Online Rapid Vision Integration for a Robotized China Plates Manufacturing Line

摘要

In conventional robot systems the different robot parts (sensors, processing elements and actuators) are combined together in a compact, self contained system. The need for faster development and deployment, system reconfigurability and flexibility required the introduction of rapid deployment automation for robot systems in flexible manufacturing cells. Vision sensors are one of the most important sensors in robot systems. When constructing a new robot system, it is desirable that vision and image processing components are just as easily integrated as any other robot components. In some situations robot stations must be upgraded with vision systems in order to accomplish new tasks or to enhance the current work, here the Rapid Deployment Automation concept is the base to solve such problems in a shorter time having the smallest impact over the production flow in terms of production downtime. The paper describes an RDA solution of vision upgrade for robot stations in a china objects production plant.