Movable electro-hydraulic composite drive spraying robot with large working space
12090502 ยท 2024-09-17
Assignee
Inventors
- Bin Zi (Anhui, CN)
- Jiahao ZHAO (Anhui, CN)
- Sen Qian (Anhui, CN)
- Zhengyu Wang (Anhui, CN)
- Feng XU (Anhui, CN)
- Jingfeng PAN (Anhui, CN)
- Bin ZHOU (Anhui, CN)
- Shanshan JIANG (Anhui, CN)
- Yuan Li (Anhui, CN)
Cpc classification
B25J9/104
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B05B13/0431
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B05B12/124
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B05B13/0278
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B05B13/005
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
International classification
B05B13/04
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B25J11/00
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B25J5/00
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Abstract
Provided is a movable electro-hydraulic composite drive spraying robot with a large working space, comprising movable bases, there being a plurality of movable bases cooperatively arranged for bearing a drive rope adjustment module, profile supporting columns in the driving rope adjusting module respectively being fixed on the movable bases, the plurality of movable bases encircling an operating space, a adjustable auxiliary motion platform that is movable being erected in the operating space, a rotary motion platform being arranged below the adjustable auxiliary motion platform, the adjustable auxiliary motion platform and the rotary motion platform being connected by means of a hydraulic push rod, the bottom end surface of the rotary motion platform being provided with a spray gun, and a balance mechanism and a fixed support mechanism for balancing the traction force of the rope and maintaining the balance of the mechanism also being mounted on the movable bases.
Claims
1. A movable electro-hydraulic composite drive spraying robot with a large operating space comprising a plurality of movable bases, drive rope adjustment modules, an adjustable auxiliary motion platform, a rotary motion platform, and adjustable auxiliary motion platform drive ropes and rotary motion platform drive ropes; wherein a liftable universal wheel assembly is installed at a bottom end of each of the plurality of movable bases, and the drive rope adjustment modules are cooperatively installed on the plurality of movable bases, a number of the drive rope adjustment modules is equal to a number of the plurality of movable bases, profile supporting columns in the drive rope adjustment modules are respectively fixed on the plurality of movable bases, and an operating space is formed by the plurality of movable bases, the adjustable auxiliary motion platform that is movable is erected in the operating space, the adjustable auxiliary motion platform is driven by the adjustable auxiliary motion platform drive ropes to move, the rotary motion platform is arranged below the adjustable auxiliary motion platform, the rotary motion platform is compositely-driven by the rotary motion platform drive ropes and a hydraulic push rod installed between the adjustable auxiliary motion platform and the rotary motion platform to move, so that a precise control of a multi-degree-of-freedom motion of the rotary motion platform is implemented, a spray gun is installed on a bottom end surface of the rotary motion platform, and balance mechanisms and fixing supporting mechanisms configured to balance traction forces of the ropes and maintain a balance of the movable electro-hydraulic composite drive spraying robot are further installed on the plurality of movable bases.
2. The movable electro-hydraulic composite drive spraying robot with the large operating space according to claim 1, wherein the number of the drive rope adjustment modules is four, each of the drive rope adjustment modules comprises one of the profile supporting columns, and a pulley configured to bear the adjustable auxiliary motion platform drive rope is installed on a top end part of each of the profile supporting columns through a fixed pulley fixing base, a bottom end of the adjustable auxiliary motion platform drive rope is wound on a winding shaft of a motor drive, a synchronous belt vertically arranged is installed on each of the profile supporting columns below the fixed pulley fixing base, a movable pulley configured to bear the rotary motion platform drive rope is installed on the synchronous belt, and a bottom end of the rotary motion platform drive rope is wound on a winding shaft of another motor drive.
3. The movable electro-hydraulic composite drive spraying robot with the large operating space according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of movable bases comprises a movable base body, a movable base body cover plate is installed on the movable base body, one of the fixing supporting mechanisms is installed inside the movable base body surroundedly, the one of the fixing supporting mechanisms comprises fixing supporting plates arranged at intervals, the fixing supporting plates are rotated to parallel to ground by a manual operation and locked to increase a stability of the movable electro-hydraulic composite drive spraying robot, the corresponding balance mechanism is installed on an upper end surface of the movable base body cover plate.
