Abstract:
Machine vision is a powerful tool for process automation and control. This paper describes
the development of Robot System capable of capturing image through roof-mounted cameras
and by detecting that image the robot can make decision to navigate.
The image detection part is the machine vision part which was done in NI LabVIEW, a
graphical program development environment from National Instruments (NI). Basic theoretical
background on machine vision is presented at the begin-ning of this thesis; this is
followed by a description of the vision develop-ment module in LabVIEW, and a method to
communicate between a PLC and LabVIEW.
The communications network uses a combination of router and microcontrollers serial communication.
Router is used for the distance (d<1m), transmitting data between the robot
system and the PC.
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