VISTA — Vision-based inspection system for automated testing of aircraft interiors: A panoramic view
Automation is a driving force in manufacturing, enabling quality and scalability during production and assembly. In contrast with the automotive industry, civil aerospace automation has traditionally lagged. However, the adoption rate of methodologies embracing automation for manufacturing, assembly...
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| author | Nicola Mosca Vito Renò Massimiliano Nitti Cosimo Patruno Simone Pio Negri Ettore Stella |
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| description | Automation is a driving force in manufacturing, enabling quality and scalability during production and assembly. In contrast with the automotive industry, civil aerospace automation has traditionally lagged. However, the adoption rate of methodologies embracing automation for manufacturing, assembly, and testing is now accelerating, with new technologies being tested to enable reliable and safe assembly and inspection steps. This paper introduces a semi-automated system for quality control during the final production steps of single-aisle aircraft, namely after the automated assembly of hatrack and sidewall elements in the passengers' area, but before any seating elements are assembled in the environment. Quality control is performed using color and 3d cameras mounted on a custom holonomic mobile robot. The acquired data is processed for identifying geometrical or surface defects by using machine learning based models and 3D processing-based algorithms. The results are provided to an inspector officer using different on-site and off-site validation modalities. The obtained results enable us to affirm that the proposed solution looks very promising for semi-automatic quality control, and it can serve as a foundational framework for efficient manufacturing in the aerospace industry. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-30bf661a8d91449b996ede47f6afdd332025-08-20T02:52:30ZengElsevierResults in Engineering2590-12302024-12-012410316810.1016/j.rineng.2024.103168VISTA — Vision-based inspection system for automated testing of aircraft interiors: A panoramic viewNicola Mosca0Vito Renò1Massimiliano Nitti2Cosimo Patruno3Simone Pio Negri4Ettore Stella5Institute of Intelligent Industrial Technologies and Systems for Advanced Manufacturing, National Research Council of Italy, Via Amendola 122 D-O, Bari, 70126, ItalyInstitute of Intelligent Industrial Technologies and Systems for Advanced Manufacturing, National Research Council of Italy, Via Amendola 122 D-O, Bari, 70126, ItalyInstitute of Intelligent Industrial Technologies and Systems for Advanced Manufacturing, National Research Council of Italy, Via Amendola 122 D-O, Bari, 70126, ItalyInstitute of Intelligent Industrial Technologies and Systems for Advanced Manufacturing, National Research Council of Italy, Via Amendola 122 D-O, Bari, 70126, Italy; Corresponding author.Institute of Intelligent Industrial Technologies and Systems for Advanced Manufacturing, National Research Council of Italy, Via Lembo 38 F, Bari, 70124, ItalyInstitute of Intelligent Industrial Technologies and Systems for Advanced Manufacturing, National Research Council of Italy, Via Amendola 122 D-O, Bari, 70126, ItalyAutomation is a driving force in manufacturing, enabling quality and scalability during production and assembly. In contrast with the automotive industry, civil aerospace automation has traditionally lagged. However, the adoption rate of methodologies embracing automation for manufacturing, assembly, and testing is now accelerating, with new technologies being tested to enable reliable and safe assembly and inspection steps. This paper introduces a semi-automated system for quality control during the final production steps of single-aisle aircraft, namely after the automated assembly of hatrack and sidewall elements in the passengers' area, but before any seating elements are assembled in the environment. Quality control is performed using color and 3d cameras mounted on a custom holonomic mobile robot. The acquired data is processed for identifying geometrical or surface defects by using machine learning based models and 3D processing-based algorithms. The results are provided to an inspector officer using different on-site and off-site validation modalities. The obtained results enable us to affirm that the proposed solution looks very promising for semi-automatic quality control, and it can serve as a foundational framework for efficient manufacturing in the aerospace industry.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590123024014233Quality controlAircraft interiorsAssembly liningComputer visionXR validation modalities |
| spellingShingle | Nicola Mosca Vito Renò Massimiliano Nitti Cosimo Patruno Simone Pio Negri Ettore Stella VISTA — Vision-based inspection system for automated testing of aircraft interiors: A panoramic view Results in Engineering Quality control Aircraft interiors Assembly lining Computer vision XR validation modalities |
| title | VISTA — Vision-based inspection system for automated testing of aircraft interiors: A panoramic view |
| title_full | VISTA — Vision-based inspection system for automated testing of aircraft interiors: A panoramic view |
| title_fullStr | VISTA — Vision-based inspection system for automated testing of aircraft interiors: A panoramic view |
| title_full_unstemmed | VISTA — Vision-based inspection system for automated testing of aircraft interiors: A panoramic view |
| title_short | VISTA — Vision-based inspection system for automated testing of aircraft interiors: A panoramic view |
| title_sort | vista vision based inspection system for automated testing of aircraft interiors a panoramic view |
| topic | Quality control Aircraft interiors Assembly lining Computer vision XR validation modalities |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590123024014233 |
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