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IK4-TEKNIKER is developing technology that allows the movements of industrial robots to be guided by means of information received through 2D and 3D cameras.
The assembly and disassembly tasks performed in various industrial sectors are, on the whole, carried out in environments not controlled by humans and where the different parts and components are not always positioned in the same way, thus making it difficult to handle them.
IK4-TEKNIKER is working actively to develop technology to address the current challenges of industrial robotics by seeking solutions that will make flexible automation in various industrial sectors possible.
One of the technologies being worked on is that of Visual Servoing, developed within the X-ACT Project in which IK4-TEKNIKER is participating; it is based on the Position-Based Visual Servoing paradigm with an eye-in-hand configuration (the camera is fitted to the robot’s arm).
This technology enables the robots’ movements to be planned on the basis of information provided by the 2D and 3D cameras. The system gathers the images captured by the sensor, analyses them by using various artificial vision techniques and uses the information extracted to monitor, correct or adjust the robot’s movements and trajectories.
That way it is possible to monitor a moving object or put the robot in the exact position when the position of the object in the space is not known in advance, and thus be able to carry out the assembly work more precisely.
