Intelligent Seam Tracking for Robotic Welding
Intelligent Seam Tracking for Robotic Welding is part of the Advances in Industrial Control series, edited by Professor M.J. Grimble and Dr. M.A. Johnson of the Industrial Control Unit, University of Strathclyde. This publication discusses in depth the de
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Nitin Nayak and Asok Ray
I ntelligent Seam Tracking for Robotic Welding With 75 Figures
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Nitin R. Nayak, PhD, MS, BS IBM Corporation, Austin, Texas, USA Asok Ray, PhD, PE Pennsylvania State University, PA 16802, USA
ISBN-13: 978-1-4471-2047-6 DOl: 10.1007/978-1-4471-2045-2
e-ISBN-13: 978-1-4471-2045-2
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© Springer-Verlag London Limited 1993 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1993 The publisher makes no representation, express or implied, with regard to the accuracy of the information contained in this book and cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions that may be made. Typesetting: Camera ready by authors 69/3830-543210 Printed on acid-free paper
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SERIES EDITORS' FOREWORD
The series Advances in Industrial Control aims to report and encourage technology transfer in control engineering. The rapid development of control technology impacts all areas of the control discipline. New theory, new ·controllers, actuators, sensors, new industrial processes, computing methods, new applications, new philosophies, ... , new challenges. Much of this development work resides in industrial reports, feasibility study papers and the reports of advanced collaborative projects. The series offers an opportunity for researchers to present an extended exposition of such new work in all aspects of industrial control for wider and rapid dissemination. In the field of robotics, the classic repetitive manufacturing tasks which have been automated by robots are paint spraying and spot/seam welding for the car industry. This monograph reports advances in robotic science for the operation of seam welding. It presents a systematic treatment of the prevailing industrial technology and a new state of the art intelligent robotic seam welding prototype system on which the authors, Dr Nayak and Professor Ray, collaborated. The authors have made a determined effort to set t
