Study and Implement on Key Technologies of Ship-Welding Mobile Robot

Abstract:

The key technilogies of ship-welding mobile robot applied to ship-building in plane block production line were researched and realized. The mechanical structure design of the robot was completed. The motion-controlling system of of two-wheel differential driving mobile robot was developed. A novel precision positioning control method of welding torch using ultrasonic motors was putforward. The mechanism and control-driven system of precision positioning system for welding torch were completed. The platform of obstacle avoidance navigation system was designed and the strategies of seam tracking, trajectory and posture adjustment were preliminary studied. The methods and results put forward in the paper could act as the base of deep research on the theories and technologies of ship-welding mobile robot.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 44-47)
• Pages: 321-325
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.44-47.321
• Online since: December 2010
• Authors: Liang Hua, Lin Lin Lv, Ju Ping Gu, Yu Jian Qiang
• Keywords: Machinery Structure, Obstacle Avoidance Navigation, Ship-Welding Mobile Robot, Ultrasonic Motor, Weld Seam Tracking

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