ABSTRACT
Vision is a useful robotic sensor because it provides dense information about the task space while being a noncontact sensing modality. Since the early work of Shirai and Inoue [1973], considerable research effort has been devoted to the visual control of robotic manipulators. This research can ideally be leveraged toward automation of microassembly tasks. However, there are significant differences in the characteristics of the sensors used in the macro and micro domains.
