Automated machine vision control system for technological nodes assembly process

TL;DR

This paper presents an automated machine vision control system for small spacecraft assembly, integrating hardware and software to monitor, log, and optimize the process with innovative algorithms and wireless torque control.

Contribution

It introduces a novel automated control system that reduces equipment requirements and incorporates wireless torque control for spacecraft assembly.

Findings

Reduced equipment requirements for control systems

Effective algorithms for processing technological marks

Wireless control of tightening torques

Abstract

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.