SURFACE QUALITY-CONTROL USING BIOCOMPUTATIONAL ALGORITHMS

The visual inspection of three-dimensional parts is one task within ma nufacturing that has been automated at a comparatively slow pace. Insp ection is the process of determining if a product deviates from a give n set of specifications. Inspection usually involves measurement of sp ecific features of a part, such as assembly integrity, geometric dimen sions and surface finish. A main goal of the Project 'NATHAN' was to d esign and simulate the behaviour of a new generation of algorithms bas ed on results in the discipline of biocomputing.