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AIRFRAME DRILLING & FASTENINGAutomated

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ABOUT

Automate your airframe drilling and fastening process with Lucana Aero, our innovative visual guidance system.Create your most productive line ever with our patented visual guidance

technology Lucana Aero. The industry’s first system to enable the automation

of drilling and fastening, Lucana Aero helps you reduce human error, improve

workplace safety and increase speed while being easily integrated with no

engineering needed.

WHAT YOU GET

• Recognition Robotics Visual Guidance Software

• Industrial Computer

• Camera

• 2 Lasers as a Triangulation Sensor

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DATA VALUE

Sensitivity 0.0005", and 0.02 Degree

Communication Talks to any robot/automated system

- Kawasaki

- Kuka (xml)

- Fanuc

- ABB

- Comau

- Custom

FEATURES

How It WorksUsing a sensor mounted inside a drill head, Lucana Aero guides robotic systems to precisely normalize

to a surface, find a hole center, find a fastener center, or measure a hole ID (inside diameter) and

countersink OD (outside diameter). The sensor can also aid robotic performance for global alignment

to the airframe.

THE RIGHT MODEL FOR YOUR DRILL HEAD

We offer models custom fit to the drill head manufacturing equipment used by our customers.

FEATURES & BENEFITS

• On-the-spot measurement (minimizes robotic motion errors)

• No calibration

• Sensor module ships already calibrated.

• Integrated software tools for robot/sensor/drillbit frame alignment

• Works regardless to surface contours – solid surface or surface with holes

MEASUREMENTS

• Normality (Rx Ry Z)

• Hole center (X Y Z Rx Ry)

• Fastener centerline (X Y Z Rx Ry)

• Countersink (X Y Z Rx Ry OD at the surface)

• Countersink DZ (DeltaZ on curved surface)

COMPATIBLE MATERIALS

• CFRP

• CRRP painted

• Aluminum white

• Aluminum green

• Titanium

• Automatic (Software auto selects the correct material)

What is Lucana Aero?ENGINEERED FOR AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS

Designed and built specifically to enable robotic drilling and countersinking in aerospace

and air-frame applications.

PRECISION MEASUREMENT, EVERY TIME

All following regardless to surface, blank, hole, countersink or fastener.

Customer BenefitsDAY ONE READY

• Proven solution that works out of the box, just plug and play.

NO VISION EXPERTISE REQUIRED

• Free your best engineers’ time up for use on other tasks!

COMPACT, SMALL FORM FACTOR

• Fits inside of a drill head (Zagar drill head or a custom solution within specification).

POINT OF INGRESS MEASUREMENT AND GUIDANCE

• Measures the area where the drill bit will penetrate

• Minimizes robotic motion error

How We DifferFULL X, Y, Z, RX, RY, AND OD

• Our system takes into account any off-axis misalignment in your process allowing us to

fix your drilling in Rx and Ry, and eliminate typical drilling process inaccuracies.

NO CALIBRATION REQUIRED

• Lucana Aero sensors are calibrated on site in the factory, and require no calibration to

be done at your plant.

NO PROGRAMMING REQUIRED

• No need to spend time tinkering with vision algorithms.

HIGH SENSITIVITY

• Update your process with our Lucana Aero sensor, and see for yourself that we have the

most accurate measurement solution on the market.

• 0.0005" of accuracy.

• 0.02 Degrees of accuracy.

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Z MEASUREMENT

Nominal standoff 10 mm from nose piece

Min Z -10 mm, closer to nose piece

Max Z +16 mm

Accuracy 5 micron

NORMALITY

Rx range +/- 6 degrees

Rx accuracy +/- 0.03 degrees

Ry range +/- 6 degrees

Ry accuracy +/- 0.03 degrees

COUNTERSINK OD

Min OD 5 mm

Max OD 25.4 mm

Accuracy +/- 25.4 micron, at center of view

COMMUNICATION

Ethernet POE 48V

MATERIAL

Type Aluminum white, Aluminum green, Titanium, CFRP, & CFRP2

Automatic material Yes

HOLE FIND [X Y Z]

Dx range +/- 10 mm

Dy range +/- 10 mm at nominal z

Dz range +/- 5 mm

Accuracy +/- 25.4 micron near center, +/- 50.8 micron across volume

FASTENER FIND

Dx range +/- 10 mm

Dy range +/- 10 mm at nominal z

Dz range +/- 5 mm

Accuracy +/- 25.4 micron near center, +/- 50.8 micron across volume

SAMPLE TECHNICAL DATASHEET

Model BE*

* Different models allow for different Standoff and Ranges. Please Contact Recognition Robotics for other models Datasheet or to design custom.

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SOFTWARE

Lucana Aero software features the most robust normality measurement algorithms in

industry, that allow measuring normality on any surface, whether a solid surface or a

surface with a hole or countersink.

Additionally, Lucana Aero software uses cutting-edge algorithms for outliers removals,

leading to robust and stable outputs across all families of measurements.

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1. Sensor

2. Lucana Vision Controller

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Pioneering InnovatorsFounded in 2008 to revolutionize machine vision technology with the ultimate goal of advancing toward

autonomous, intelligent visual recognition and production.

The CompanyRecognition Robotics is an independent

company producing category-shifting visual

recognition technology that defines future

manufacturing’s new normal. With a growing

list of patented technologies, Recognition

Robotics is the high-value provider of

breakthrough, quick set-up productivity

enhancements that increase the profitability

of any automated line or process.

LeadershipDr. Simon Melikian is the founder, president

and CEO of Recognition Robotics. A pioneer in

visual recognition and an expert in the design

and practical implementation of the self-

learning algorithm, he creates products that

mimic the human cognitive ability to recognize

objects regardless of their presentation.

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What’s In The Box?

recognitionrobotics.cominfo@recognitionrobotics.com

Ohio Office

151 Innovation Drive Elyria, OH 44035 + 1 440 590 0499

Michigan Office

29445 Beck Rd. Suite A-106 Wixom, MI 48393 + 1 440 590 0499

USA

Italian Office

Via Cascina Venina 7 20090 Assago (MI) - Italy +39 02 89304464

EUROPE

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