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Robot Systems

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The combination of vision and other sensory systems with robots is increasing, enabling robots to perform tasks that would not be possible for robots equipped with no more than rudimentary sensing devices, such as microswitches. For example, an assembly robot may determine the positions and orientations of the components and their suitability for assembly, guide the assembly process, and check the resulting assembly for correctness. It may also check on failure during assembly, i. e., the inability to insert a component, and avoid or recover components which have been dropped. It is, therefore, appropriate to have some knowledge of the structure of robots and of their operation before considering complete sensor-assisted robotic systems.

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Browne, A., Norton-Wayne, L. (1986). Robot Systems. In: Vision and Information Processing for Automation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2028-7_7

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