Purpose – This paper aims to provide a background to the use of robots by the automotive industry and describe a number of applications which illustrate the capabilities and importance of robotic machine vision technology. Design/methodology/approach – Following an historical background to...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an insight into the present-day state of bin picking by considering research, technology, products and applications. Design/methodology/approach Following a short introduction, this first provides examples of recent bin picking research. It then...