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Bangwang Hou1, Yiding Zhao2
1. School of Control Engineering and Northeastern University, Qinhuangdao, 066000
E-mail: bangwanghou@163.com
Abstract: In order to solve the problem of the accurate positioning of the welding robot in the automatic bar production,
this paper proposes a positioning method of the welding robot based on machine vision and laser ranging. The traditional
positioning method of welding robot mainly adopts the Hand-eye calibration mode, however, the essence of Hand-eye
calibration is to obtain the conversion relationship from camera coordinate system to robot end actuator coordinate
system through complex matrix operation. The calculation process of this method is too lengthy, and it is difficult to
achieve the required accuracy of welding. The precise positioning of welding robot mainly includes plane coordinate
positioning and depth positioning. First of all, this paper is based on the principle that the distance between the camera
and the object to be photographed and the size of the camera image are proportional to the size of the object, the pixel
coordinates obtained from the image processing are transformed into the plane coordinates of the final target point to be
welded by the method of machine vision. At the same time, in view of the distortion caused by the camera in the imaging
process, this paper uses the Zhang calibration method to correct the distorted image. Finally, the resistance detection
circuit proposed is used to determine the final welding position. The experimental results show that the positioning
method of the welding robot has the advantages of easy realization and high positioning accuracy, which can fully meet
the welding requirements and improve the efficiency of automatic welding of the label.
Key Words: positioning method; Welding robot; Laser ranging sensor; machine vision.
1. INTRODUCTION
2. Calibration Based On The Teaching Process
For the convenience of users and traceability of bar quality,
it is often necessary to weld the label printed on the end 2.1 Laser Sensor
face of the bar with the specific information of the bundle
The laser ranging sensor is a high-precision distance
of bars in the bar production. Because the welding
measuring instrument. Its working principle[5] is that the
environment is complex and the efficiency of manual
laser emits a laser be-am to the surface of the object, and a
welding is relatively low, it is necessary that the welding
part of the laser light is reflected, the reflected laser light is
robot has t-he ability to sense the welding environment and
imaged on the photosensitive sur-face through the imaging
adjust the welding position autonomously[1].
lens built in the sensor. The optical axis of the laser, the
So far, for the positioning of the welding robot is still more imaging optical axis, and the line where the photodetector
fixed track welding or hand-eye calibration. However, is located form a triangle. According to the change of the
because the specifications, diameter and assembly position imaging position on the photosensitive surface, the
of each bundle of bars are different, the high temperature distance of the laser ranging sensor from the object to be
environment during the welding process also causes measured can be obtained, due to its unique ranging
thermal stress deformation of the welded work piece. principle[6]. This type of sensor has strong real-time and
Therefore, the positioning method of the fixed trajectory high precision, so the laser ranging sensor is widely used in
cannot meet the quality and efficiency of the welding. The robot motion control.The basic principle is shown in the
positioning method of hand-eye calibration is so following figure 1:
complicated. The essence of hand-eye[3] calibration is to
connect the "hand" of the robot end effector with the "eye" /DVHU
of the visual measurement system through complex matrix
operation, to obtain the camera coordinate system to the
end of the robot. The conversion relationship of the £
actuator coordinate system. The calculation process of this G
method is too long and it is difficult to achieve the precision 2EMHFW
required for welding. To this end, this paper proposes a V T
welding robot positioning method based on machine vision ,PDJH
and laser ranging. The method is not only simple to
implement but also ensures the accuracy of positioning. It [ I
has achieved good positioning effect in actual welding test.
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Figure 1 Principle of Laser ranging According to the principle that the distance between the
The laser Laser emits a laser beam at a certain angle ȕ, and camera and the object to be photographed is constant and
the object with a distance d along the laser direction reflects the size of the camera image and the object is not changed,
the laser beam. The laser receiving is CMOS, and the laser only laser measurement is required. The distance sensor
reflected by the object is photographed by Imager through ensures that the distance between the camera and the object
"small hole imaging". The focal length is f, the vertical to be welded is constant when the image is acquired. The
distance of the object from the plane is q, the distance scaling method based on the fixed distance can be
between the laser and the focus is s, and the point position calculated by the triangle method[7]. The principle is
of the image on the Imager after the laser reflection of the shown in Figure 3:
object is X from there. 3
s
d= f (1)
X sin β
2.2 Resistance Detection Circuit Design
In the method, in order to feedback whether the end of the / $ 0 %
welding robot reaches the welding position, a special
detecting circuit is designed to feed back the position state
of the welding robot. The design circuit is shown in Figure
2:
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One side of the relay is connected to the I/O port of the
welding robot. In order to prevent the line from being Figure 3 Principle of scaling scale
disconnected, the welding robot cannot return the position. The P point in the figure is the intersection of the
The contact of the normally closed relay is used. The other longitudinal axis of the camera lens and the optical axis,
side of the relay is connected to a 24V DC power supply The K is the distance between the imaging surface of the
and is connected to an ultra-high voltage diode and cement camera and the optical center, the K value of each camera is
resistor. Since a large current is generated during the constant, and L is the actual distance between the optical
welding process of the electric welding, an ultra-high center of the camera and the object to be welded. The two
voltage-resistant diode is used to prevent damage to the points C and D are any two points on the end face of the bar
circuit by a large current, and the cement resistor is selected to be welded, and the two points A and B are the points
as the voltage dividing resistor, that is, the power supply is where the two points C and D are projected in the image.
well protected and the operation is solved. The problem of According to the principle[8] of small hole imaging and
resistance heating during the process. When the welding similar triangle:
robot does not reach the position to be welded, the left
M K
circuit is turned on, and the I/O terminal is at a high level. F= = (2)
When the welding robot carries the welding nail to the N L
object to be weled, the right circuit is turned on, and the It can be seen from the above formula that when the values
relay pulls the left circuit. Disconnected, the robot specifies of K and L remain unchanged, the scaling scale F of the
that the I/O port is at a low level, and the welding robot physical object and the pixel size remains unchanged.
acquires the signal and stops the motion. In the actual calibration process, first calibrate a two-dime
nsional coordinate system O − XY on the end face of the st
eel to be welded. And specify its XY direction and origin
O . To reduce the error of solving the scaling scale F , n
points can be selected on the end face of the bar to be wel
24V DC
Welding
Robot
ded, respectively defined as . The end face of the steel bar
is shown in Figure 4:
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