This work demonstrates the concept of automated insertion of tubular products (diastats)
into a multi-jaw machine tool with the help of a robotic arm and a newly
developed and manufactured flexible robotic gripper. With this, we replaced the manual
method of inserting diastats with an automated one. The first part of this paper
describes in detail the problem of inserting diastats into the jaws of the machine and
gives possible solutions for the robotic insertion of cylindrical products into a hole that
is not always aligned with the product. In the second part of the task, we used a 3D
modeling program to model several concepts of gripper mechanisms that automatically
adjust to the hole with the help of a cone. We also physically made each concept and
tested their function. We evaluated the concepts and gave an evaluation of their relevance.
The last part of this paper includes testing the prototype of the flexible gripper
with the selected concept and gives possible improvements.
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