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Intelligent robot systems are “intelligent” because of their ability to adapt to their environment. This implies powerful real time computer systems and advanced sensors such as vision. In this paper we discuss the practical application of vision to 100% part inspection, robot guidance for locating and taking up parts, and the application of vision to provide servo position feedback for arc welding. In the case of arc welding, departures from the required part to part nominal path as well as information concerning the amount of weld metal required to fill a gap is provided by the vision system. Industrial examples using Autovision, as exemplified in the Cybervision System and Robovision II Systems, will be discussed and their significance for certain classes of industrial use explained.
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Villers, P. (1983). Present Industrial Use of Vision Sensors for Robot Guidance. In: Pugh, A. (eds) Robot Vision. International Trends in Manufacturing Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-09771-7_11
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