四足机器人在智能制造系统中的应用研究

    Research on the application of quadruped robots in intelligent manufacturing systems

    • 摘要: 随着智能制造对柔性生产需求的提升,四足机器人凭借其运动灵活性与地形适应性成为工业场景下的新兴运输载体和巡检助手。然而,当前实际应用中四足机器人仅被作为移动平台,其本体状态信息不被关注。如果四足机器人本体出现故障,那么核心业务将被迫中断。同时,四足机器人主要通过本地控制的方式进行运动及任务执行,当多四足机器人需要同时运动时,那么将会耗时耗人。针对此问题,本文采用云-网-端理念,应用数字孪生技术,将四足机器人的离散任务(巡检、搬运)接入数字孪生系统,可实时观测当前设备状态信息(含四足机器人)及任务的执行情况,具备远程任务分发机制,实现任务统一协调调度。该应用研究为四足机器人在智能制造系统中的应用提供了新思路,有望推动工业自动化向高阶智能化演进,同时可为智慧工厂或者智能车间搭建提供参考实例。

       

      Abstract: With the increasing demand for flexible production in intelligent manufacture, quadruped robots have become innovative transportation carriers and inspection assistants in industrial applications, owing to their superior mobility and adaptability to terrain. However, quadruped robots are only used as mobile platforms in current practical applications, and their own state informations are not concerned. If the quadruped robot's locomotion system fails, its core operations will be interrupted. At the same time, quadruped robots primarily rely on localized control for locomotion and task execution. When multiple quadruped robots are required to move simultaneously, this way will be time-consuming and labor-intensive. To address this issue, this paper adopts the cloud-network-device framework and applies digital twin technology to integrate the discrete tasks (inspection, transportation) of quadruped robots into the digital twin system, which can observe the current equipment state informations (including quadruped robot) and the implementation of tasks in real time, and has a remote task distribution mechanism to realize the unified and coordinated scheduling of tasks. This research application provides a novel approach for the application of quadruped robots in intelligent manufacturing systems, which is expected to accelerate the evolution of industrial automation towards advanced intelligence. Furthermore, it serves as a reference implementation for the construction of smart factories or intelligent workshops.