Intelligent Automation Using Object-Oriented, Rule-Based And Vision-Aided Control

RISS (Robotic Intelligent Safety System) is a software tool for custom-building intelligent and safe execution monitoring/control systems for automatic processes. The architecture of RISS is object-oriented, its diagnostic and control knowledge is rule-based. RISS was specifically applied to intelligently control a large gantry robot operating in the vicinity of people and mobile tool fixtures. The application was vision-aided, employing two COD video cameras to monitor the robot work space and avoid obstacles.