A new method and its principle for sensing droplet transfer in GMA W of steel and aluminum alloy have been researched in this paper. A practical arc light sensing and controlling system has been developed. The reliability of the arc light characteristic signal that indicates droplet detachment and the control accuracy of the system have been verified using high-speed photography. Based on the mathematical model set up in the paper, the mechanism of the signal and relative phenomena were analyzed. The parameters which influence arc light radiation were given and the limitation of this sensing method was discussed .

The system of binocular vision sensor was used in the air-to-air close air target positioning in the paper. Due to the limitation of model itself, the measurement accuracy along the direction of optical axis is far lower than the accuracy of vertical direction. In order to improve the measurement accuracy of the optical axis, the paper put forward to using laser range sensor to cooperate with binocular vision sensor; Then the paper proposed adopts adaptive weighted fusion algorithm of multi-sensor information fusion to improve the utilization efficiency of multi-sensor information and to make the results accurately; Finally, the parameters of the system were calibration respectively and experiment is simulated, experimental results show that the position system is feasibility and effectiveness.