A flexible inspection system for gauging precision industrial parts

✍ Scribed by D.R. Sollberger; M.P. Thint; P.P. Wang

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 581 KB
• Volume: 5
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0921-8890
• DOI: 10.1016/0921-8890(89)90008-0

✦ Synopsis

to perform these tasks with higher reliability than a human worker, and (3) to operate independently without human intervention.

This paper presents an overview of an inspection system called Automated Robotic Visual Inspection System (ARV1S). The ARVIS system concept, hardware components, work-cell, and calibration and inspection procedures are described. Application of ARVIS is currently focused on inspecting precision industrial parts, specifically, traveling wave tube (TWT) components for avionic radar systems. The variability of parts which comprise a TWT requires a general purpose flexible inspection system that is both adaptable and programmable. ARVIS integrates robotics and computer technology together with vision processing software to achieve a flexible system.