Development of a low-cost active 3D triangulation laser scanner of intelligent mobile robot for transferring button weight

In modern intelligent living, the weight and shape size of a button weight are ones of the crucial fundamental quantities to ensure their conformity to design specifications serving a range of monitoring and management, from flight-weight, expressway inspection, and market transaction to house applications. In this paper, an intelligent mobile robot for transferring button weight was developed based on a low-cost active 3D triangulation laser scanner. An automatic scanning path planning algorithm of 3D profile contour of button weight was proposed. 3Dgeometricdimensions of button body was also described by identifying the marking graphics. Finally, a series of experiments of several typical button weights have been performed to demonstrate this automated path planning technique and the final Intelligence level. Moreover, an commercial 3D intelligent mobile robot was also introduced, which has two degrees of laser scanner and robotic arm. Those scanning paths generation have been proven to be amenable for practical purposes through many tests so that it might be applicable to achieve transferring button weight in a practical working environment.