Large numbers of industrial radiographs are generated to inspect high reliability items such as pipe welds, boiler seams and castings. the interpretation of these radiographscan be difficult and time-consuming because of low image contrast, noise, exposure variability, exposure non-uniformity and… More

The objective of this project is to advance the state-of-the-art of vision guided robotic welding (seam tracking) by the development of expert systems capable of adapting the welding parameters to compensate for welding process disturbancies. in phase i of the project, we will focus on adaptation to… More

The objective of this program is to develop innovative approaches for remote monitoring and control of arc welding--and possibly of other high luminosity processes--byusing a novel vision sensor that incorporates pulsed laser illumination and synchronized image sensing to suppress the welding arc in… More

Under the overall program we will develop an innovative programming environment to be incorporated in the next generation of advanced welding robot controllers. this environment will incorporate macro-level programming, iconic user interfaces, graphical simulation capabilities, and possibly elements… More

Robots have been introduced in biochemical or clinical laboratories to automate manual operations. however, current systems typically involve a single arm on a fixed base (or with very limited mobility) and introduce rigid envelope and floor-space constraints. such systems are typically operated in… More

The objective of this program is to develop advanced automated inspection systems which utilize-machine vision sensing and processing techniques to inspect high-reliability microelectronics for critical navy applications. the proposed automated systems will address visual inspection tasks which are… More

The objective of this program is to develop non-contact vision sensing and processing schemes that can be used for ceramic and powder metallurgy process monitoring and control. Proposed applications include monitoring of overall shrinkage or differential shrinkage rates during drying of slurries,… More

The objective of this project is to develop an advanced programming environment for nuclear telerobotic systems that combines powerful graphical user interfaces, three dimensional modeling of robots and workcells, capabilities for on-screen graphical robot path generation, editing and simulation,… More

The objective of this program is to develop advanced image processing/analysis technology for the automatic determination of smoke and obscurant cloud spatial extent and the extraction of relevent features from video images produced by multiple visible and infrared sensors viewing a cloud from… More