Tomoya Ito and Koichi Morishige

Abstract:
In polishing-process automation, research is focusing on having industrial robots replace skilled personnel. In judging whether polishing is sufficient, and robot polishing programs using CAD/CAM have been proposed. We propose that polished surface quality the judged based on image processing, with the robot polishing using a personal computer and signal communication.

Keywords: polishing, automation, industrial robot, image processing