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Vision and scanning systems
News Release from: Oxford Sensor Technology | Subject: Specular Reflection Sensor
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 05 June 2002
Vision sensor uses shiny surface
highlights
Unlike other vision based systems this sensor uses specular reflections, the bright highlights seen along curved features on shiny surfaces. Automotive assembly lines are showing interest.
Unlike other vision based systems the Specular Reflection Sensor (SRS) uses specular reflections, the bright highlights seen along curved features on shiny surfaces As a result the sensor is totally unaffected by colour making it unique among vision systems
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 24 Nov 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Specular Reflection Sensor can be used to locate, curved features on shiny metals, painted components and even transparent plastic or glass.
It has been designed primarily for guidance of assembly robots in the automotive industry.
A typical system comprises four sensors connected via a CAN Bus (high speed serial link) allowing location of vehicle window apertures in 6 degrees of freedom for automatic glass insertion.
Another unique feature of the sensor is its speed, which even allows glazing whilst the vehicle is moving.
Oxford Sensor Technology, Oxfordshire UK, specialises in the design and production of vision sensors for robot guidance and process automation; sensors, which are capable of continual operation in industrial environments.
Last year Oxford Sensor Technology's (OST) sales increased by more than 50%, with systems being installed throughout Europe.
The first North American glazing cell, using the SRS, will be installed in this summer and OST is currently talking to a couple of Japanese motor manufacturers.
(This was Manufacturingtalk's Top Story on 4 June 2002).
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