Multi-Fidelity Information Fusion to Model the Position-Dependent Modal Properties of Milling Robots

Maximilian Busch, Michael F. Zaeh

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Abstract

Robotic machining is a promising technology for post-processing large additively manufactured parts. However, the applicability and efficiency of robot-based machining processes are restricted by dynamic instabilities (e.g., due to external excitation or regenerative chatter). To prevent such instabilities, the pose-dependent structural dynamics of the robot must be accurately modeled. To do so, a novel data-driven information fusion approach is proposed: the spatial behavior of the robot’s modal parameters is modeled in a horizontal plane using probabilistic machine learning techniques. A probabilistic formulation allows an estimation of the model uncertainties as well, which increases the model reliability and robustness. To increase the predictive performance, an information fusion scheme is leveraged: information from a rigid body model of the fundamental behavior of the robot’s structural dynamics is fused with a limited number of estimated modal properties from experimental modal analysis. The results indicate that such an approach enables a user-friendly and efficient modeling method and provides reliable predictions of the directional robot dynamics within a large modeling domain.

Original languageEnglish
Article number17
JournalRobotics
Volume11
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2022

Keywords

  • Information fusion
  • Machine learning
  • Robotic machining
  • Structural dynamics

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