Gripper Design for Radio Base Station Autonomous Maintenance System

作     者：Gabriel Reis Marrone Dantas Daniel Bezerra Gibson Nunes Pedro Dreyer Carolina Ledebour Judith Kelner Djamel Sadok Ricardo Souza Silvia Lins Maria Marquezini Gabriel Reis;Marrone Dantas;Daniel Bezerra;Gibson Nunes;Pedro Dreyer;Carolina Ledebour;Judith Kelner;Djamel Sadok;Ricardo Souza;Silvia Lins;Maria Marquezini

作者机构：Networking and Telecommunications Research GroupInformatics CenterFederal University of PernambucoRecife 50730-120Brazil Ericsson ResearchIndaiatuba 13337-300Brazil 

基　　金：by the Research Development and Innovation Center Ericsson Telecommunications Inc. Brazil 

出 版 物：《International Journal of Automation and computing》 (国际自动化与计算杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2021年第18卷第4期

页      码：645-653页

摘      要：For an autonomous system to perform maintenance tasks in a networking device or a radio base station(RBS), it has to deal with a series of technological challenges ranging from identifying hardware-related problems to manipulating connectors. This paper describes the development of a robot maintenance system dedicated to detect and resolve faulty links caused by unplugged or poorly connected cables. Although the maintenance system relies on four subsystems, we significantly focus on our low-cost and efficient custom gripper solution developed to handle RJ45 Ethernet connectors. To examine our gripper, we conducted three experiments. First, a qualitative questionnaire was submitted to 30 users in the case of the teleoperated scenario of the gripper attached to a robotic arm. Similarly, we also tested the automatic operation mode. The results showed that our system is reliable and delivers a highly efficient maintenance tool in both teleoperated and autonomous operation modes. The practical experiment containing the removal or unplugging of connectors demonstrated our gripper′s ability to adequately handle these, whereas the feedback from the questionnaire pointed to a positive user experience. The automatic test assessed the gripper′s robustness against the continuous operation.

主 题 词：Robotic gripper maintenance system gripper design 3D print product development 

学科分类：080904[080904] 0810[工学-土木类] 0809[工学-计算机类] 08[工学] 080402[080402] 0804[工学-材料学] 081001[081001] 

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D　O　I：10.1007/s11633-021-1300-5

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