Intelligent seam tracking using ultrasonic sensors for robotic welding

Robotica

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 275-281

  Mahajan, Ajay ^a   Figueroa, Fernando ^b  

^a LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Robotic welding; Seam tracking; Ultrasonic sensors

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ARC WELDING; END EFFECTORS; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; ROBOTICS; SEAM WELDING; STEPPING MOTORS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC DEVICES; ULTRASONIC REFLECTION; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION;

INTELLIGENT SEAM TRACKING; ROBOTIC WELDING; ULTRASONIC SENSORS;

SENSORS;

EID: 0031145283     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574797000313     Document Type: Article

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