A Dynamic Framework for Intelligent Inspection


            Tarek M. Sobh, Chris Jaynes, and Thomas C.Henderson



 
                          UUCS-92-035

                         October, 1992


                  Department of Computer Science
                       University of Utah
                  Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA



                            Abstract

CAD (Computer Aided Design) typically involves the design, manufacture and
inspection of a mechanical part. The problem of reverse engineering is to take
an existing mechanical part as the point of departure and to inspect or
produce a design, and perhaps a manufacturing process, for the part.  We
propose to explore the feasibility of a new approach to inspection and reverse
engineering applications. In particular, we investigate the use of discrete
event dynamic systems (DEDS) to guide and control the active exploration and
sensing of mechanical parts for industrial inspection.  The proposed framework
utilizes DEDS for constructing an observer for inspection purposes.


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This work was supported in part by DARPA grant N00014-91-J-4123 and NSF grant
CDA 9024721.  All opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed
in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the
views of the sponsoring agencies.