CAD-guided sensor planning for dimensional inspection in automotive manufacturing

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 372-380

  Sheng, Weihua ^a   Xi, Ning ^b   Song, Mumin ^c   Chen, Yifan ^d  

^a KETTERING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c FORD RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

CAD CAM; Kinematics; Sensor planning

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; COMPONENTS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; INSPECTION; KINEMATICS; VIDEO CAMERAS;

AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING; AUTOMOTIVE PARTS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN-GUIDED SENSOR PLANNING; DIMENSIONAL INSPECTION;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 0141919498     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2003.816806     Document Type: Article

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