Cost effective mechatronic control of an automated visual inspection apparatus

Mechatronics is the integration of electronic engineering, electrical engineering, computer technology and control engineering with mechanical engineering. The field of mechatronics has increasingly formed a crucial part in the design, manufacture and maintenance of a wide range of engineering products and processes. Automated visual inspection is vital in the production of manufactured products acceptable to world market standards. With increasingly more manufacturers, implementing advanced manufacturing principles to perform agile manufacturing, the need for cost effective automated quality control has been created. This paper proposes a cost effective automated visual inspection system that is capable of executing quality control tasks in the computer integrated manufacturing environment.