World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (White Paper): Development of a Portable Welding Robot with EtherCAT Interface
Title
Development of a Portable Welding Robot with EtherCAT Interface
Authors
Juyi Park, Sang-Bum Lee, Jin-Wook Kim, Ji-Yoon Kim, Jung-Min Kim, Hee-Hwan Park, Jae-Won Seo, Gye-Hyung Kang, and Soo-Ho Kim
Publication
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology - Issue 60, 2011
Abstract
This paper presents a portable robot that is to use for welding process in shipbuilding yard. It has six degree of freedom and 3kg payload capability. Its weight is 21.5kg so that human workers can carry it to the work place. Its body mainly made of magnesium alloy and aluminum alloy for few parts that require high strength. Since the distance between robot and controller should be 50m at most, the robot controller controls the robot through EtherCAT. RTX and KPA are used for real time EtherCAT control on Windows XP. The performance of the developed robot was satisfactory, in welding of U type cell in shipbuilding yard.
| Description | Language | Type | Date | Size | Ver. | Status | |
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| World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (White Paper): Development of a Portable Welding Robot with EtherCAT Interface | EN | Dec 05, 2011 | 1,70 MB |