Sensor Review: Volume 2 Issue 3

One vision system handles parts assembly and weld seam tracking

Philippe Villers

At last month's International Symposium on Industrial Robots in Paris the President of Automatix reviewed applications of his company's Autovision II vision system in a variety of…

Robot‐assisted gauging of gudgeon pin

E.A. Peirce, R.J. Grieve

A robot‐linked inspection station for automatic gauging of gudgeon pins for surface finish, diameter and taper, has been set up as a demonstration unit at Brunei University, and…

The practical implementation of vision and signal processing

R.A. Brook

This paper examines current and likely future developments in signal and vision processing for practical applications, emphasising where possible the prospects for low‐cost…

Mobile robot turns to colour sensing

S. Monchaud, R. Prat

A simple ultrasonic sensor coupled with a colour sensing system has been designed and built in the laboratory of the French National Institute of Applied Science at Rennes, and…

Application of pattern recognition and image processing

L. Vanderheydt, P. Vuylsteke, P. Jansen, A. Oosterlinck, H. Van den Berghe

This paper is part II of an overview of the work of the Pattern and Image Processing group of the Leuven University, presenting some of the industrial applications.

Vision system sorts castings at General Motors Canada

Richard D. Baumann, David A. Wilmshurst

The first production implementation of the General Motors Consight vision system at the St. Catherines, Ontario, foundry is successfully sorting up to six different castings at up…