Robotics in automated inspection

✍ Scribed by Per Hedenborn; Gunnar Bolmsjö

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 356 KB
• Volume: 41
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0925-5273
• DOI: 10.1016/0925-5273(94)00037-9

✦ Synopsis

Industrial robots has for many years successfully been utilised in a wide range of different applications. One area that is not so widespread, is inspection and quality control. The potential has increased with the development of new sensors with better performance at lower costs. In addition, automated manufacturing systems requires automated inspection in order to ensure a consistent product quality. On-line inspection using robots detects products out of tolerance at an early stage and reduces the need for rework as well as the scrap. Information about deviations from target values may also be fed back to the process.