Bouman, Charles A., authorMaciejewski, Anthony A., authorTretter, Daniel, authorKhawaja, Khalid W., author2007-01-032007-01-032002Khawaja, Khalid W., et al., Automated Visual Assembly Inspection, Leondes, Cornelius T., ed. Expert Systems: the Technology of Knowledge Management and Decision Making for the 21st Century, Vol. 3, 661-700. San Diege: Academic Press, 2002.http://hdl.handle.net/10217/67398This chapter has discussed an intelligent assembly inspection system that uses a multiscale algorithm to detect errors in assemblies after the algorithm is trained on synthetic CAD images of correctly assembled products. It was shown how the CAD information of an assembly along with fast rendering techniques on specialized graphics machines can be used for the automation of the work-cell camera and light placement. The current emphasis in the manufacturing industry on concurrent engineering will only cause this integration between the CAD model of products and its manufacturing inspection to grow in value.born digitalchapter titleseng©2002 Academic Press.Copyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.Text