Robotic gas metal arc welding of small diameter saddle type joints using multistripe structured light

Optical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1943-1949

  Bonser, Gary ^a   Parker, Graham A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS METAL ARC WELDING; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); ROBOTICS;

MULTISTRIPE STRUCTURED LIGHT;

LASER BEAM WELDING;

EID: 0033225540     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.602244     Document Type: Article

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