Sorting of items on a moving conveyor belt. Part 1: A technique for detecting and classifying objects

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 73-80

  Mattone, R ^a,b   Campagiorni, G ^a   Galati, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELT CONVEYORS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTER VISION; END EFFECTORS; FACTORY AUTOMATION; FUZZY SETS; GRIPPERS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OBJECT RECOGNITION; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

SORTING PROCESS;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0033732677     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5845(99)00040-X     Document Type: Article

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