Dock Vision

Sandak, B., Nussinov, R., and Woleson, H.J. An automated computer vision and robotics-based technique for 3D flexible biomolecular docking and matching. Comput. Appl. Biol. Sci. 1995, 11, 87-99. 

Geometric hashing73 originated from the area of computer vision and was first applied to molecular docking problems by Fischer et al.74,75 In computer vision, the geometric hashing scheme was developed for the problem of recognizing (partially occluded) objects in camera scenes. In principle,... 

An Automated Computer Vision and Robotics-Based Technique For 3-D Flexible Biomolecular Docking and Matching. 

As an alternative to completely enumerating all relative orientations, Fischer et al.52 reported the development of a computer-vision-based technique called geometric hashing. This scheme is conceptually similar to that utilized in the DOCK program53,74 which tries to find matches in the internal distances between spheres74 or shape-based site-points,53 which represent the surface features of the proteins. 

The manufacturing cell occupies about 600 sq. ft. area and is comprised of two CNC machining centers (a mill and a lathe), a vision/inspection station and a Load/Unload station(Dock). These four stations and four assembly stations are connected by a conveyor system. The two closed loop conveyors are placed end to end in an L shape configuration. Figure 1 shows a schematic of the entire facility. The main conveyor loop connects the four... 

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