A Photorealistic Digital Twin for a Tank Truck Washing Robotic System

Vicente, Luís Nunes; Lomelino, Pedro; Carreira, Fernando; Campos, Francisco M.; Mendes, Mário J. G. C.; Calado, João Manuel Ferreira

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-14844-6_5

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“…The SCADA system proposed in this paper (and in previous work [18]) manages the automatic washing of road tanker trucks, the control and supervision of the entire washing system and complies with some of the requirements of industry 4.0. Namely, the proposed SCADA system leads to the digital transformation of the entire washing process and supports supervision via Internet, the use of a Digital Twin for process simulation and optimization, machine-to-machine communication, incorporation of fault diagnosis and alarm management and automatic generation of reports.…”

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confidence: 74%

“…Since the manipulation robot has not yet been produced, a DT of the robot, introduced in [18], was used to develop and test its SCADA system. Since one of the goals is to test computer-vision-based control algorithms, a required feature of the DT was a high level of photorealism.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In addition, the DT was prepared to simulate a range of error conditions, such as an interrupted communication link to the image acquisition device and to the control drives of the individual robot axes. In [18], the DT was used to validate the control logic described in the previous section and the image processing algorithm for manhole detection. In this work, the DT information is further used to validate the operation of the SCADA system.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The development of the SCADA system and HMI to supervise a washing robot manipulator introduced in [18]. The proposed SCADA handles aspects of the system such as parameter profiles for different washing tasks, operation of the robot in manual or automatic mode and management of different user profiles.…”

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“…This paper describes the current developments of the work presented in [18], where the road tanker washing robot and the corresponding DT were first introduced. This paper is divided into the following sections: Section 2 presents the road tanker washing robot; Section 3 presents the SCADA 4.0 system; Section 4 describes the DT-based validation of the SCADA system and Section 5 presents the conclusions.…”

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Supervision System 4.0 for a Road Tanker Washing Robot Manipulator

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The washing of road tankers is currently still a manual process that requires an operator to place the washing head into the tanks. To increase productivity and operator safety, it is essential to implement automated systems with Fault Detection and Isolation (FDI) capabilities. On the other hand, the industry 4.0 paradigm promotes the use of collaborative systems that integrate with the other organization’s processes. Realizing this new vision requires Supervision, Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems with FDI modules that integrate with collaborative systems and promote the digitalization of companies. This paper proposes a SCADA system for a new road tanker washing robot, aimed at integrating all systems and communication networks of the organization and future FDI modules. To this end, this paper proposes a communication architecture based on open protocols and a common database to connect SCADA to the lower and higher levels of automation. Furthermore, this paper describes the various aspects of SCADA system development, from synoptic design to validation. To support the development of the SCADA system, a Digital Twin (DT) of the road tanker washing robot was used, allowing to test and validate its functionality through this virtual prototype. The results show that the proposed SCADA system and underlying information architecture are suitable for supervision of a robotized wash operation and that the use of a Digital Twin facilitates SCADA system design and validation.

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