The application of optical and visual sensors including image processing for extraction of guidance information for robotics is not a new topic. The presenters experience with 40 years of robotics including aerospace, defence, food and agricultural sectors has included application of such technologies as computer vision, ultrasonic sensing, laser imaging, many of which continue to be restrictive or subject for research when practical uses for robotic applications are involved. Performing tasks that require live assessment of a work environment and work pieces with the sensory and decision processes that enable a robot to perform tasks to the same degree of skill as human workers has not been a trivial undertaking in industrial robotics or indeed R&D. The focused issues and understandings of the industry needs will be presented with the use of examples in use as well as those in development.
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