M2VIP03 Mechatronics & machine vision 2002 : Future trends

Presents the edited proceedings from the 10th Annual Conference of Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, to be held in Perth, Australia, from 9th to 11th December 2003. 'Mechatronics' has become accepted for what it is, the blending of mechanics, electronics and computer control into an integrated design. Degree courses in Mechatronics are now widespread. It continues to be the basis of an ever-growing list of products and techniques of great technical and commercial value. Mechatronic design can result in products which are much simpler than their intricate and costly predecessors and can make commonplace the miracles of yesterday. Machine-vision has emerged from the laboratory to find real applications in areas, which include vehicle guidance, robot control and agriculture. Like its nine predecessors, M2VIP 2003 will provide a forum for international experts and researchers to present and review advances in mechatronics and machine vision which have culminated in practical applications, or which promise practical implementation in the very near future.

Motion Control Implementation of a Mecanum-Wheeled Mobile Robot, Estimation of Grip Force and Slip Behaviour, Smart Acceleration Sensors, Testing Steer-by-Wire Controllers for Off-Highway Vehicles by Hardware-in-the-Loop Experiments, Research on the Method of Monitoring and Diagnosing Vehicle's Running Status and Failure Based on the Theory of Gray System, Variable-Reluctance Transducer for Linear Position Sensing, An Artificial Vision System for Classifying Silverware, Dishes and Bottles, Bluetooth Embedded Wireless Systems for Home Automation, Vision-based Feedback Control of Laser Powder Deposition, Development of Multi-Chemical Supply System for Semiconductor Wafer Cleaning Station, Research on Cooperative Design-oriented CAD/CAPP/CAM System Integration, A real-time monitoring and controlling system to test the performance of a mine detecting equipment, Self-calibration of camera under circular motion, Bluetooth Embedded Wireless Systems for Home Automation, Vision-based Feedback Control of Laser Powder Deposition, References. Index.