Co-simulation Research of Pipeline Welding Robot Based on MATLAB and ADAMS

A 4-axis pipeline welding robot is designed for the automatic welding operation requirements of oil and gas transportation pipelines. SolidWorks are used to simplify the structural design of the pipeline welding robot, and import the model into ADAMS for kinematics simulation to verify the reliability of the virtual prototype. ADAMS and MATLAB are used to build a co-simulation control platform, and the trajectory tracking control algorithm is used to realize the path tracking simulation of the welding process. The simulation results show that the control method can better fulfill the requirements of automatic pipeline welding, realize the precise adjustment of the welding robot’s posture, and provide a reliable basis for the development of the physical prototype.