Design and validation of a universal 6D seam tracking system in robotic welding based on laser scanning

Industrial Robot

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 437-448

  Fridenfalk, Mikael ^a   Bolmsjö, Gunnar ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lasers; Robotics; Welding

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; IMAGE SENSORS; LASERS; MOTION PLANNING; POSITION CONTROL; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SCANNING; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

LASER SCANNING; MECHANICAL VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING; ROBOTIC WELDING; UNIVERSAL 6D SEAM TRACKING SYSTEM;

ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0141786741     PISSN: 0143991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01439910310492202     Document Type: Article

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