Visual Robots

Abstract

Equipment is now available for factory use to automate visual recognition, memorization, orientation, and inspection. Standard units scan a field of view in a thousandth of a second, extracting digitally‐coded signals which are uniquely related to the observed field. These signals are further processed digitally on a realtime basis to automate visual functions. This equipment makes possible automation of visually controllable production operations at speeds, accuracies, and cost effectiveness which exceed human capacities by orders of magnitude.

Citation

Dreyfus, M.G. (1974), "Visual Robots", Industrial Robot, Vol. 1 No. 6, pp. 260-264. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb004451