Acquisition of weld seam dimensional position information for arc welding robot based on vision computing

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-97

  Chen, S B ^a   Chen, X Z ^a   Qiu, T ^a   Li, J Q ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dimensional position; Stereo vision; Vision computing; Welding robot; Zernike moment

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER VISION; DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRIC ARC WELDING; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; ROBOTICS; STEREO VISION;

DIMENSIONAL POSITION; STEREO-VISION; VISION COMPUTING; WELDING ROBOTS; ZERNIKE MOMENT;

INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS;

EID: 22944442920     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10846-005-2966-6     Document Type: Article

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