• Title/Summary/Keyword: Industrial robots

Search Result 492, Processing Time 0.048 seconds

The Behavioral Patterns of Neutral Affective State for Service Robot Using Video Ethnography (비디오 에스노그래피를 이용한 서비스 로봇의 대기상태 행동패턴 연구)

  • Song, Hyun-Soo;Kim, Min-Joong;Jeong, Sang-Hoon;Suk, Hyeon-Jeong;Kwon, Dong-Soo;Kim, Myung-Suk
    • Science of Emotion and Sensibility
    • /
    • v.11 no.4
    • /
    • pp.629-636
    • /
    • 2008
  • In recent years, a large number of robots have been developed in several countries, and these robots have been built for the purpose to appeal to users by well designed human-robot interaction. In case of the robots developed so far, they show proper reactions only when there is a certain input. On the other hands, they cannot perform in a standby mode which means there is no input. In other words, if a robot does not make any motion in standby mode, users may feel that the robot is being turned-off or even out of work. Especially, the social service robots maintain the standby status after finishing a certain task. In this period of time, if the robots can make human-like behavioral patterns such like a person in help desk, then they are expected to make people feels that they are alive and is more likely to interact with them. It is said that even if there is no interaction with others or the environment, people normally reacts to internal or external stimuli which are created by themselves such as moving their eyes or bodies. In order to create robotic behavioral patterns for standby mode, we analyze the actual facial expression and behavior from people who are in neutral affective emotion based on ethnographic methodology and apply extracted characteristics to our robots. Moreover, by using the robots which can show those series of expression and action, our research needs to find that people can feel like they are alive.

  • PDF

Dynamic Analysis to Select Main Parts of Four-Axis Palletizing Robots (4축 이적재 로봇의 주요 부품 선정을 위한 동적 해석)

  • Park, Il-Hwan;Jeon, Yong-Jae;Go, A-Ra;Seol, Sang-Seok;Hong, Dae-Sun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
    • /
    • v.19 no.12
    • /
    • pp.62-69
    • /
    • 2020
  • The demand for industrial robots is proliferating with production automation. Industrial robots are used in various fields, such as logistics, welding, and assembly. Generally, six degrees of freedom are required to move freely in space. However, the palletizing robot used for material management and logistics systems typically has four degrees of freedom. In designing such robots, their main parts, such as motors and reducers, need to be adequately selected while satisfying payload requirements and speed. Hence, this study proposes a practical method for selecting the major parts based on dynamic analysis using ADAMS. First, the acceleration torques for the robot motion were found from the analysis, and then the friction torques were evaluated. This study introduces a constant-speed torque constant instead of friction coefficient. The RMS torque and maximum power of each motor were found considering the above torques. After that, this study recommends the major specifications of all motors and reducers. The proposed method was applied to a palletizing robot to verify the suitability of the pre-selected main parts. The verification result shows that the proposed method can be successfully applied to the early design stage of industrial robots.

A Diagnosis system of misalignments of linear motion robots using transfer learning (전이 학습을 이용한 선형 이송 로봇의 정렬 이상진단 시스템)

  • Su-bin Hong;Young-dae Lee;Arum Park;Chanwoo Moon
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
    • /
    • v.10 no.3
    • /
    • pp.801-807
    • /
    • 2024
  • Linear motion robots are devices that perform functions such as transferring parts or positioning devices, and require high precision. In companies that develop linear robot application systems, human workers are in charge of quality control and fault diagnosis of linear robots, and the result and accuracy of a fault diagnosis varies depending on the skill level of the person in charge. Recently, there have been many attempts to utilize artificial intelligence to diagnose faults in industrial devices. In this paper, we present a system that automatically diagnoses linear rail and ball screw misalignment of a linear robot using transfer learning. In industrial systems, it is difficult to obtain a lot of learning data, and this causes a data imbalance problem. In this case, a transfer learning model configured by retraining an established model is widely used. The information obtained by using an acceleration sensor and torque sensor was used, and its usefulness was evaluated for each case. After converting the signal obtained from the sensor into a spectrogram image, the type of abnormality was diagnosed using an image recognition artificial intelligence classifier. It is expected that the proposed method can be used not only for linear robots but also for diagnosing other industrial robots.

Insect-Model Based Robots

  • Kuwana, Yoshihiko
    • International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
    • /
    • v.1 no.2
    • /
    • pp.91-93
    • /
    • 2000
  • Insects have many excellent features and functions in their small bodies, such as hexapod walking, flapping flight, vision systems, sensory hairs, etc, and those characteristics can be thought as good models for many types of robots. Insects also will be good models far micro-machines because of its size. Insect behavior consists of simple reflex acts and programmed behavior, Some robots were made in order to clarify the emergent mechanism of insect behavior, Through some experiments it would be found that even if insect behavior consists of some simple action patterns, it looks intelligent through interactions its sensors and actuators with its complex environment. In the near futures small robots inspired by insects will be used in many fields of our life. I hope that insect-model based robots will play an active part in many fields and that they will make us happy.

