Welding robotic systems with visual sensing and real-time control of dynamic weld pool during pulsed GTAW

International Journal of Robotics and Automation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 28-35

  Chen, S B ^a   Zhang, Y ^b   Lin, T ^a   Qiu, T ^a   Wu, L ^c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dynamic weld pool; Real time control; Robotic welding; Topside weld shape; Visual sensing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER VISION; ELECTRIC ARC WELDING; HEAT TRANSFER; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; PROCESS CONTROL; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; THREE TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS;

DYNAMIC WELD POOL; REAL-TIME CONTROL; ROBOTIC WELDING; TOPSIDE WELD SHAPE; VISUAL SENSING;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

EID: 1642434456     PISSN: 08268185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2316/journal.206.2004.1.206-2606     Document Type: Article

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