What is Robotic Vision?
Robotics + image processing for flexible automation
Robotic Vision is a technology that enables a robot to "see". Robotic vision systems combine the flexibility of a robot with powerful camera sensor technology and image processing software. Since the camera system is directly related to the gripper, this enables precise gripping operations as well as, for example, the localization of attachments to a product. The flexibility of 6-axis robots with focusable cameras and variable illumination methods in particular creates maximum flexibility in the inspection of parts.
Possible Applications in Industrial Manufacturing
2D and 3D cameras as end effectors on the robot enable a wide range of inspection options:
- End of line inspection of automated manufactured products
- Completeness check / presence of attachments
- 3D profile section measurement for measuring gap & flushness
- 360° 3D measurement of components
- 2D measurement over large fields of view
- Palletizing / depalletizing
- Combined inspections such as label inspection, fixture inspection, form and position determination
3D Robotic Vision
The combination with 3D cameras and laser scanners in particular creates a wide range of possibilities in the optical inspection and measurement of parts:
- 360° 3D scanning of parts, offline and inline
- 3D metrology with robots: presentation of parts or 3D sensors in different perspectives for complete capture, measurement and comparison against CAD
- Determination of presence or correct assembly position of parts through 3D data
- Profile section measurement through the integration of 3D profile scanners (laser scanners)
- 3D measurement of shape, distance, angle, flatness
- 3D surface inspection
