The use of robotics to join parts together has become an increasingly popular method to improve workflow and efficiency in industrial applications. Such systems have a high barrier to entry due to the necessity to invest into the entire ecosystem of a robot designed specifically for this purpose. We propose a way to lower the barrier to entry by designing a hot-end add-on that enables the autonomous joinery of parts by combining an ABB IRB 1600 robot manipulator with autonomous perception and motion planning that integrate with an existing robotic workcell, enabling flexible and dynamic reconfiguration with no re-programming required.

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Creator

• Tervay, Jack
• Earle, Cameron

Subject

• Industry
• Computing
• Innovation

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042424-145930
• 121534

Parola chiave

• autonomous welding
• welding
• multi-orientation
• robotic manipulator
• Intel RealSense
• ROS

Advisor

• Rosendo, Andre
• Liang, Jianyu

Year

• 2024

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Date created

• 2024-04-24

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering
• Robotics Engineering

Source

• E-project-042424-145930

Rights statement

• In Copyright