CAD-driven machine vision

Object extraction and revision by image analysis using existing geodata and knowledge: current status and steps towards operational systems

“…On one hand, it has been widely used to describe image analysis methods as ''knowledgebased''. Similar method attributes that have been used are ''rule-based'', ''model-based'', ''context-based'' (Strat and Fischler, 1991), ''CAD-based'' (Hansen and Henderson, 1989;Hoffman et al, 1989;Arman and Aggarwal, 1993), etc. In this context, we consider knowledge being more general than and including rules, models and context.…”

A system engineering approach to automated assembly planning

“…Product-specific geometry and topology 1 data is clearly needed by every robot program. Size, curvature, and connectedness specifications parameterize everything from motion commands to integrated vision systems [2]. It is assumed in many situations that this is all the information that is necessary.…”