Autonomous acquisition of seam coordinates for arc welding robot based on visual servoing

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 239-255

  Zhou, L ^a   Lin, T ^a   Chen, S B ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Image processing; Robot vision; Seam tracking; Visual servo; Welding robot

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTER VISION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; IMAGE PROCESSING; ROBOTS;

SEAM COORDINATES; SEAM TRACKING; VISUAL SERVO; VISUAL SERVOING; WELDING ROBOT;

ELECTRIC ARC WELDING;

EID: 33750715088     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: 15730409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10846-006-9078-9     Document Type: Article

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