  • PDF

A gain scheduling method for the vibration suppression servo controller of articulated robots

  • Lee, Sang-Hun;Yim, Jong-Guk;Hur, Jong-Sung;Park, Jong-Hyeon
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
    • /
    • 2003.10a
    • /
    • pp.2725-2730
    • /
    • 2003
  • In this study we present a vibration controller for articulated robots that has flexible joints modeled as a 2-mass system. Most of articulated robots have time varying load inertias for each axis according to its motion. Moreover, the inertias vary drastically; for the base axis of articulated robots it may vary about 10 times of its minimum value. But, for industrial robots and many mechatronic devices, it is desirable to maintain control performance in spite of load inertia variation. So we propose a control gain adjustment rule considering the time-varying nature of load inertia. In this gain-adjusting algorithm, the pole locations are in proportion to the anti-resonance frequency of the 2-mass system. The simulation and experimental results show uniform properties in overshoot in spite of the variation of load.

  • PDF

Robotic Automation Technologies in Construction : A Review

  • Chu, Baek-Suk;Kim, Dong-Nam;Hong, Dae-Hie
    • International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing
    • /
    • v.9 no.3
    • /
    • pp.85-91
    • /
    • 2008
  • Robot technology is a remarkably interdisciplinary research area, one that can be employed in various industrial fields as well as higher value-added fields. The construction industry, on the other hand, has been known as one of the most difficult research fields to apply robotic schemes. Therefore, applying robot technologies in the construction industry is quite a challenging topic. This paper aims to introduce the progress of automated robotic systems in construction fields, namely with respect to construction robots. While construction robots have a very wide range of application depending on the huge market size of the construction industry, there still exist a lot of problems such as highly risky working environment and inefficiency due to the labor intensive characteristic. In order to solve these problems, a variety of construction robots have been developed and, in this paper, the current state of the robotic systems for construction works and the vision of future robot technology in the construction field are introduced.

Status and Implications of Policies on Intelligent Robotics in Major Countries (주요국의 지능로봇 정책 추진 현황과 시사점)

  • S.J. Koh
    • Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
    • /
    • v.39 no.3
    • /
    • pp.25-35
    • /
    • 2024
  • As artificial intelligence advances, major countries are actively promoting the use of intelligent robots to improve industrial productivity and enhance the quality of life. As robots become more capable of interacting with humans, they are being increasingly integrated into the human realm. Accordingly, major countries are actively implementing policies to lead intelligent robot technology and secure market leadership. We examine the status of policies related to intelligent robots in five countries: United States, China, Japan, Germany, and South Korea. These countries apply 1) government-led intelligent robot policies, 2) investments to secure core robot technologies and promote the convergence of artificial intelligence and robots, 3) programs for research and development on intelligent robots, 4) strengthened human-centered human-robot interaction and collaboration, and 5) ethics, stability, and reliability in the development and use of robot technologies. For Korea to compete with major countries and promote the intelligent robot industry, high-risk, high-performance innovation projects should be prioritized.

A Robot Museum "ROSIEUM" (로봇 박물관 "ROSIEUM")

  • Yoon, Joongsun
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
    • /
    • v.15 no.3
    • /
    • pp.1236-1240
    • /
    • 2014
  • We propose a robot museum, "ROSIEUM," based on a new concept of museum. Roles of a new concept based museum are being investigated. We also propose a classification scheme for robot contents as museum's collections. This scheme for collecting and displaying robot contents includes the first robots, the delegate robots, the robots with special meanings, the robot experiences and the robot events. Also, types of robot contents are described. Key ideas and scenario for "ROSIEUM" have been presented. Operations of "ROSIEUM" are designed and implemented.

Effects of the Sampling Time in Motion Controller Implementation for Mobile Robots (모바일 로봇 모션 제어에 있어 샘플링 시간의 효과)

  • Jang, Tae-Ho;Kim, Youngshik
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
    • /
    • v.37 no.4
    • /
    • pp.154-161
    • /
    • 2014
  • In this research we investigate motion controller performance for mobile robots according to changes in the control loop sampling time. As a result, we suggest a proper range of the sample time, which can minimize final posture errors while improving tracking capability of the controller. For controller implementation into real mobile robots, we use a smooth and continuous motion controller, which can respect robot's path curvature limitation. We examine motion control performance in experimental tests while changing the control loop sampling time. Toward this goal, we compare and analyze experimental results using two different mobile robot platforms; one with real-time control and powerful hardware capability and the other with non-real-time control and limited hardware capability.