| Abstract: | In order to discuss sensor systems in intelligent robotics or manufacturing systems, it is necessary to classify tasks, controller requirements, as well as the information-control aspects. This paper classifies tasks as deterministic (principally driven by geometry considerations) and non-deterministic. The latter are the problems done by people requiring skill involving processes whose process models either do not exist or are poorly understood. Other non-deterministic tasks involve inspection or data interpretation. The process tasks require adaptive-learning type control systems and are rich in sensor needs. Automated inspection tasks can be implemented by Engineering-Based Expert systems with more modest sensor system requirements. |
