Industrial applications of computer vision since 1982

During the past six years, the use of computer vision systems for industrial applications has become increasingly widespread. In the paper, the application of vision in this context is surveyed and reviewed, according to the principal current application areas of automated visual inspection and visually guided robotic manipulation. Additionally, recently published research and development work for the identification and location of industrial components is discussed, as this forms the basis for improving the existing highly-constrained application of machine vision. The survey is restricted to the period since 1982 in order to complement existing publications at or around that time.