New approach for on-line object identification in industrial processes

This paper presents a summary of a collaborative project between the Univer sity of Bristol, UK and Monash University, Australia. The aim of the projec t is to investigate a new approach for on-line object identification in ind ustrial processes. The main objective of this new sensing technique is to g ive a reliable identification of an object inexpensively with minimum amoun t of hardware. The paper describes the cost-effective hardware architecture of the new sen sing system including the signal interface device and the signal processing software. In addition, the paper includes a description of the experiments conducted to analyse the sensor's sensitivity to stimuli and the output re solution. Also, potential industrial applications of the new sensor are dis cussed in this paper. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.