Intelligent Seam Tracking for Robotic Welding
By: by Nitin R. Nayak, Asok Ray
Contributors: Ray, Asok
Series: Advances in Industrial Control; Advances in industrial control
Publisher: Springer London
Published: 1993
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9781447120476; 9781447120452
Subjects: Engineering economy; Economics; Business planning; Machinery; Software engineering
Description: Intelligent Seam Tracking for Robotic Welding is part of the Advances in Industrial Control series, edited by Professor M.J. Grimble and Dr. M.A. Johnson of the Industrial Control Unit, University of Strathclyde. This publication discusses in depth the development of a seam tracking system for robotic welding. Various topics are covered including the theory of seam tracking, details of the sub-systems comprising the intelligent seam tracker and the operation of the seam tracking system with coordinated interaction amongst the various sub-systems. The sources of various seam tracking errors and existing seam tracking systems operating in both structured and unstructured welding environments are also addressed. The work reported builds upon the research conducted during the course of the project ARTIST (Adaptive, RealTime, Intelligent Seam Tracker) at the Applied Research Laboratory of the Pennsylvania State University. Although the book is presented in the context of seam tracking, issues related to systems integration are general in nature and relate to other applications as well.
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Table of contents: title: Contents: An Overview of Seam Tracking Technology; title: Feature Extraction and Seam Recognition Techniques; title: Coordinate Frames for Realtime Seam Tracking; title: Seam Track in an Unstructured Environment: A Case Study with Vee-Groove Joints; title: Implementation Concerns in Seam Tracking Systems; title: Tracking Accuracy & Error Analysis; title: Seam Tracking System Prototypes; title: Future Directions.