Abstract
Vibratory bowl feeders are still among the most commonly used production equipment for automated part feeding, where parts are correctly oriented for further manipulation by being conveyed through a set of orienting devices. Designing vibratory bowl feeders involves selecting and sequencing a number of these devices that either reorients or rejects the part until a desirable orientation is achieved. To aid the designer in this task, this work presents a configuration system where knowledge of the behaviour for each device is acquired through dynamic simulation, and used to solve the configuration task. To test the approach, the configuration system is used to find three device sequences for feeding three parts in specific orientations. The sequences are validated through simulation and real world experiments, showing good consistency.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots |
| Publisher | IEEE Press |
| Publication date | 2016 |
| Pages | 147-154 |
| Article number | 7862389 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-5090-4617-1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-5090-4616-4, 978-1-5090-4615-7 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
| Event | 5th International Conference on Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots: Leveraging Simulation and Machine Learning for Robotics - San Francisco, United States Duration: 13. Dec 2016 → 16. Dec 2016 Conference number: 5 http://simpar2016.org/ |
Conference
| Conference | 5th International Conference on Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots |
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| Number | 5 |
| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | San Francisco |
| Period | 13/12/2016 → 16/12/2016 |
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