Robotics in online inspection and quality control using moment algorithm

In the past few years, robotics has been used in a wide range of industrial applications. One of the benefits often claimed for robotics is that the quality of the manufactured product will improve when a robot performs the operation. This section examines the claim and suggests the possible sources of quality improvement that might result from the application of the robot as an alternative for a human operator. Inspection is an area of factory operations in which there is a significant interest in automation. Online inspection using robots detects products out of tolerance at an early stage and reduces the need for rework as well as scrap. The systems are used to perform tasks which include selecting parts that are randomly oriented from a bin or conveyer, parts identification, and complex inspection for close dimensional tolerances, and improved recognition and part location capabilities. In this paper, the authors have used Moment Algorithm for robot online inspection and quality control.