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Shooter 4.0 – A Prototype for Intelligent and Autonomous Gunning Maintenance (Room Virtual)

This paper presents a system for fully automated, intelligent operation of a spray gunning manipulator. The prototype features motion tracking, autonomous gunning, an in-furnace camera for live monitoring and data analysis, automatic delivery of maintenance reports, and remote control via mobile app. Video and sensor data can be uploaded to a remote storage using an onboard internet connection. The data is used to analyze and optimize gunning. The prototype is retrofitted to an existing manipulator with the vision to getting machines of previous generations ready for the challenges of the Industry 4.0 era. Furthermore, integration into new machines is supported.