New Frontiers in Optical Coordinate Measuring Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Coordinate measuring systems offer high accuracy, automation of measurements and universality, which translates into shortening of the measurement time, which is one of the most sought aspects of measurements in the Industry 4.0 era. Five years ago, a contact Coordinate Measuring Machine might still be regarded as the most common and most accurate (it allows one to obtain accuracy of up to 0.1 μm) tool of the coordinate technique. It is still hard to reach this accuracy on contactless, optical systems, but they display other important advantages, mainly the mentioned shortening of the measurement time and the possibility of obtaining information-rich measurement results. The trend observed in recent years clearly indicates that systems of this type, additionally operating in connection with automation systems and devices such as industrial robots, will be one of the most popular tools, in the future, for quality assessment in advanced production processes.

We invite contributions to this Special Issue on topics including, but not limited to, the following areas:

• Optical Coordinate Measuring Machines;
• Multisensor Coordinate Measuring Machines;

Optical metrology in manufacturing:

• CCD/CMOS sensors;
• Laser triangulation sensors;
• Structured light sensors;
• Vision-based measurement systems;
• Fringe optics.

Optical metrology systems integrated in manufacturing tools and lines:

• Optical solutions for in-process control;
• Optical in situ measurements;
• In-line optical inspection systems;
• Automation of optical measuring systems.
• Portable optical measuring systems;
• Optical metrology systems in Industry 4.0;

Traceability of optical metrology systems:

• Calibration and verification;
• Uncertainty estimation;
• Identification and correction of error sources;
• System’s accuracy modeling.

Prof. Dr. Jerzy A. Sładek
Prof. Dr. Ksenia Ostrowska
Prof. Dr. Adam Gąska
Guest Editors

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