Research on weld pool control of welding robot with computer vision

Industrial Robot

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 467-475

  Shen, H Y ^a   Ma, H B ^a   Lin, T ^a   Chen, S B ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Computer aided manufacturing; Control equipment; Robotics; Seam welding; Welding

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER VISION; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ROBOTICS;

GAS TUNGSTEN ARC WELDING (GTAW); SEAM GAP; STORAGE TANK;

SEAM WELDING;

EID: 35148853220     PISSN: 0143991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01439910710832066     Document Type: Article

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