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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Transforming Industrial Manipulators via Kinesthetic Guidance for Automated Inspection of Complex Geometries.

Charalampos Loukas, Momchil Vasilev, Rastislav Zimmerman, Randika K W Vithanage, Ehsan Mohseni, Charles N MacLeod, David Lines, Stephen Gareth Pierce, Stewart Williams, Jialuo Ding and 4 more

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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0citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 57% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Charalampos LoukasSEARCH: Sensor Enabled Automation, Robotics & Control Hub, Centre for Ultrasonic Engineering (CUE), Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Royal College Building, 204 George Street, Glasgow G1 1XW, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3465-8076
Momchil VasilevSEARCH: Sensor Enabled Automation, Robotics & Control Hub, Centre for Ultrasonic Engineering (CUE), Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Royal College Building, 204 George Street, Glasgow G1 1XW, UK.
Rastislav ZimmermanSEARCH: Sensor Enabled Automation, Robotics & Control Hub, Centre for Ultrasonic Engineering (CUE), Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Royal College Building, 204 George Street, Glasgow G1 1XW, UK.
Randika K W VithanageSEARCH: Sensor Enabled Automation, Robotics & Control Hub, Centre for Ultrasonic Engineering (CUE), Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Royal College Building, 204 George Street, Glasgow G1 1XW, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1023-2564
Ehsan MohseniSEARCH: Sensor Enabled Automation, Robotics & Control Hub, Centre for Ultrasonic Engineering (CUE), Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Royal College Building, 204 George Street, Glasgow G1 1XW, UK.
Charles N MacLeodSEARCH: Sensor Enabled Automation, Robotics & Control Hub, Centre for Ultrasonic Engineering (CUE), Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Royal College Building, 204 George Street, Glasgow G1 1XW, UK.
David LinesSEARCH: Sensor Enabled Automation, Robotics & Control Hub, Centre for Ultrasonic Engineering (CUE), Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Royal College Building, 204 George Street, Glasgow G1 1XW, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8538-2914
Stephen Gareth PierceSEARCH: Sensor Enabled Automation, Robotics & Control Hub, Centre for Ultrasonic Engineering (CUE), Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Royal College Building, 204 George Street, Glasgow G1 1XW, UK.
Stewart WilliamsWelding Engineering and Laser Processing Centre, University of Cranfield, Cranfield MK43 0AL, UK.
Jialuo DingWelding Engineering and Laser Processing Centre, University of Cranfield, Cranfield MK43 0AL, UK.
Kenneth BurnhamDigital Factory, NMIS, Industrial Business Park, Renfrew PA4 8BE, UK.
Jim SibsonBabcock International Group PLC, Bristol BS16 1EJ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6960-9100
Tom O'HareSpirit Aerosystems Belfast, Belfast BT3 9DZ, Northern Ireland, UK.ORCID 0009-0007-1769-487X
Michael R GrosserSpirit Aerosystems, Wichita, KS 67210, USA.
University of Strathclyde · GBCranfield University · GBBabcock International Group (United Kingdom) · GBSpirit AeroSystems (United Kingdom) · GBSpirit AeroSystems (United States) · US

Funding

Babcock International Group PLC- RAEng Sensor Driven Automated High Integrity Welding N/AEngineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/P030165/1Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/R027218/1Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/R513349/1National Manufacturing Institute of Scotland - Route to Impact program in 2022 N/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The increased demand for cost-efficient manufacturing and metrology inspection solutions for complex-shaped components in High-Value Manufacturing (HVM) sectors requires increased production throughput and precision. This drives the integration of automated robotic solutions. However, the current manipulators utilizing traditional programming approaches demand specialized robotic programming knowledge and make it challenging to generate complex paths and adapt easily to unique specifications per component, resulting in an inflexible and cumbersome teaching process. Therefore, this body of work proposes a novel software system to realize kinesthetic guidance for path planning in real-time intervals at 250 Hz, utilizing an external off-the-shelf force-torque (FT) sensor. The proposed work is demonstrated on a 500 mm

Indexed as

collaborative roboticskinestheticnon-destructive evaluationrobot programmingWAAM

Identifiers

PMID37050817
PMCPMC10099101
OpenAlexW4362611180

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