The robots that make cars

Ok, since the other day when I posted a video on how a mini cooper is made from beginning to end, I have been thinking about something I noticed in the video.

In the video there are robotic arms assembling the cars. Well, I noticed that the robots all had the ABB logo. So I checked into this and I find it very interesting.

What I found is an impressive process behind robotics and I never even thought of all this before seeing that video.

Robotics are so complex yet so simple. The theory is so simple that it can make your head hurt.

I started digging around to see what makes those robots work and I found is a range of simple analog robotics which simply work with a series of pressure and temperature sensors that obviously convert a real world input into a resistance or voltage to signal a processor, be it analog or digital to create a reaction within pre-set parameters.

seems simple enough.....a microprocessor tells the driving motor when and where to stop based on a reference voltage or resistance derived from a sensor input.

The amazing part is there is a new series of robotics that now have the sense of vision. Through an algorithm light input the computer is not only able to see but understand what it is looking at. So an advanced algorithm input should be able to replace a photo sensor and possibly a series of position sensors if the robot can recognize itself in the algorithm pattern and actually know its position and where its range of motion is.

Has anyone else looked into these or maybe work with them.