A method comprising: dispensing, by a robot within a manufacturing environment using at least one process parameter, one or more linear beads of a liquid adhesive representative of a target complex dispense path onto a surface of a substrate, the linear beads extending along a longitudinal axis and having a bead shape transverse to the longitudinal axis based on the at least one process parameter, wherein the target complex dispense path is a continuous path comprising at least one of a radiused curve, corners of squares, vertices of triangles, a sharp curve, or overlapped patterns; measuring, via a one-dimensional scan by a measuring device positioned within the manufacturing environment, at a plurality of discrete positions along the longitudinal axis of the linear beads, at least one characteristic of the bead shape; adjusting, by a processor of the measuring device, based on one or more response surface profiles and the at least one characteristic of the bead shape, the at least one process parameter, wherein the one or more response surface profiles define a relation between the bead shape and the at least one process parameter, wherein the one or more response surface profiles are based on a linear model relating the at least one process parameter and the at least one characteristic of the bead shape at each discrete position of the plurality of discrete positions without a relation to adjacent discrete positions of the plurality of discrete positions along the continuous path; and dispensing by the robot the liquid adhesive using the target complex dispense path and the at least one of adjusted process parameter. dispensing, by a robot within a manufacturing environment using at least one process parameter, one or more linear beads of a liquid adhesive representative of a target complex dispense path onto a surface of a substrate, the linear beads extending along a longitudinal axis and having a bead shape transverse to the longitudinal axis based on the at least one process parameter, wherein the target complex dispense path is a continuous path comprising at least one of a radiused curve, corners of squares, vertices of triangles, a sharp curve, or overlapped patterns; measuring, via a one-dimensional scan by a measuring device positioned within the manufacturing environment, at a plurality of discrete positions along the longitudinal axis of the linear beads, at least one characteristic of the bead shape; adjusting, by a processor of the measuring device, based on one or more response surface profiles and the at least one characteristic of the bead shape, the at least one process parameter, wherein the one or more response surface profiles define a relation between the bead shape and the at least one process parameter, wherein the one or more response surface profiles are based on a linear model relating the at least one process parameter and the at least one characteristic of the bead shape at each discrete position of the plurality of discrete positions without a relation to adjacent discrete positions of the plurality of discrete positions along the continuous path; and dispensing by the robot the liquid adhesive using the target complex dispense path and the at least one of adjusted process parameter.