Fast localisation of mechanical components using Hough transform

Author

Pace, Stefano

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Inf. e Sistemistica, Pavia Univ., Italy

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

1081

Lastpage

1084

Abstract

This article presents the work developed as degree thesis in informatic engineering that has been carried out at the Laboratory of Artificial Vision in the Department of Informatica and Sistemistica of the University of Pavia, in the years 1997 and 1998. The paper describes an artificial vision system based on the generalized Hough transform to find the position and the orientation of hydraulic components with the aim of driving a mechanical arm in positioning and repositioning operations. A prototype of this system has been successfully integrated with an existing industrial robot and currently is in its final testing phase in a real production environment. The vision system and its interface has been developed under the Linux operating system using the Tcl/Tk tools for the control interface and the C language for the time critical sections

Keywords

C language; Hough transforms; hydraulic systems; industrial manipulators; operating systems (computers); position control; robot vision; software tools; C language; Laboratory of Artificial Vision; Linux operating system; Tcl/Tk tools; University of Pavia; artificial vision system; control interface; data structures; fast localisation; generalized Hough transform; hydraulic components; industrial robot; mechanical arm; mechanical components; production environment; repositioning operations; time critical sections; Electrical equipment industry; Informatics; Laboratories; Linux; Machine vision; Operating systems; Production systems; Prototypes; Service robots; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Image Analysis and Processing, 1999. Proceedings. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Venice

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0040-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIAP.1999.797743

Filename

797743