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Service Robots A Tire Changing Manipulator. Overview. The robotic System changes the tires of Formula 1 type cars. Considerations: Speed, Accuracy, Safety.
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Overview • The robotic System changes the tires of Formula 1 type cars. • Considerations: Speed, Accuracy, Safety. • The system consists of four arms (one arm per tire), each changes a tire at a time. The arm removes the used tire and replaces it with the new one. • A fifth arm is designed to fill the car with gas, its design differs considerably from the other four. • All the five arms are to be controlled by a hardware dedicated LAN, consisting of one computer per robot arm plus a server and a general analyser.
Design and Construction • A prototype of the racing car :
Design and Construction • The “one screw” tire style simplifies the problem considerably. • The four holes facilitate the manipulation of the tire and the screwing/unscrewing process.
Design and Construction • The manipulator will be of the depicted form. The design was derived from inertial and dextrousity calcuations • Three essential Components: the sliding mechanisn, the arm, and the end effector system.
Design and Construction • All of the four arms should be suspended with the visualized sliding mechanism.
Design and Construction • The end effector is designed to support the tire replacement task.
Design and Construction • The third gripper style facilitates the replacement task via the four metal tube.
Current Status • The design and simulation have been done. • Equations of inertia, vibrations, torques, and forward kinematics are used. Appropriate arm materials are being considered.
Key Advantages • This type of robotic system would replace the team required at each pit stop. • The risk factor will be reduced significantly. • Races will be more fair. Arms will change tires on different model cars within an estimated 0.3 second tolerance variance. • Dependance on team accuracy and training is eliminated. • The cost of this system is lower than the current team-based systems.
Next Steps • Presentations of the project have to be made, and further discussions regarding Formula 1 regulations and enforcements have to take place. • The fifth arm still has to be designed and integrated.