Research on the Application Status of Machine Vision Technology in Furniture Manufacturing Process

Abstract

Machine vision technology was integrated into the manufacturing workshop, to achieve an effective and high-quality production mode for furniture manufacturing. Machine vision can be used for information collecting, quality detecting, positioning, automatic sorting, intelligent monitoring, etc., which largely make up for the shortcomings of poor quality, low precision, low efficiency, and high labor intensity of manual operation. In this study, the method of systematic literature review was applied, and 128 relevant literatures in the field of machine vision application in manufacturing were retrieved and screened from 2011 to 2022. Statistical analysis was carried out on the extracted application directions and related technologies. The current status of machine vision technology’s implementation in furniture manufacturing was summarized. In view of the new demand of the rapid development of intelligent manufacturing, the challenges, faced by machine vision, were also summarized. To build a more intelligent, comprehensive, and effective manufacturing workshop for wooden products, cutting-edge technologies, such as deep learning and 3D point cloud, must be further integrated into machine vision. This study can efficiently assist the pertinent practitioners in furniture manufacturing in quickly grasping the pertinent technical principles and future development directions of machine vision, which would be benefit for accomplishing intelligent manufacturing.