... to spotlight task-critical fabric regions, thereby enhancing visual-perception accuracy and generalization across diverse materials. It further uses a grasp-pose prediction module that translates visual inputs directly into coordinated grasping and placement actions for each arm, which reduces motion-planning...

..., mobile robot navigation. Robert Bogue can be contacted at: robbogue@aol.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Robotics Image processing equipment Visual perception Inspection Cameras Navigation Many of the tasks conducted with robots can benefit from vision system...

..., the drawback is the requirement for a two dimensional photo device array to identify the wavelengths of a line in a scene. Intelligent sensors Image processing Visual perception Robotics ω_sig and ω_ref modulated light and the reference signal frequencies...

... the appropriate soldering. The accuracy of the vision system is very important in this application, since an angular error of more than 1° results in the soldering failing to make electrical contact. Cameras Visual perception Robotics For decades, engineers have sought to equip robots...

... Group Publishing Limited 2005 Welding Inspection Automation Visual perception Numerous techniques for arc welding process automation have been studied. These may range from an artificial intelligence (AI) based approached to automate process parameter selection (Kim et al...

... to our optimality criteria. To evaluate our grasp synthesis methodology, initially 20 revolute and extruded objects were used. Results are presented here for three of these objects chosen to demonstrate the different grasp types. Robotics Visual perception Materials handling Robotic...

... of the robots themselves. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Robotics Control Visual perception For the time in its 45‐year history, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) reached beyond its standard defense contractors and out to the public, and in 2004, held...

... systems. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Calibration Robotics Visual perception Measuring instruments Compared to serial mechanisms, parallel structures may exhibit a much better repeatability (Merlet, 1997), but their large number of links and passive joints often limit...