We first provide an overview of 3-D shape measurement using various optical methods.
Then we focus on structured light techniques where various optical configurations, image …

The field of optical metrology offers a wealth of both practical and theoretical
accomplishments, and can cite any number of academic papers recording such. However …

The digitizing errors of a high-speed 3D laser scanning system are analyzed and
characterized in this paper. As the laser scanner is an electro-optical device and based on …

The paper describes a very special and suggestive example of optical three-dimensional
(3D) acquisition, reverse engineering and rapid prototyping of a historic automobile, a …

When a clay model or industrial part is reverse engineered, B-spline surfaces are typically
fitted to surface data points collected by a coordinate measuring machine, or, in more recent …

Reverse engineering (RE) is a powerful tool for generating a CAD model from the 3D scan
data of a physical part that lacks documentation or has changed from the original CAD …

This article discusses different non contact 3D measuring strategies and presents a model
for measuring complex geometry parts, manipulated through a robot arm, using a novel …

The problem of path planning for 3-D line laser scanning is addressed in this article. The
path under study is for a line, as opposed to a point in conventional CNC and CMM toolpath …

Co-ordinate measuring machines (CMMs) have been widely used in industry for reverse
engineering. In an ideal reverse engineering system, the object would be automatically …

Forestry is a major industry in many parts of the world, yet this potential domain of
application area has been overlooked by the robotics community. For instance, forest …