2 DOF Resolution Adjustment Laser Position Sensor

Author

Shaik, A. ; Tlale, N.S. ; Bright, G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mater. Sci. & Manuf., Council for Sci. & Ind. Res., Tshwane

fYear

2008

fDate

2-4 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

233

Lastpage

238

Abstract

A low cost sensor system is envisaged that has 2 distinct routes for resolution enhancement in position detection. The main area for application of the sensor design would be in the food processing and packaging industry where position resolution of the end effector is in the millimeter to submillimeter range. The sensor concept consists of a grid of laser light detectors attached to the stationary base and a grid of lasers attached to the mobile end effector. The photo detectors on the base provide one level for position detection enhancement, i.e. the density of the sensor array. The second degree of freedom in improvement comes from the strategic positioning of a set of lasers attached to the end effector.

Keywords

end effectors; image enhancement; image resolution; image sensors; mobile robots; position control; robot vision; 2 DOF resolution adjustment sensor; food processing; laser light detectors; laser position sensor; low cost sensor system; mobile end effector; packaging industry; photo detectors; position detection enhancement; resolution enhancement; Control systems; Distance measurement; End effectors; Manufacturing industries; Mechanical sensors; Pollution measurement; Position measurement; Robot sensing systems; Sensor arrays; Sensor systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, 2008. M2VIP 2008. 15th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Auckland

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3779-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-473-13532-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MMVIP.2008.4749539

Filename

4749539