Technology and Woodwork industries have been going through a phase of perfection over a period of hundred years, up until today, the wood work traditions are still exist and improving with the help of modern technolog...Technology and Woodwork industries have been going through a phase of perfection over a period of hundred years, up until today, the wood work traditions are still exist and improving with the help of modern technology. Looking at history and current studies with regards to production of furniture, many factories are producing millions of chairs for entire continents and to maintain the market lead position requires a lot of human dedication and intelligent investments in technology. Using automation in painting means to automatically control the process including industrial machines like robots, conveyors and others which save time, money and also reduce human efforts. Most automation companies are specialized in industrial automation, industrial robots, communications, electronics, and software for developing complex projects to automate desirable task by integrating robots. This study is purposefully conducted to shed more light on the benefits or impacts of automation in painting furniture parts. One of the benefits that most of companies gain from automating the painting process with robots is the productivity growth. The recruitment process for specialized personnel in the painting processes has also been greatly simplified due to the fact that the robots have taken over the difficult’ tasks and protection from areas with high risk inhalation of harmful substances is assured. In this research, Automation is shown to be efficient and effective in the painting system by reviewing different studies. Automated dyeing processes in factories have made progress due to the successful results achieved by automated painting robots. In that regard, the impact of automation in painting furniture parts is evident in the production of fitments that are in almost every home through the solutions offered by automation to the consumer.展开更多
This paper describes a person identifcation method for a mobile robot which performs specifc person following under dynamic complicated environments like a school canteen where many persons exist.We propose a distance...This paper describes a person identifcation method for a mobile robot which performs specifc person following under dynamic complicated environments like a school canteen where many persons exist.We propose a distance-dependent appearance model which is based on scale-invariant feature transform（SIFT） feature.SIFT is a powerful image feature that is invariant to scale and rotation in the image plane and also robust to changes of lighting condition.However,the feature is weak against afne transformations and the identifcation power will thus be degraded when the pose of a person changes largely.We therefore use a set of images taken from various directions to cope with pose changes.Moreover,the number of SIFT feature matches between the model and an input image will decrease as the person becomes farther away from the camera.Therefore,we also use a distance-dependent threshold.The person following experiment was conducted using an actual mobile robot,and the quality assessment of person identifcation was performed.展开更多
文摘Technology and Woodwork industries have been going through a phase of perfection over a period of hundred years, up until today, the wood work traditions are still exist and improving with the help of modern technology. Looking at history and current studies with regards to production of furniture, many factories are producing millions of chairs for entire continents and to maintain the market lead position requires a lot of human dedication and intelligent investments in technology. Using automation in painting means to automatically control the process including industrial machines like robots, conveyors and others which save time, money and also reduce human efforts. Most automation companies are specialized in industrial automation, industrial robots, communications, electronics, and software for developing complex projects to automate desirable task by integrating robots. This study is purposefully conducted to shed more light on the benefits or impacts of automation in painting furniture parts. One of the benefits that most of companies gain from automating the painting process with robots is the productivity growth. The recruitment process for specialized personnel in the painting processes has also been greatly simplified due to the fact that the robots have taken over the difficult’ tasks and protection from areas with high risk inhalation of harmful substances is assured. In this research, Automation is shown to be efficient and effective in the painting system by reviewing different studies. Automated dyeing processes in factories have made progress due to the successful results achieved by automated painting robots. In that regard, the impact of automation in painting furniture parts is evident in the production of fitments that are in almost every home through the solutions offered by automation to the consumer.
基金supported by JSPS KAKENHI (No.23700203) and NEDO Intelligent RT Software Project
文摘This paper describes a person identifcation method for a mobile robot which performs specifc person following under dynamic complicated environments like a school canteen where many persons exist.We propose a distance-dependent appearance model which is based on scale-invariant feature transform（SIFT） feature.SIFT is a powerful image feature that is invariant to scale and rotation in the image plane and also robust to changes of lighting condition.However,the feature is weak against afne transformations and the identifcation power will thus be degraded when the pose of a person changes largely.We therefore use a set of images taken from various directions to cope with pose changes.Moreover,the number of SIFT feature matches between the model and an input image will decrease as the person becomes farther away from the camera.Therefore,we also use a distance-dependent threshold.The person following experiment was conducted using an actual mobile robot,and the quality assessment of person identifcation was performed.
