Design of a PC-based Open Industrial Robot Control System Integrated with Real-Time Machine Vision.
Published in 2018 WRC Symposium on Advanced Robotics and Automation (WRC SARA), 2018
Recommended citation: Liu, Y., Hu, T., Ni, H., Zhang, C., Lin, B. and Judd, E., 2018, August. Design of a PC-based Open Industrial Robot Control System Integrated with Real-Time Machine Vision. In 2018 WRC Symposium on Advanced Robotics and Automation (WRC SARA) (pp. 1-6). IEEE. https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/files/169927994/design_pc_based.pdf
Abstract
This paper presents a new industrial robot control system integrated with real-time image processing based on a Windows PC. This enables both machine vision and robot control tasks to be carried out on a single general-purpose computer rather than using two separate systems to perform different tasks. To accomplish this, a three-layer software structure is developed along with a series of standard peripheral devices in the hardware layout. Real-time performance of the system is tested and we demonstrate the system on a DELTA parallel manipulator. Experimental results show that the manipulator can pick up 120 objects on a moving conveyor per minute. This work demonstrates the feasibility of integrating real-time machine vision tasks with robot control tasks without dedicated hardware.