Title :
The application of air-acoustic sonar systems to advanced manufacturing
Author :
Pomeroy, S.C. ; Wykes, C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Loughborough Univ. of Technol., UK
Abstract :
The authors have studied fabrication methods for appropriate electrostatic transducers for such applications as non-contact gauging, workspace imaging and autonomous guided vehicle (AGV) navigation. The following topics are discussed: transducer development; single axis rangefinding; phased array systems for vehicle guidance; phased array systems for workspace imaging; adaptive beamforming; and transmission line matrix modelling of acoustic propagation
Keywords :
automatic guided vehicles; sonar; ultrasonic transducers; AGV navigation; acoustic propagation; adaptive beamforming; advanced manufacturing; air-acoustic sonar systems; autonomous guided vehicle navigation; electrostatic transducers; phased array systems; single axis rangefinding; transducer development; transmission line matrix modelling; vehicle guidance; workspace imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Civil Applications of Sonar Systems, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
