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Velocity coordination and corner matching in a multi-robot sewing cell

Abstract

Automated sewing is a complicated task in manufacturing. Due to the non-rigid work pieces and variations in the material characteristics, sensor-based control has to be used to accomplish the sewing operation. This paper presents a strategy for velocity synchronization and corner matching in an automated sewing cell based on two industrial manipulators and a sewing machine. A hybrid force/motion control scheme is adopted using feedback from force/torque sensors for tension control and optical sensors to control the seam position. The strategy is based on switching between force control and displacement control using a leader/follower coordination scheme. This addresses the problem of corner mismatch occurring when two independent force controllers are used for controlling the two robots. Experiments verify that the proposed method gives a satisfactory corner matching, which is crucial for the presented sewing case.

Category

Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Language

English

Author(s)

Affiliation

  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  • SINTEF Digital / Mathematics and Cybernetics

Year

2014

Publisher

Curran Associates, Inc.

Book

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2014 (IROS 2014), Chicago, Ill. 14-18 Sept. 2014

Issue

2014

ISBN

9781479969357

Page(s)

4476 - 4481

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