Image processing and visual control method for arc welding robot

Proceedings - 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, IEEE ROBIO 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 727-732

  Xu, De ^a   Wang, Linkun ^a   Tan, Min ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

Author keywords

Arc welding robot; Hybrid visual servo control; Image processing; Weld seam tracking

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC ARC WELDING; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; ROBOTICS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

ARC WELDING ROBOT; HYBRID VISUAL SERVO CONTROL; VISUAL CONTROL; WELD SEAM TRACKING;

ROBOTS;

EID: 28344451853     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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