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<p>Most existing robot performance evaluation methods focus on single robotic arms performing independent motion tasks. In this paper, a motion gauge is proposed to evaluate the symmetrical coordinated-motion performance between two robotic arms. For this evaluation, the proposed device monitors the relative distance between the two robotic arms in real-time, which is used to evaluate the coordinated-motion errors with respect to accuracy, and repeatability between the two arms. The proposed metrology device is composed of two linear displacement sensors sliding on a linear rail, two ball-and-socket magnetic couplers for mounting to robotic arms, and a wireless communication module for data transmission. For validation, the proposed system monitored the two robotic arms programmed to simulate symmetrical coordinated motions.</p>
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Most existing robot performance evaluation methods focus on single robotic arms performing independent motion tasks. In this paper, a motion gauge is proposed to evaluate the symmetrical coordinated-motion performance between two robotic arms. For this evaluation, the proposed device monitors the relative distance between the two robotic arms in real-time, which is used to evaluate the coordinated-motion errors with respect to accuracy, and repeatability between the two arms. The proposed metrology device is composed of two linear displacement sensors sliding on a linear rail, two ball-and-socket magnetic couplers for mounting to robotic arms, and a wireless communication module for data transmission. For validation, the proposed system monitored the two robotic arms programmed to simulate symmetrical coordinated motions.

Design and Testing of Wireless Motion Gauges for Two Collaborative Robot Arms

Intelligent Systems Division, Engineering Laboratory

Measurement Science Review

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Most existing robot performance evaluation methods focus on single robotic arms performing independent motion tasks. In this paper, a motion gauge is proposed...

Design and Testing of Wireless Motion Gauges for Two Collaborative Robot Arms

Publicado en línea: 12 mar 2022

Páginas: 84 - 91

Recibido: 19 nov 2021

Aceptado: 10 feb 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/msr-2022-0011

Palabras clave
Collaborative robots, symmetrical coordinated-motion, motion tracking, metrology-bar, robot performance evaluation

© 2022 Yong-Sik Kim et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Design and Testing of Wireless Motion Gauges for Two Collaborative Robot Arms

Publicado en línea: 12 mar 2022

Páginas: 84 - 91

Recibido: 19 nov 2021

Aceptado: 10 feb 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/msr-2022-0011

Palabras claveCollaborative robots, symmetrical coordinated-motion, motion tracking, metrology-bar, robot performance evaluation

© 2022 Yong-Sik Kim et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Palabras clave
Collaborative robots, symmetrical coordinated-motion, motion tracking, metrology-bar, robot performance evaluation