Robotic Inspection and Automated Analysis System

Meeting customer requirements has been the main priority in industry. With time, though, these requirements have changed and customers are expecting more quality while spending the same amount of time and money. Thus, companies have developed various systems to improve their processes. The process focus has been to produce more quantity in less time. To accomplish this task, it is important to also consider defects. Defective products can cause delays in the production line and rework, as well as loss of money, downtime, and resources. In this current project, the authors focused on developing an integrated inspection system in which an integrated system, consisting of a conveyor belt, PLC, HMI, industrial robot, and motor drive, was used to perform the automated system. The vision system used a high-speed camera to perform the inspection. The detailed system design and a sample of the code and results are presented here.