Visual seam tracking system for butt weld of thin plate

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 5-8, 2010, Pages 519-526

  Fang, Zaojun ^a   Xu, De ^a   Tan, Min ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

Author keywords

Butt weld; Feature extraction; Image based visual control; Seam tracking; Structured light

Indexed keywords

BUTT WELDS; IMAGE-BASED; SEAM TRACKING; STRUCTURED LIGHT; VISUAL CONTROL;

FEATURE EXTRACTION; NAVIGATION; WELDING; WELDS;

TRACKING (POSITION);

EID: 77953615449     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-009-2421-0     Document Type: Article

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