The automation of car body spray booth operations employing paint spraying robots generally requires the robots to execute one of a number of defined routines according to the car body type. A vision system is described which identifies a car body type by its shape and provides an identity code to the robot controller thus enabling the correct routine to be executed. The vision system consists of a low cost linescan camera, a fluorescent light source and a microprocessor image analyser and is an example of a cost-effective, reliable, industrially engineered robot vision system for a demanding production environment. Extension ofthe system with additional cameras will increase the application to other automatic operations on a car assembly line where it become essential to reliably differentiate between up to 40 variations of body types.
Vision system to identify car body types for a spray painting robot
Bilderkennungssystem zur Identifizierung der Karosserietypen fuer einen Farbspritzroboter
1983
6 Seiten, 5 Bilder
Conference paper
English
Painting robot system for auto-body painting line
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Automotive engineering | 1980
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