A transputer based vision system for industrial robots

Author

Fuchs, K. ; Trier, W.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Aachen, Germany

fYear

1993

fDate

27-29 Jan 1993

Firstpage

369

Lastpage

374

Abstract

The vision system described serves as a sensor for an automated welding process. The chosen strategy of processing for obtaining the needed results in real-time will be explained. To improve the reliability of the system, fuzzy logic components have been applied to produce a decision variable that acts as an internal supervisor, judging the quality and reliability of the system´s calculated output data. The vision system is used as one component of a series of sensors attached to an industrial robot. It has proven to be a successful way of controlling a production process by supplying both geometric and process information. It is implemented on a homogeneous transputer network

Keywords

computer vision; distributed memory systems; fuzzy logic; industrial robots; production control; transputer systems; welding; automated welding process; decision variable; fuzzy logic components; geometric information; industrial robots; internal supervisor; output data; process information; production process control; sensor; system reliability; transputer based vision system; transputer network; Electrical equipment industry; Fuzzy logic; Machine vision; Robot sensing systems; Robot vision systems; Robotics and automation; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensor systems; Service robots; Welding;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Parallel and Distributed Processing, 1993. Proceedings. Euromicro Workshop on

Conference_Location

Gran Canaria

Print_ISBN

0-8186-3610-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMPDP.1993.336382

Filename

336382