... Taguchi methods Quality Optimization techniques Design Design of experiments (DOE) is one of the most powerful quality improvement techniques for reducing process variation, enhancing process effectiveness and process capability in the twenty‐first century (Antony, 2003). It is widely...

... Inspection Optimization techniques Manufacturing systems Ultra‐precision flycutting, a single point cutting process that generates optical quality surface finishes on flat (plano) workpieces, is characterized by depths of cut ranging from roughing cuts of 25 or 50 μm to 1 μm...

... on 3D modeling which constitutes an important part of computer vision or robot vision. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Modelling Pattern recognition equipment Optimization techniques A classic algorithm for correspondence and registration is the iterative closest point (ICP...