We introduce a new object detection method which has been obtained as main contribution of this paper and a new feature extraction based on wavelet analysis is presented. Image retrieval based on region is one of the most promising and active research directions in recent years. As literature...

Reports on the Robot & Automation show held at the Birmingham National Exhibition Centre alongside the MACH 2000 and other principal manufacturing shows. Some of the robot applications developed by exhibiting systems integrators are described including installations for monitoring clean room...

Describes the assembly of automotive front wheel components using seven robots and three vision systems. The use of vision minimised the costs associated with the presentation of parts to the assembly cells.

Discusses the application of robots for automated welding and bonding in manufacturing industry, and the part that laser‐based seam tracking systems have played.

Outlines Renault’s development of cost‐effective exhaust manufacturing systems using synchronous robotic welding aided by vision technology, reports on the accuracy problems encountered and the solutions implemented, relates how cycle times have been cut and quality improved.

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to design and implement a team of kid size humanoid soccer robots conforming to RoboCup Humanoid league. Design/methodology/approach – The project is described in two main parts: hardware and software. The hardware section consists of the mechanical...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to improve the traditional bug algorithms for the navigation of mobile robots in unknown environments by considering the limitations in previous works such as generating long path, limited to static environments as well as ignoring implementation issues....

Outlines the development of a sensor‐quipped robot system using knowledge‐based information processing techniques. The prototype application concerns the removal of the lateral pin bones from fish fillets by means of waterjet cutting, guided by a gantry robot. Describes the sensor system and...

Discusses the background of robot vision systems and examines why vision‐guided motion for robots hasn’t lived up to the early promise. Outlines the different types of robot vision available and considers the limitation of “computer vision” in most commercial applications. Looks at the...

Examines two modern industrial vision systems which cover both 2‐D and 3‐D applications. Describes the 2‐D Object Recognition and Inspection System [ORIS] which is based on the analysis of the gradients of grey‐scale images and used for such tasks as robotized depalletizing. Goes on to...