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Flexible Force Control for Accurate Low-Cost Robot Drilling

Olsson, Thomas LU ; Robertsson, Anders LU and Johansson, Rolf LU orcid (2007) IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2007 p.4770-4775
Abstract
The problem of robot drilling presents a significant challenge, due to the comparatively low mechanical stiffness of typical serial industrial robots. This compliance makes the robot deflect due to the cutting forces, resulting in poor hole quality. Recently, functionality for high-bandwidth force control has found its way into industrial robot control systems. This could potentially open up the possibility of robotic drilling systems with improved performance, using only standard systems without costly extra hardware and calibration techniques. In this paper, we present methods and systems for force-controlled robot drilling, based on active suppression of drill sliding through a model-based force control scheme. The methods are validated... (More)
The problem of robot drilling presents a significant challenge, due to the comparatively low mechanical stiffness of typical serial industrial robots. This compliance makes the robot deflect due to the cutting forces, resulting in poor hole quality. Recently, functionality for high-bandwidth force control has found its way into industrial robot control systems. This could potentially open up the possibility of robotic drilling systems with improved performance, using only standard systems without costly extra hardware and calibration techniques. In this paper, we present methods and systems for force-controlled robot drilling, based on active suppression of drill sliding through a model-based force control scheme. The methods are validated in a number of drilling experiments using an industrial robot. (Less)
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keywords
serial industrial robots, mechanical stiffness, flexible force control, robot drilling, model-based force control
host publication
2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (IEEE Cat No. 07CH37836D)
pages
6 pages
publisher
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
conference name
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2007
conference location
Roma, Italy
conference dates
2007-04-10 - 2007-04-14
external identifiers
  • wos:000250915304122
  • scopus:36348983951
DOI
10.1109/ROBOT.2007.364214
project
RobotLab LTH
FlexAA
language
English
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yes
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  abstract     = {{The problem of robot drilling presents a significant challenge, due to the comparatively low mechanical stiffness of typical serial industrial robots. This compliance makes the robot deflect due to the cutting forces, resulting in poor hole quality. Recently, functionality for high-bandwidth force control has found its way into industrial robot control systems. This could potentially open up the possibility of robotic drilling systems with improved performance, using only standard systems without costly extra hardware and calibration techniques. In this paper, we present methods and systems for force-controlled robot drilling, based on active suppression of drill sliding through a model-based force control scheme. The methods are validated in a number of drilling experiments using an industrial robot.}},
  author       = {{Olsson, Thomas and Robertsson, Anders and Johansson, Rolf}},
  booktitle    = {{2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (IEEE Cat No. 07CH37836D)}},
  keywords     = {{serial industrial robots; mechanical stiffness; flexible force control; robot drilling; model-based force control}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{4770--4775}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  title        = {{Flexible Force Control for Accurate Low-Cost Robot Drilling}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2007.364214}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/ROBOT.2007.364214}},
  year         = {{2007}},
}