In recent years, machine vision has played an important role in product surface quality
detection. The promotion and use of this technology have largely avoided the subjectivity …

In recent years, 3D point clouds (PCs) have gained significant attention due to their diverse
applications across various fields, such as computer vision (CV), condition monitoring (CM) …

Wire arc additive manufacturing technology (WAAM) has become a very promising
alternative for large-scale metal components manufacturing. Due to the unsatisfactory …

Repair technologies have been considered as sustainable approaches due to their
capability to restore value in a damaged component and bring it to like-new condition …

In the aviation industry, automated inspection is essential for ensuring quality of production.
It allows acceleration of procedures for quality control of parts or mechanical assemblies. As …

Surface defect detection is essential feedback for quality control in manufacturing processes.
This paper presents a new defect detection method, Surface Normal Gabor Filter (SNGF), to …

The body dimension measurement of large animals plays a significant role in quality
improvement and genetic breeding, and the non-contact measurements by computer vision …

Railway transportation safety relies on the accurate location, detection, and measurement of
rail surface defects. However, the absence of image and point cloud fusion methods to …

Surface defect identification is a crucial task in many manufacturing systems, including
automotive, aircraft, steel rolling, and precast concrete. Although image-based surface …

Surface anomaly detection by using 3D point cloud data has recently received significant
attention. To completely measure the common free-form surfaces without loss of details …