A transputer based vision system for industrial robots
Klaus Fuchs, W. Trier · 2002
The vision system described serves as a sensor for an automated welding process. The chosen strategy of processing for obtaining the needed results in real-time will be explained. To improve the reliability of the system, fuzzy logic components have been applied to produce a decision variable that acts as an internal supervisor, judging the quality and reliability of the system's calculated output data. The vision system is used as one component of a series of sensors attached to an industrial robot. It has proven to be a successful way of controlling a production process by supplying both geometric and process information. It is implemented on a homogeneous transputer network.>