TY - JOUR
T1 - Generation of collision-free 5-axis tool paths using a haptic surface
AU - Balasubramaniam, Mahadevan
AU - Ho, Stephen
AU - Sarma, Sanjay
AU - Adachi, Yoshitaka
N1 - Funding Information:
We have benefited from discussions with a number of colleagues: Zafar Shaikh and Laxmiprasad Putta. We acknowledge their help. We are indebted to Suzuki Motor Corporation and the National Science Foundation CAREER Award for their support.
Copyright:
Copyright 2007 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2002/1/4
Y1 - 2002/1/4
N2 - An intuitive man-machine interface for generating 5-axis tool paths is described in the paper. The system is based on a 5 degree-of-freedom force feedback haptic system, which is used to interface a human with an impenetrable 3D part. In the process of feeling the object, the user 'teaches' a milling machine to machine a virtual 3D object. The tool path generation has two phases: recording of access directions at the surface of the object and the post-processing phase. During the recording phase, three functions are carried out simultaneously: first, a fast collision detection algorithm, using hierarchical object representation, to drive the haptic system; second, visual feedback to show the regions that have been accessed by the tool; and third, a system to capture the access directions of the tool as the user touches the object. The post-processing phase involves the use of information generated in the recording phase to generate 5-axis tool paths. First, the access directions at the surface of the part are interpolated; and second, any residual collisions are detected and eliminated. We show the results of the tool path generation for two parts. The system can help an expert user generate, correct and tweak tool paths.
AB - An intuitive man-machine interface for generating 5-axis tool paths is described in the paper. The system is based on a 5 degree-of-freedom force feedback haptic system, which is used to interface a human with an impenetrable 3D part. In the process of feeling the object, the user 'teaches' a milling machine to machine a virtual 3D object. The tool path generation has two phases: recording of access directions at the surface of the object and the post-processing phase. During the recording phase, three functions are carried out simultaneously: first, a fast collision detection algorithm, using hierarchical object representation, to drive the haptic system; second, visual feedback to show the regions that have been accessed by the tool; and third, a system to capture the access directions of the tool as the user touches the object. The post-processing phase involves the use of information generated in the recording phase to generate 5-axis tool paths. First, the access directions at the surface of the part are interpolated; and second, any residual collisions are detected and eliminated. We show the results of the tool path generation for two parts. The system can help an expert user generate, correct and tweak tool paths.
KW - 5-axis tool path generation
KW - Collision detection
KW - Collision-free tool paths
KW - Haptic system
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U2 - 10.1016/S0010-4485(01)00057-4
DO - 10.1016/S0010-4485(01)00057-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0037016278
VL - 34
SP - 267
EP - 279
JO - CAD Computer Aided Design
JF - CAD Computer Aided Design
SN - 0010-4485
IS - 4
ER -