Different approaches in feeding of a flexible manufacturing cell

Abstract

The paper aims to present a comparison between two possibilities of feeding a manufacturing cell. There are presented the theoretical aspects in using a 3D robot vision system that will be implemented in the laboratory and some experiments that were made using a part feeding workstation. A general overview of the robot vision implementation in the field of assembly is presented, considering robot vision with its advantages and disadvantages and the structure of a typical robot vision system with its basic components. Parts grasping and manipulation, identification, location and spatial orientation problems were treated during the experiments. © 2010 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.