This robot's gone fishing

• Published in: Industrial robot Vol. 22; no. 5; pp. 12 - 14
• Main Authors: Buckingham, Rob, Davey CBE, Peter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bradford MCB UP Ltd 01-10-1995; Emerald; Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Control algorithms; Design; Exact sciences and technology; Fish; Fishing industry; Food; Kinematics; Machine vision; Material handling, hoisting. Storage. Packaging; Process controls; Prototypes; Robots; Sensors; Simulation; Software; Stainless steel; Transfert equipment, manipulators; industrial robots; Velocity; Vision systems; Iceland; Machine vision; Robots; Food; Fish industry; Fish fillet; Software; Robot; Food industry; Artificial vision
• ISSN: 0143-991X; 1758-5791
• DOI: 10.1108/01439919510147790

Examines Robofish, a prototype high speed, vision guided robot with an
end-effector that is able to grasp slippery fish and accurately place
them within a deheading machine. Describes the vision system, the two
fingered gripper and the robot which has two rotating arms. Outlines the
software for the robot and gives results of initial trials. Concludes that
with careful design, a fish can be grasped reliably and with the necessary
accuracy in order to achieve yield improvements on fish deheading exceeding 1
per cent.