Robotic contact/noncontact sensor technology has progressed recently at a rate that deserves a critical review by itself. And yet, the power of sensor technology can be further augmented by the addition of artificial ...
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Robotic contact/noncontact sensor technology has progressed recently at a rate that deserves a critical review by itself. And yet, the power of sensor technology can be further augmented by the addition of artificial intelligence in the perception-manipulation loop. The significance of this important concept is emphasized. A good example of th coupling of sensing and AI is machine vision. Examples are given to enhance the proposed concepts. Equal emphasis is given to the systems and hardware design and to the AI approach in robotic sensor technology. Pattern recognition and scene analysis are discussed as possible approaches to the image-analysis problem.
A prototype of a knowledge-based flight expert system (FLES) has been developed to assist airplane pilots in monitoring, analyzing, and diagnosing faults and to provide support in reducing the pilot's own mistakes...
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(纸本)0818606886
A prototype of a knowledge-based flight expert system (FLES) has been developed to assist airplane pilots in monitoring, analyzing, and diagnosing faults and to provide support in reducing the pilot's own mistakes. A sensor simulation model has been developed to provide FLES with the airplane status information during the diagnostic process. The simulator is based partly on the advanced Concept System (ACS), a future-generation airplane, and partly on the Boeing 737, an existing airplane. The architecture of FLES contains several subsystems. One of the major subsystems performs fault diagnosis in the electrical system of the ACS. A description is given of the mechanism and functionality of the automatic diagnosis performed in this expert system.
A distributed multitarget tracking problem is considered. The Joint Probabilistic Data Association (JPDA) algorithm has been applied successfully for tracking under the multiple-target and clutter environment. However...
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A distributed multitarget tracking problem is considered. The Joint Probabilistic Data Association (JPDA) algorithm has been applied successfully for tracking under the multiple-target and clutter environment. However, it assumes a centralized processing architecture in which all the sensors' measurements are transmitted to a single processor and processed. In many applications, however, a set of local processors are present and each processor processes the local sensors' measurements instead of transmitting them to the central processor. The locally processed results are then interchanged and fused together through the communication network. A distributed version of JPDA algorithm which handles the fusion problem from multiple processors is presented.
作者：
Schmitt, L.A.GE
Industrial Electronics Development Lab Charlottesville VA USA GE Industrial Electronics Development Lab Charlottesville VA USA
The use of an intelligent vision sensor with a robot requires methods of applications programming that allow a user to specify how to deal with dynamically changing parameters of the robot's environment. The natur...
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The use of an intelligent vision sensor with a robot requires methods of applications programming that allow a user to specify how to deal with dynamically changing parameters of the robot's environment. The nature of arbitrarily positioned objects viewed by a vision system suggests a vision sensor interface based upon a database model that allows a programmer to access object information. This enables the programmer to develop complex applications that not only define robot arm movements in space, but also define robot operations on objects. A database model of a vision sensor provides a paradigm for creating valuable robot programming language constructs. Expanding a robot programming language to include these constructs results in a natural, easy to use interface between a robot controller and a vision system. The effect of using a database model of a vision sensor on the control and programming of a robot vision system is discussed. Specific language constructs to support this concept are given.
A general purpose 3-D vision system will be described and several applications will be discussed. The system uses structured light and optical triangulation to digitize the surface of the workpiece. The vision system ...
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(纸本)0903608758
A general purpose 3-D vision system will be described and several applications will be discussed. The system uses structured light and optical triangulation to digitize the surface of the workpiece. The vision system is an industrial product which has been installed and operated in both assembly line and batch manufacturing operations. This paper shall describe the sensor and how it is modularly constructed such that it can be easily configured to implement the turn-key systems described. Further, a more advanced 3-D vision system which is not yet in commercial production will be described.
This paper discusses techniques and devices which are based on data driven automation technology and aimed at alleviating the natural limitations of the human operator in the complex information and control environmen...
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This paper discusses techniques and devices which are based on data driven automation technology and aimed at alleviating the natural limitations of the human operator in the complex information and control environment of space teleoperator systems. The techniques and devices discussed and exemplified in the paper include: generalized bilateral manual control and interactive manual and automatic control referenced to sensor data, and event driven and event controlled multidimensional graphics displays. A characteristic feature of all these devices and techniques is that they provide a task-level interface between the human operator and the teleoperator system in space.
The purpose of the CAM-I Robot Software Project is to develop prototype software for a Robot Planner that would allow for the total off-line programming of a robot or robot-tended work cell. The Planner will consist o...
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The purpose of the CAM-I Robot Software Project is to develop prototype software for a Robot Planner that would allow for the total off-line programming of a robot or robot-tended work cell. The Planner will consist of a robot independent portion that would allow for a description of robot motion and have an ability to graphically simulate such motion in a workcell environment;and a robot dependent portion that will provide geometric, controller, mechanics/dynamics, and sensor models for a particular robot. The robot independent portion will interact with the robot dependent portion to produce a final robot motion data that would be capable of driving a particular manufacturer's robot in a real workcell environment.
This conference proceedings contains papers from 16 new technology seminars and 108 papers from 21 technical paper sessions. 23 papers from the technical paper sessions are indexed separately. Among the topics present...
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This conference proceedings contains papers from 16 new technology seminars and 108 papers from 21 technical paper sessions. 23 papers from the technical paper sessions are indexed separately. Among the topics presented are: advanced fiber optics, new directions in sensor technology, digital telecommunications, array processors and multiprocessor networks, VLSI applications, various electronic circuitry, computer applications in energy management and conversation, speech processing, telecommunication networks, Technical personnel management, applications of minicomputer/microprocessor systems, Software engineering rigid dish drives, and Computer graphics.
This conference proceedings contains papers from 16 new technology seminars and 108 papers from 21 technical paper sessions. 23 papers from the technical paper sessions are indexed separately. Among the topics present...
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This conference proceedings contains papers from 16 new technology seminars and 108 papers from 21 technical paper sessions. 23 papers from the technical paper sessions are indexed separately. Among the topics presented are: advanced fiber optics, new directions in sensor technology, digital telecommunications, array processors and multiprocessor networks, VLSI applications, various electronic circuitry, computer applications in energy management and conversation, speech processing, telecommunication networks, Technical personnel management, applications of minicomputer/microprocessor systems, Software engineering rigid dish drives, and Computer graphics.
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