The UJI industrial robotics telelaboratory: Real-time vision and networking

Abstract

In this video we present a work in progress in the UJI (i.e. the acronym for University Jaume I) robotics telelaboratory. This telelaboratory uses a remote control system based on networked robots and FPGAs technology. The main devices included in this cell are: a SCARA manipulator (AdeptOne), a robot arm with six degrees of freedom (Motoman), an industrial belt, several sensors and cameras, an FPGA that takes care of the computer vision algorithms (i.e. including grasping determination), and a distributed architecture that allows any user to control remotely via Internet a specific manufacturing task. The different components of this system are connected by a 100BaseT Ethernet network and follow the SNRP architecture (i.e. Simple Network Robot Protocol), which permits the integration of network robots and sensors within an e-learning platform in a simple and reliable manner. The whole telelaboratory is connected to the Internet through a router that permits the user to control the networked devices according to security constraints. This distributed architecture allows any user to control remotely via Internet a specific manufacturing task.