Automated machine vision control system for technological nodes assembly process
This addresses the need for cost-effective and automated quality control in spacecraft assembly, though it appears to be an incremental application of existing machine vision and control techniques to a specific domain.
The paper tackles the problem of automating control and logging in spacecraft assembly processes by developing a system that reduces hardware requirements through specialized algorithms for processing technological marks, while also providing wireless torque control. The system enables both real-time monitoring and data logging for potential digital twin creation.
The paper discusses the prerequisites for the creation, technical solutions and implementation of an automated control system for the assembly of a small spacecraft. Both the hardware and software implementation of the system that provides control and logging of the assembly process of individual units at various workplaces are analyzed. The article presents solutions to reduce the requirements for equipment used to control the assembly technology, in particular, to use cameras with a lower resolution, through the use of special algorithms for the formation and processing of technological marks. A tool is presented that allows you to control the tightening torques of threaded connections and limit the tightening torque according to a given algorithm with wireless control. The developed system provides the functions of not only control, but also logging of the technological process, which can be useful in the future when creating a digital twin of the product.