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Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE C
ISSN 1869-1951(Print), 1869-196x(Online), Monthly
2014 Vol.15 No.8 P.593-606
Development of a monocular vision system for robotic drilling
Abstract: Robotic drilling for aerospace structures demands a high positioning accuracy of the robot, which is usually achieved through error measurement and compensation. In this paper, we report the development of a practical monocular vision system for measurement of the relative error between the drill tool center point (TCP) and the reference hole. First, the principle of relative error measurement with the vision system is explained, followed by a detailed discussion on the hardware components, software components, and system integration. The elliptical contour extraction algorithm is presented for accurate and robust reference hole detection. System calibration is of key importance to the measurement accuracy of a vision system. A new method is proposed for the simultaneous calibration of camera internal parameters and hand-eye relationship with a dedicated calibration board. Extensive measurement experiments have been performed on a robotic drilling system. Experimental results show that the measurement accuracy of the developed vision system is higher than 0.15 mm, which meets the requirement of robotic drilling for aircraft structures.
Key words: Vision system, Robotic drilling, Error measurement, Elliptical contour extraction, Hand-eye calibration
创新要点:视觉测量相关研究中缺乏对视觉系统工作原理的深入阐释;视觉系统误差测量原理的精确阐述,为视觉系统的开发和测量精度的提高提供了理论基础。机器人制孔环境中存在大量噪声和环境干扰因素,视觉系统中集成的特征提取算法应具有较高的鲁棒性;基于显著性的椭圆轮廓提取算法可实现鲁棒、精确的基准孔检测。工业应用通常要求视觉系统的标定方法兼具实用性和精确性;本文方法提供了一种实用、精确、可同时实现相机和手眼关系标定的标定方法。
方法提亮:精确阐释了视觉系统的工作原理,为后续相机刀具中心点和视觉系统标定方法的确定提供了理论依据。通过集成显著性计算、投票方法和Snake模型,开发了一种鲁棒、精确的椭圆轮廓特征提取算法(图8)。提出了一种基于专用标定板的、可同时实现相机内参数和手眼关系标定的视觉系统标定方法,该方法可避免测量过程引入Abbe误差(图12)。
重要结论:本文研究了视觉测量系统的工作原理,并结合提出的椭圆轮廓提取算法、视觉系统标定方法,开发了一种低成本、满足机器人制孔精度要求的单目视觉测量系统。在机器人制孔系统平台上的实验证实,本文提出的视觉系统满足航空工业对制孔精度的要求,特征提取算法和标定方法鲁棒、有效。
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DOI:
10.1631/jzus.C1300379
CLC number:
TP391.4
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2014-03-03
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