An Integrated Compensation Method for the Force Disturbance of a Six-Axis Force Sensor in Complex Manufacturing Scenarios.

Journal: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
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Abstract

As one of the key components for active compliance control and human-robot collaboration, a six-axis force sensor is often used for a robot to obtain contact forces. However, a significant problem is the distortion between the contact forces and the data conveyed by the six-axis force sensor because of its zero drift, system error, and gravity of robot end-effector. To eliminate the above disturbances, an integrated compensation method is proposed, which uses a deep learning network and the least squares method to realize the zero-point prediction and tool load identification, respectively. After that, the proposed method can automatically complete compensation for the six-axis force sensor in complex manufacturing scenarios. Additionally, the experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method can provide effective and robust compensation for force disturbance and achieve high measurement accuracy.

Authors

  • Lei Yao
    School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
  • Qingguang Gao
    School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
  • Dailin Zhang
    School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
  • Wanpeng Zhang
    School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
  • Youping Chen
    School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.