DTIC ADA285252: Feasibility of Robotics and Machine pdf

DTIC ADA285252: Feasibility of Robotics and Machine

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Currently most quality control processes in a food product manufacturing plant are performed by human inspectors. In a highly automated plant this inspection is one of the most labor intensive operations. The use of machine vision techniques has just begun to gain acceptance in the food industry having been limited by special characteristics not present in other applications. ‘Mis report describes a unique machine vision system for inspecting MRE pouches that is based on characteristics of the incident light, the surface imaged and their interaction. A prototype was constructed and the experiments and verification is described. The defect detection performance established technical feasibility. Information from an existing MRE Plant was used to create a numerical simulation model which was then adjusted to match the average performance of two other MRE producers. An interactive graphics simulation was created which allows the user to fly through the graphics model to visualize its 3D aspects.

Based on the simulations and an economic analysis, the authors found that fixed transport automation is more economically feasible than a flexible automation system. It was concluded that automatic inspection of MRE pouches is both technically and economically feasible. Machine vision, Robotics, Product inspection, Inspection simulation

• Creator/s: Defense Technical Information Center
• Date: 6/1/1994
• Year: 1994
• Book Topics/Themes: DTIC Archive, Dunn, Stanley M, RUTGERS – THE STATE UNIV NEW BRUNSWICK NJ CENTER FOR ADVANCED FOOD TECHNOLOGY, *ROBOTICS, *QUALITY CONTROL, *VISUAL INSPECTION, MATHEMATICAL MODELS, CONTROL, INDUSTRIES, DETECTION, ECONOMICS, HUMANS, SURFACES, QUALITY, LABOR, INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS, VISION, MACHINES, GRAPHICS, OPERATION, TRANSPORT, INSPECTION, GAIN, MANIPULATORS, AUTOMATIC, FOOD, INDUSTRIAL PLANTS, THREE DIMENSIONAL, PROTOTYPES, VERIFICATION, MANUFACTURING, AUTOMATION, ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, SIMULATION

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