A System for Complex Robotic Welding

Ole Madsen, Carsten Bro Sørensen, Birger Olsen, Birgit Ballegaard, Ejvind Sølvason

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    Abstract

    This paper presents the architecture of a system for robotic welding of complex tasks. The system integrates off-line programming, control of redundant robots, collision-free motion planning and sensor-based control. An implementation for pipe structure welding made at Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd., Denmark, demonstrates the system can be used for automatic welding of complex products in one-of-a-kind production.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalIndustrial Robot: the international journal of robotics research and application
    Volume29
    Issue number2
    Pages (from-to)127-131
    Number of pages4
    ISSN0143-991X
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2002

    Keywords

    • robotics
    • modelling
    • reactivemotionplanning
    • collision-freetrajectories
    • redundantrobots
    • industrialapplication

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