A Study on the Measurement of Ship Hull Paint Thickness Using Collaborative Robots and Depth Cameras; 협동 로봇 및 Depth 카메라를 활용한 선박 블록 벽체의 도막 두께 측정 연구

초록

This study presents a method for inspecting ship block wall painting using a cooperative robot. The robot used in this study is a representative example of a human-collaborative robot system. The end-effector of the robot is equipped with a depth camera, designed in an eye-in style. The camera is used to measure and evaluate the thickness of the paint applied to the iron plate, simulating the conditions of ship block wall painting. To improve the accuracy of the recognition, an object detection algorithm with rapid computation and high accuracy was utilized. The algorithm was used to identify and outline the paint areas using the Canny edge algorithm. The proposed method successfully demonstrated the precision of paint area recognition by clearly identifying the center point and outline of the areas. Comparing the paint thickness measurements with laser distance measurements confirmed the effectiveness of the proposed method. © © The Korean Society for Precision Engineering.

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