DEVELOPMENT OF A COLLABORATIVE ROBOT - VIETCOBOT

Authors

  • Chung Tan Lam, Ph.D Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology
  • Truong Trong Toai 3C Machinery Co. Ltd
  • Tan Hanh, Ph.D Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology

Keywords:

Collaborative robot

Abstract

In this paper, the development progress of a collaborative robot is presented in industrial fields: namely Vietcobot. The cobot actuator is designed as an integrated joint of hollow style which is a key part of the cobot development. The optimization of force/torque sensor on cross beam structure is studied to make a better dynamic performmence that can apply to the cobot effectively. This sensor makes the cobot sensitive to its surrounding, especially to human. This design produces a cobot which is lighter, mobility and easy to handle. The scheme of the integrated development environment is built to connect to a simulation environment via API and control the cobot in realtime via Twincat Ethercat communication interface for critical tasks of this field. The kinematics of the cobot is examination, and a neural network dynamic controller is simulated to show the effectiveness of the online estimation of unknown nonlinear dynamics. The cobot control system is implemented which can interface to Industry 4.0 architecture in factory in the future applications.

Author Biographies

Chung Tan Lam, Ph.D, Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology

He received Master of Mechanical Design from Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pukyong National University, Pusan, Korea in 2002. He received Ph.D of Mechatronics from Pukyong National University in 2006. Currently, he is Head of Automatic Control Division, Electronics Department 2, PTIT-HCM. His research interests are Factory Automation, Modelling and Control of Robotics, Embedded systems, Realtime communications in robotics, Cobots and Smart devices, Mobile robots.

Truong Trong Toai, 3C Machinery Co. Ltd

He is Vice Director of 3C Machinery Co. Ltd., established in 2014. The company is one of the leading R/D in robotics fields in HoChiMinh City, Vietnam. The company got the Price “ Vietnam’s Rice Bowl Starup Awards” in 2017. His research interests are Solutions of Industrial Robotics for SMEs, Smart Devices, Modernizing Industrial Production Process, Collaborative robots and Smart Actuators

Tan Hanh, Ph.D, Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology

He achieved Ph.D on Computer Science at Institute National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG, France) in 2009. Currently, he is Vice Director at Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology, in charged with the Institute in HoChiMinh City. His research interests are AI, Informations Searching, Data Mining, Distributed Systems, Cloud Computing.

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Published

2021-03-30

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2021): Journal of Science and Technology on Information and Communications

Section

Electronics and Telecommunications

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