Research on the Assembly of Square Parts on Circular Production Lines Using Admittance Control for Six-DOF Robots

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2025-02, Vol.25 (4), p.1138
• Main Authors: Chai, Zhiyuan, Chen, Junhua, Li, Hao, Xiang, Wenping, Chang, Dongdong, Liu, Zewen
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 1424-8220; 1424-8220
• DOI: 10.3390/s25041138

In circular production lines, issues such as positional errors, manufacturing errors at different square groove workstations, and the accumulation of errors during continuous assembly reduce the assembly success rate and limit efficiency. To address these challenges in assembling square groove parts, this study focuses on the jamming and wedging problems encountered during the assembly of square grooves and square parts. It analyzes typical assembly hole searching contact situations and proposes corresponding strategies. Based on the relative geometric relationships between the assembly workpieces, the entire assembly process is divided into three stages: pre-assembly, hole search contact adjustment, and insertion. Due to the complexity of predicting assembly forces and the uncertainty of workstation assembly in circular production lines, this study emphasizes the hole search contact adjustment stage. An innovative vertical hole search strategy is proposed and compared with the Archimedes spiral search method. This strategy models the contact between the end effector and the environment as a mass–damping–spring second-order system, achieving compliant assembly of square holes through admittance control. By analyzing the admittance parameters using control variables, the optimal admittance parameters are determined, and the admittance parameter pattern is applied in the experiments. Experimental results on the square hole assembly platform show that, under the optimal admittance parameters, the vertical hole search strategy significantly reduces search time and improves efficiency. Compared to the traditional Archimedes spiral hole search strategy, the average search adjustment time was increased by 5.8 s, improving efficiency by 46.4%, and the desired assembly outcomes were achieved.