Robot measuring form errors

  • Authors:
  • Fabricio Tadeu Paziani;Benedito Di Giacomo;Roberto Hideaki Tsunaki

  • Affiliations:
  • Departamento de Engenharia Mecínica, Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos, Av. Trabalhador São-Carlense, 400, 13566-590 São Carlos, SP, Brazil;Departamento de Engenharia Mecínica, Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos, Av. Trabalhador São-Carlense, 400, 13566-590 São Carlos, SP, Brazil;Departamento de Engenharia Mecínica, Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos, Av. Trabalhador São-Carlense, 400, 13566-590 São Carlos, SP, Brazil

  • Venue:
  • Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

This work presents an automated system for the measurement of form errors of mechanical components using an industrial robot. A three-probe error separation technique was employed to allow decoupling between the measured form error and errors introduced by the robotic system. A mathematical model of the measuring system was developed to provide inspection results by means of the solution of a system of linear equations. A new self-calibration procedure, which employs redundant data from several runs, minimizes the influence of probes zero-adjustment on the final result. Experimental tests applied to the measurement of straightness errors of mechanical components were accomplished and demonstrated the effectiveness of the employed methodology.