4. The movable electro-hydraulic composite drive spraying robot with the large operating space according to claim 3, wherein rotating shafts are arranged on two sides of each of the fixing supporting plates, and the fixing supporting plate is rotated around the rotating shafts, the movable base body is provided with positioning holes corresponding to the rotating shafts, the rotating shafts are rotatably installed in the positioning holes through fixing-supporting-plate rotating bearings, the movable base body below the positioning holes is provided with square grooves, retaining springs are arranged in the square grooves, and the retaining springs are connected with spring resistance buckles arranged in elastic guide; each of the balance mechanisms comprises a balance mechanism rotating platform, one end of the balance mechanism rotating platform is rotatably installed on the movable base body cover plate through a balance mechanism rotating shaft, the balance mechanism rotating shaft is driven by a balance mechanism rotating motor to rotate, a balance mechanism lead screw is rotatably installed inside the balance mechanism rotating platform, a balance mechanism lead screw slider is guidedly installed on the balance mechanism lead screw, a counterweight bearing platform is installed on the balance mechanism lead screw slider, a balance mechanism counterweight is installed on the counterweight bearing platform, spherical joints are respectively installed on both sides of a bottom end of the balance mechanism lead screw slider, a rotating end of each of the spherical joints is connected with a telescopic supporting rod, and a two-way hinge is installed at another end of the telescopic supporting rod, the two-way hinge is connected inside a bearing of the corresponding positioning hole of the movable base body, and the balance mechanism lead screw is driven by a balance mechanism lead screw drive motor at an end of each of the balance mechanisms; each of the universal wheel assembly comprises a liftable moving wheel frame, a top part of the liftable moving wheel frame is fixedly installed on a bottom part of the movable base body, and a universal wheel drive motor bracket capable of guidedly-moving is installed inside the liftable moving wheel frame, a universal wheel drive motor is fixedly installed on the universal wheel drive motor bracket, and a universal wheel is installed at an output shaft end of the universal wheel drive motor, and the universal wheel drive motor bracket is driven by a universal wheel lifting ball lead screw nut to lift and lower and is guided by a universal wheel lifting sliding column.
5. The movable electro-hydraulic composite drive spraying robot with the large operating space according to claim 1, wherein each of the adjustable auxiliary motion platform drive ropes is driven by one motor in the corresponding drive rope adjustment module to protrude from the corresponding drive rope adjustment module to connect on an adjustable auxiliary motion platform drive rope hook, so as to drive the adjustable auxiliary motion platform to move; each of the rotary motion platform drive ropes is driven by another motor in the corresponding drive rope adjustment module to protrude from the corresponding drive rope adjustment module to wind through a transition pulley on the adjustable auxiliary motion platform, so as to restrict and adjust a spatial position of the rope, and eventually each of the rotary motion platform drive ropes is connected to the rotary motion platform to drive the rotary motion platform to move together with the hydraulic push rod; and rope tension sensors configured to monitor and feed back rope tensions in real time are installed on the adjustable auxiliary motion platform drive ropes and the rotary motion platform drive ropes respectively.
6. The movable electro-hydraulic composite drive spraying robot with the large operating space according to claim 5, wherein the adjustable auxiliary motion platform comprises an adjustable auxiliary motion platform inner plate, an adjustable auxiliary motion platform outer frame with adjustable size is installed outside the adjustable auxiliary motion platform inner plate, the adjustable auxiliary motion platform drive rope hooks symmetrically distributed in a rectangular shape are installed on an upper end surface of the adjustable auxiliary motion platform outer frame, rotary motion platform drive rope transition pulley bases configured to install transition pulleys distributed in a circumference are installed on a bottom end part of the adjustable auxiliary motion platform outer frame, each side of the adjustable auxiliary motion platform outer frame is disconnected at a middle part and disconnected parts of each side are abutted and adjusted through an auxiliary motion platform ball lead screw therebetween, and the adjustable auxiliary motion platform is guided through a moving slide rail distributed in radial during adjustment.
