Progress, challenges and trends on vision sensing technologies in automatic/intelligent robotic welding: State-of-the-art review

Q Guo, Z Yang, J Xu, Y Jiang, W Wang, Z Liu… - Robotics and Computer …, 2024 - Elsevier
Welding is a method of realizing material connections, and the development of modern
sensing technology is pushing this traditional process towards automation and intelligence …

An integrated review of automation and robotic technologies for structural prefabrication and construction

CP Chea, Y Bai, X Pan, M Arashpour… - … Safety and Environment, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Building construction has developed from the use of primitive tools to that of machinery, with
a tendency toward automation. Automation of processes and robotics can improve …

Neural reactive path planning with Riemannian motion policies for robotic silicone sealing

P Zhou, P Zheng, J Qi, C Li, A Duan, M Xu, V Wu… - Robotics and Computer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to its excellent chemical and mechanical properties, silicone sealing has been widely
used in many industries. Currently, the majority of these sealing tasks are performed by …

An adaptive feature extraction algorithm for multiple typical seam tracking based on vision sensor in robotic arc welding

R Xiao, Y Xu, Z Hou, C Chen, S Chen - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2019 - Elsevier
Intelligent robotic welding is an indispensable part of modern welding manufacturing, and
vision-based seam tracking is one of the key technologies to realize intelligent welding …

Welding seam profiling techniques based on active vision sensing for intelligent robotic welding

J Muhammad, H Altun, E Abo-Serie - The International Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Intelligent robotic welding involves replicating the role of a manual professional welder to
adaptively control the welding process. This is necessary to achieve accurate, fast and high …

DeepWelding: A deep learning enhanced approach to GTAW using multisource sensing images

Y Feng, Z Chen, D Wang, J Chen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Deep learning has great potential to reshape manufacturing industries. In this article, we
present DeepWelding, a novel framework that applies deep learning techniques to improve …

3D reconstruction of complex spatial weld seam for autonomous welding by laser structured light scanning

K Zhang, M Yan, T Huang, J Zheng, Z Li - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2019 - Elsevier
As to improve the accuracy, efficiency and flexibility of welding process, intelligent welding is
an inevitable trend in the future. To realize the modeling of autonomous welding path …

A novel 3-D path extraction method for arc welding robot based on stereo structured light sensor

L Yang, E Li, T Long, J Fan, Z Liang - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the rapid development of computer vision and industrial technology, the requirements
of the intelligent welding robots are increasing in the real industrial production. The …

Lageo: a latent and geometrical framework for path and manipulation planning

P Zhou - 2022 - theses.lib.polyu.edu.hk
Path and manipulation planning has been gaining popularity within the robotics community
all the time due to its potential applications in many economically important applications. In …

An automated weld seam tracking system for thick plate using cross mark structured light

P Kiddee, Z Fang, M Tan - The International Journal of Advanced …, 2016 - Springer
This paper presents a weld seam tracking system using cross mark structured light. The
hardware of the proposed system consists of a two degrees of freedom (DOF) welding robot …