling the ultraviolet torch. To enhance tracking of the laser-cutting path, we control the ultraviolet beam, which requires only four degrees of freedom, instead of the full end-effector pose. Experiments show that, despite an initially uncalibrated system, the overall system is capable of tracking different trajectories with an overall mean accuracy of 3.9 (sd 2.5) mm when the end-effector pose is controlled and 2.4 (sd 1.3) mm when the ultraviolet beam is controlled. |
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| spellingShingle | A low-cost mockup to simulate robotic laser cutting in nuclear decommissioning Silva, Frederico Fernandes Afonso Marinho, Murilo Marques Adorno, Bruno Vilhena Robotics This paper introduces a low-cost experimental mockup to simulate the laser cutting process of containers in nuclear decommissioning. It is composed of a three-axis table supporting a cuboid container with ultraviolet-sensitive faces, a six-degree-of-freedom serial manipulator holding an ultraviolet torch that simulates the laser, and a visual system based on cameras and fiducial markers. The system employs a constrained task-space adaptive motion controller that compensates for inaccurate parameters and eliminates the need to calibrate the system. Furthermore, as the motion controller explicitly accounts for geometric constraints, the robot reactively avoids collisions with obstacles while handling the ultraviolet torch. To enhance tracking of the laser-cutting path, we control the ultraviolet beam, which requires only four degrees of freedom, instead of the full end-effector pose. Experiments show that, despite an initially uncalibrated system, the overall system is capable of tracking different trajectories with an overall mean accuracy of 3.9 (sd 2.5) mm when the end-effector pose is controlled and 2.4 (sd 1.3) mm when the ultraviolet beam is controlled. |
| title | A low-cost mockup to simulate robotic laser cutting in nuclear decommissioning |
| topic | Robotics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.08947 |