7. The movable electro-hydraulic composite drive spraying robot with the large operating space according to claim 6, wherein one end of the auxiliary motion platform ball lead screw is connected with an output shaft end of an outer adjustment mechanism drive motor through a coupling, the outer adjustment mechanism drive motor is installed in a slot at a boundary beam of the adjustable auxiliary motion platform outer frame at a disconnected side, a guide shaft is connected at another end of the auxiliary motion platform ball lead screw, the guide shaft is guidedly and rotatably installed in a sliding bearing in a stepped inner hole at a boundary beam of the adjustable auxiliary motion platform outer frame at another side, the auxiliary motion platform ball lead screw is screwed with an auxiliary motion platform lead screw nut, the auxiliary motion platform lead screw nut is fixedly connected to a boundary beam of the adjustable auxiliary motion platform outer frame where the guide shaft is located through screws, the auxiliary motion platform ball lead screw is driven by the outer adjustment mechanism drive motor to rotate and cooperated with the guiding of a sliding column above and below the ball lead screw to move the auxiliary motion platform lead screw nut, so that the boundary beam of the adjustable auxiliary motion platform outer frame at another side is driven for moving to adjust the adjustable auxiliary motion platform outer frame, the moving slide rail comprises an outer sleeve pipe and an inner pipe body that are guided and cooperated with each other, the outer sleeve pipe is fixed on a bottom end surface of the adjustable auxiliary motion platform inner plate, and an end of the inner pipe body is connected with the adjustable auxiliary motion platform outer frame.
8. The movable electro-hydraulic composite drive spraying robot with the large operating space according to claim 1, wherein a rotary platform rotating shaft is rotatably installed at a middle of the rotary motion platform, and an upper end of the rotary platform rotating shaft is connected to a bottom end part of the hydraulic push rod through a universal joint, pulley bases arranged at intervals are installed on an upper end surface of the rotary motion platform in a circumferential direction, rotary motion platform drive rope pulleys are installed on the pulley bases, a rotary motion platform housing is installed on bottom end surfaces of the rotary motion platform drive rope pulleys, and a lower end part of the rotary platform rotating shaft is located inside the rotary motion platform housing, and steering angle sensors configured to measure an angle of the rotary motion platform relative to the rotary platform rotating shaft and a flexural spring configured to complete a rotational movement in cooperation are further installed inside the rotary motion platform housing.
9. The movable electro-hydraulic composite drive spraying robot with the large operating space according to claim 8, wherein a pulley base rotating shaft is installed at a bottom end of each of the pulley bases, and an upper end part of the pulley base rotating shaft is rotatably press-fitted on the rotary motion platform through a rotary platform upper bearing and a rotary platform upper bearing end cover, a lower end part of the pulley base rotating shaft is rotatably press-fitted at a middle part of the rotary motion platform housing through a rotary platform lower bearing and a rotary platform lower bearing end cover, two wing plates arranged in a staggered manner are protruded from the rotary platform rotating shaft and the rotary motion platform housing, a flexural spring bracket that is circular-ring-shaped is arranged between upper wing plates of the rotary platform rotating shaft and the rotary motion platform housing, and the flexural spring bracket passing through holes on the two wing plates is slidable around the holes, the flexural spring is sleeved on the spring bracket, and the flexural spring is all semicircular, and one end of the flexural spring is connected to one of the two wing plates of the rotary platform rotating shaft, and another end of the flexural spring is connected to one of the two wing plates of the rotary motion platform housing, and a middle of the flexural spring is passed through the flexural spring bracket to limit, and cooperated with an action of the rotary motion platform drive ropes to supply a force for a rotation of the rotary motion platform, the four flexural springs divided into two groups are respectively arranged on two groups of the wing plates in an upper-lower staggered manner to improve a stability of the flexural springs at different rotation angles, a rotary motion platform bottom end cover is installed on a bottom end part of the rotary motion platform housing, and a spray gun is installed at a bottom end of the rotary motion platform bottom end cover.
