Robotic Manipulation in the Ceramic Industry
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Mechanical Gripper
2.2. Gripper with Sensorial Feedback
2.3. Vacuum Gripper
2.4. Expansion Gripper
2.5. Dual Gripper
2.6. Covered Ceramic Processes
2.7. Noteworthy Materials
3. Results
3.1. Coffee Saucer Glaze
3.2. Polishing of Coffee Cups
3.2.1. Gripper with Fingers and Sensorial Feedback
3.2.2. Tests with Raw Coffee Cup
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Load on Fingers (N) | Limits Applied (N) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
C1 | C2 | C3 | Minimum Limit | Maximum Limit |
1.744 | 1.744 | 1.882 | 1.568 | 3.136 |
0.941 | 0.804 | 0.941 | 0.510 | 1.020 |
1.882 | 1.345 | 1.882 | 1.323 | 2.646 |
0.804 | 0.666 | 0.941 | 0.559 | 1.118 |
0.804 | 0.804 | 0.666 | 0.441 | 0.882 |
0.529 | 0.529 | 0.529 | 0.363 | 0.726 |
Load on Fingers (N) | Limit and State of Cup | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
C1 | C2 | C3 | Minimum Limit (N) | Cup |
0.519 | 0.461 | 0.461 | 0.412 | OK |
0.892 | 0.843 | 0.872 | 0.833 | OK |
1.294 | 1.284 | 1.254 | 1.225 | - |
1.784 | 1.784 | 1.686 | 1.617 | - |
2.019 | 2.097 | 2.244 | 2.009 | - |
2.568 | 2.568 | 2.568 | 2.401 | - |
3.097 | 3.116 | 3.087 | 2.793 | - |
3.548 | 3.636 | 3.518 | 2.185 | - |
3.891 | 3.646 | 3.891 | 3.577 | - |
4.165 | 4.243 | 4.155 | 3.969 | - |
4.577 | 4.724 | 4.577 | 4.361 | BROKE |
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Chicago/Turabian StyleTorres, Rogério, and Nuno Ferreira. 2022. "Robotic Manipulation in the Ceramic Industry" Electronics 11, no. 24: 4180. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11244180