Cable Assembly: Detecting, Gripping and Inserting Cables Using a 2D Laser Scanner

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Detecting and gripping loose hanging cables is a complex task for a robot. In this video we will show how a 2D laser scanner can be used to generate a complete 3D point from the scan result, e.g. to precisely locate flexible components such as cables or wires, in order to then insert them into a connector using force control/a force-torque sensor.
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Das Detektieren und Greifen frei hängender Kabel ist für einen Roboter eine hoch komplexe Aufgabe. In diesem Video zeigen wir, wie sich mittels 2D-Laserscanner ein vollständiger 3D-Punkt vom Scanergebnis generieren lässt, um z.B. ein biegeschlaffes Teil wie ein Kabel oder Leitungen exakt zu lokalisieren, um es dann kraftgeregelt/mit einem Kraft-Momenten-Sensor in ein Bauteil zu fügen.
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[@wangsong9491]

Hi, that's cool! How do you locate the connector? By calibrating in advance? And if you scan two or three cable , can you segement them and give robot the right decision?

[@Artiminds]

Thank you! Yes, in this scenario the connector pose is fixed and calibrated in advance. Regarding scanning multiple cables: the MicroEpsilon laser scanner we use allows you to define anchored regions of interest that will always move to the outermost cable and will therefore only provide results for a single cable. But ArtiMinds RPS gives you many degrees of freedom to define your own application and implement a laser scanner.