10. The movable electro-hydraulic composite drive spraying robot with the large operating space according to claim 1, wherein a workflow of the movable electro-hydraulic composite drive spraying robot is specifically as follows: S1, initializing a system, placing a workpiece to be sprayed in a fixed position, determining a position parameter for the workpiece, and inputting the position parameter into an upper computer of a control system; S2, determining, by the upper computer, a position of a main area in the operating space according to the position parameter for the workpiece; starting the balance mechanisms in the plurality of movable bases, and adjusting, according to a position and a shape of the mechanism, counterweights to balance tensions; and driving, by each of the plurality of movable bases, the movable electro-hydraulic composite drive spraying robot to move as a whole to a designated area; S3, lifting, after the plurality of movable bases are moved to the designated area, universal wheels in each of the plurality of movable bases off a ground, and opening the fixing supporting mechanisms; S4, inputting shape and attitude parameters for the workpiece to be sprayed into the upper computer for analyzing; S5, driving, under a control of the upper computer, a drive rope position adjustment module to adjust an outlet cable point position according to approximate shape and attitude parameters for the workpiece to be sprayed; while adjusting the adjustable auxiliary motion platform and adjusting an entire size of a frame to adapt to processing requirements for workpieces of different shapes and sizes; S6, changing, under driving of a motor, a length of the drive rope to control the adjustable auxiliary motion platform and the rotary motion platform to move, and while driving, by the hydraulic push rod, a movement of the rotary motion platform; S7, moving, during the movement of the rotary motion platform, the spray gun with the movement of the rotary motion platform, and completing a feasible spraying task in a current operating space; collecting, by tension sensors and steering angle sensors and the like, data and outputting the data into the upper computer to control the balance mechanisms to adjust with a movement of a tail end; thereby preventing the movable electro-hydraulic composite drive spraying robot from rolling over and ensuring that an interference and conditions affecting the movement are not existed; and S8, resolving, by the plurality of movable bases, a fixed state of the movable electro-hydraulic composite drive spraying robot to move to a new operating position, and restarting from S2 until completing a spraying task for an entire workpiece, when the entire workpiece is too large to be fully covered by the movable electro-hydraulic composite drive spraying robot through one movement of each of the plurality of movable bases.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS
(25) The specific implementations of the present disclosure are provided below, and described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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(27) Further, the four moveable bases 2 are configured to bear other mechanisms, and the profile supporting columns 1006 corresponding to the four drive rope adjustment modules 1 are fixed on the movable bases 2 through the installation holes reserved on the movable bases 2, which implements a large range motion of the robot as a whole. Each of the adjustable auxiliary motion platform drive rope 5 is driven by one motor in the drive rope adjustment module 1 to protrude from the drive rope adjustment module 1 to connect on an adjustable auxiliary motion platform drive rope hook 3002, so as to drive the adjustable auxiliary motion platform 3 to move. Each of the rotary motion platform drive rope 6 is driven by the other motor in the drive rope adjustment module 1 to protrude from the drive rope adjustment module 1 to wind through the rotary motion platform drive rope transition pulley 3004, so as to restrict and adjust the position of the rope, and eventually the rotary motion platform drive rope 6 is connected to the rotary motion platform 4 to drive the rotary motion platform 4. The adjustable auxiliary motion platform 3 is connected with the rotary motion platform 4 through a hydraulic push rod 4001, so as to further control the rotary motion platform 4 precisely, and the spray gun 7 is installed on the rotary motion platform 4 through bolts.
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(29) Further, the adjustable auxiliary motion platform drive rope 5 is connected to the left winding shaft 1204, and is protruded from the left winding shaft 1204 to wind on the pulley 1101 through a small hole in the fixed pulley base 1102 to protrude, the fixed pulley base 1102 is fixedly connected on the fixed pulley fixing base 1001, the profile supporting column 1006 is provided with the installation hole, and the fixed pulley fixing base 1001 is installed on the profile supporting column 1006 through the set screw. The rotary motion platform drive rope 6 is connected to the right winding shaft 1205, and is protruded from the right winding shaft 1205 to wind on the pulley through the movable pulley 1004 to protrude. The movable pulley 1004 is fixedly connected on the synchronous belt 1003, and moved with the synchronous belt 1003, so as to achieve a purpose of adjusting an outlet cable point of the rotary motion platform drive rope 6. The synchronous belt mechanism is fixedly connected on the profile supporting column 1006 by the bolts with the help of the synchronous belt upper base 1002 and the synchronous belt lower base 1005.
