Date of Award

Fall 1988

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Program/Concentration

Electrical Engineering

Committee Director

David L. Livingston

Committee Member

Karin Cornils

Committee Member

Nicolas Alvertos

Call Number for Print

Special Collections LD4331.E55C43

Abstract

A new method using structured light is proposed to obtain visual feedback information for aligning two cylindrical beams. For a robotic system employed to perform alignment operations in real time it is essential that the accompanying vision system does not pose a heavy burden on the computing machinery and reduce the overall speed of operation. The method proposed here involves two stripes of light projected on each cylinder. One picture frame is sufficient to completely determine the position of the cylinder in space. An experiment was conducted to demonstrate the principle of this method. Results showed that the errors involved were within the practical limitations of the components.

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DOI

10.25777/m1dn-gq66

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