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Outlines the factors causing the automotive industry to increase machine vision application, reviews new developments in vision technology that are targeted at expanding and improving it use in the automotive industry, reports on an innovative application of vision guided robotics at DaimlerChrysler

This paper deals with two aspects of optical inspection in the automotive industry: machine vision and colour measurement. Machine vision, by smart camera or by personal computer and camera, is used for such tasks as gauging, part identification and presence monitoring. In conjunction with local area networks it facilitates part tracking and quality documentation. Two new colour measurement instruments, a robot‐mounted multi‐angle spectrophotometer and a solid state eight‐waveband instrument, are used to inspect the colour on car bodies and sub‐components, respectively.

An optical character recognition system is helping with the automatic assembly of automotive parts at Rover's Longbridge plant.

Describes the assembly of automotive front wheel components using seven robots and three vision systems. The use of vision minimised the costs associated with the presentation of parts to the assembly cells.

This paper aims to provide a background to the use of robots by the automotive industry and describe a number of applications which illustrate the capabilities and importance of robotic machine vision technology.

Following an historical background to the use of robots by the automotive industry, this paper discusses a selection of applications which involve the use of robotic machine vision. Brief conclusions are drawn.

This shows that robotic vision technology is playing an important and growing role within the automotive industry and can yield improved product quality and greater productivity.

This paper illustrates how robots equipped with machine vision are contributing to the automotive industry's needs for greater productivity and improved quality.