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(34) Further, the movable base body cover plate 2001 is installed on the movable base body 2002 by the screws. Four fixing supporting plates 2004 are symmetrically arranged on the movable base body 2002 in a ring shape, and are rotatably around the fixing-supporting-plate rotating bearing 2101 installed on the movable base body 2002. When the movable base moves, the supporting plates are perpendicular to the ground and are extremely close to the side wall of the movable base body 2002. When the robot moves to the operating position as a whole, the fixing supporting plates 2004 are manually switched to parallel to the ground and are locked, which increases the stability of the mechanism. The balance mechanism rotating motor 2201 is fixedly installed on the movable base body cover plate 2001 through the balance mechanism rotating motor bracket 2202, and is configured to drive the balance mechanism to rotate as a whole. The telescopic supporting rod 2211 is connected on the movable base body 2002 through the two-way hinge 2212 to provide support for the balance mechanism. Four groups of the liftable moving wheel components are symmetrically fixed on the plane plate of the movable base body 2002 by screws, and the mechanism is capable of implementing the rotation of the universal wheels 2003, and the universal wheels 2003 are driven by the mechanism to lift and lower, so that the mechanism has a better stability with no motion of the movable base 2.
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(47) In S1, a workpiece to be sprayed is placed in a fixed position, and a position parameter for the workpiece is determined and inputted into an upper computer of a control system.
(48) In S2, a position of a main area in the operating space is determined by the upper computer according to the position parameter for the workpiece, and the balance mechanism in the moveable base 2 is controlled by the upper computer to start, the balance mechanism counterweight 2206 is adjusted to balance the tension according to the position and the shape of the mechanism, and the universal wheels 2003 in the four sets of the movable bases 2 are controlled to move so as to drive the robot to move to a designated area as a whole.
(49) In S3, the universal wheels 2003 in the four sets of moveable bases are all lifted off the ground after the moveable bases 2 move to the designated area, and the fixing supporting mechanism is opened.
(50) In S4, the shape and the attitude parameters for the workpiece to be sprayed are inputted into the upper computer for analyzing.
(51) In S5, the movable pulleys 1004 is driven by the four sets of the drive rope position adjustment modules to move up and down to adjust the position of the outlet cable point, through the movement of the synchronous belt mechanisms in the drive rope position adjustment modules under the control of the upper computer, according to the shape and the attitude parameters for the workpiece to be sprayed, and the auxiliary motion platform is driven by the outer adjustment mechanism drive motor 3013 to adjust the entire size of the frame to adapt to the processing requirements for the workpieces with different shapes and sizes.
(52) In S6, the adjustable auxiliary motion platform drive ropes 5 and the rotary motion platform drive ropes 6 are driven by the left drive rope servo motor 1201 and the right drive rope servo motor 1206 in each set of the drive rope position adjustment modules 1 to change the length so as to control the auxiliary motion platform and the rotary motion platform to move after the preparing steps are completed, and while the rotary motion platform is driven by the hydraulic push rod 4001 to move.
(53) In S7, the spray gun 7 is moved with the movement of the rotary motion platform to complete the feasible spraying task in the currently operation space. The data are collected by the tension sensors and the steering angle sensors 4209 and the like, and are inputted into the upper computer to control the position of the balance mechanism counterweight 2206 to adjust with the movement of the end to balance the tensions of the ropes to prevent the mechanism from rolling over and meanwhile, ensure that the interference and other conditions affecting the movement are not existed.
(54) In S8, the spraying task for the entire workpiece cannot be completed when the workpiece is too large to be covered by the robot through one movement of each of the movable bases. At this time, the fixed state of the robot is resolved by the movable bases to move to a new operation position, and steps are started from S2 until the spraying task for the overall workpiece is complete.
(55) The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments in the present disclosure and are not intended to limit the present disclosure. Any modifications, equivalent replacements and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present disclosure shall be included in the protection scope of the present disclosure.