Robotic station for vision inspection of product quality

The article discusses the construction of a robotic vision system station intended for the measurement of selected parameters of the aluminium body. Due to the number of measured parameters and the complex shape of the controlled body, the vision system is positioned relative to the body with the use of an industrial robot. The robot realizes transition movements allowing the observation of few features on different surfaces of the body. Implementation of measurements using a camera and an industrial robot enables: assessing the surface condition, checking the presence of defects on surfaces, reading codes printed on surfaces, measuring the diameter of holes, etc. The paper describes the method of hardware integration, image acquisition method and measurement algorithms used in the implementation of measurements.