Diseño y construcción de una máquina didáctica clasificadora de objetos mediante visión artificial para el Laboratorio de Automatización Industrial de Procesos Mecánicos de la Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica

Abstract

This work presents the design and construction of an object classiffier didactical machine using artificial vision for the Laboratory of Industrial Automation of Mechanical Processes of the Mechanical Engineering Faculty. The theoretical aspects handled in the project are described, emphasizing the artificial vision techniques oriented to classify triangular and rectangular prismatic objects, cylinders of red, green and blue colors. The machine design was developed based on the requirements of the staff responsible for the development of practices in the LAIPM through the methodology of concurrent design to define and realize appropriate solutions of hardware and software, being LabVIEW 2015 software used for the acquisition and image analysis in real time as well as the establishment of data communication in real time with the PLC via Ethernet using OPC, and the use of Arduino MEGA 2560 to control the movement of the stepper motor and servo motors. Finally, we assessed whether the equipment meets the technical specifications raised by running specific test protocols as well as an economic analysis to establish the cost of production of the machine.