Talk:Servo Robot Group

The section Sevo Robot Group is not the entire article. I want to focus on the numerous patents and innovations related to welding process that belong to this company. I also want to describe the applications and industries where these inventions can be found. I pressed the "save page" buton before I finished writing the entire article. If the description of Servo Robot Group is the only problem, I can modify it without problem.

Possible conflict of interest

This article has been created and almost exclusively edited by User:SRI-General. SRI is in use as an abbreviation for Servo Robot Inc, suggesting a possible conflict of interest. JamesBWatson (talk) 19:06, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

I added proper references to this page linking each patent to the proper source of information.

I believe this page is recent, so it might be normal that just one person edited yet. I know it is extremely difficult to write in Wikipedia when we are a beginner. Maybe SRI had to “save” many times to correct this page. I am a beginner and that’s always happening to me.

If you search SRI on the web, you will find it stands for many things such as Southern Research Institute, Socially Responsive Investing, Strategic Resources Inc. or it could be a Sanskrit word; maybe it is just a coincidence. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Judlef (talk • contribs) 22:40, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Robotics attention needed

• Debolden as per MoS
• Check to ensure properly cited
• Remove any COI or advertising

Chaosdruid (talk) 00:54, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Requested update: sourcing, neutrality, and product coverage

I have a conflict of interest: I work with Servo-Robot (disclosed on my user page). I am therefore requesting review of a proposed rewrite instead of editing the article directly.

The current article has three references, all from 2002 to 2006, one of which (a Fanuc marketing newsletter) is a dead link, and a large uncited applications table written in promotional language. The proposed text below:

• Replaces the uncited table with cited prose and removes promotional wording ("recognized leader", the Six Sigma sentence).
• Adds a History section (founding, subsidiary timeline, patents) and a Products section, cited to independent trade press (The Fabricator / The Welder), the Welding Journal, and a peer-reviewed paper in Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing.
• Converts all references to citation templates and adds categories.

Two citations to The Fabricator are missing publication dates (the site blocks automated retrieval); these can be added on review. The full proposed wikitext follows.

Proposed article text (wikitext)

{{Short description|Canadian robotic laser vision systems manufacturer}}
{{Infobox company
| name      = Servo-Robot Inc.
| logo      = SERVO-ROBOT_Logo_2014.png
| logo_size = 250px
| founded   = {{Start date and age|1983}} in [[Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]
| hq_location_city = Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Quebec
| hq_location_country = Canada
| industry  = [[Industrial robot]]ics, [[machine vision]]
| products  = Laser vision and sensing systems for robotic welding
| divisions = SERVO-ROBOT Corp., Wisconsin, US (1993)<br />SERVO-ROBOT Japan, [[Osaka]] (1994)<br />SERVO-ROBOT China, [[Beijing]] (2004)<br />SERVO-ROBOT GmbH, Germany (2012)<br />SERVO-ROBOT Mexico, [[Guadalajara]] (2014)<br />SERVO-ROBOT Shanghai Trading Co. Ltd., [[Shanghai]] (2015)
| website   = {{URL|https://www.servo-robot.com}}
}}

'''Servo-Robot Inc.''' (stylized as SERVO-ROBOT) is a Canadian company that develops [[3D scanning|three-dimensional]] [[laser]] [[machine vision|vision]] and sensing systems used to guide and monitor [[industrial robot]]s, primarily in automated [[welding]].<ref name="zuech2006" /> Its sensors are used for weld joint finding and tracking, adaptive control of welding processes, and automated weld inspection in industries including automotive, aerospace, shipbuilding, pipe and tube manufacturing, and wind tower fabrication.<ref name="zuech2006" /><ref name="fab-eyes" />

== History ==
Servo-Robot was founded in 1983. The company's headquarters, production plant, and research and development centre are located in the Saint-Bruno industrial park south of [[Montreal]], Quebec.<ref name="zuech2006" /> Most of its production is exported outside Canada.<ref name="zuech2006" />

The company established a United States subsidiary, Servo-Robot Corp., in Wisconsin in 1993, followed by divisions in Osaka, Japan (1994), Beijing, China (2004), Germany (2012), Guadalajara, Mexico (2014), and Shanghai, China (2015).<ref name="sr-about" />

Servo-Robot holds a number of patents in laser vision sensing and robotic welding control.<ref name="justia" />

== Products ==
Servo-Robot's products are camera-and-laser sensor heads with associated processing hardware and software, based on [[structured light]] triangulation.<ref name="rcim2019" /> Systems covered in trade press include:

* '''i-CUBE''', an integrated sensor combining camera, laser, and onboard processing, designed to be mounted on articulated robots for seam finding and process monitoring.<ref name="fab-eyes" /><ref name="rcim2019" />
* '''Micro-Trac''', a compact 3D laser vision system for joint tracking, joint finding, weld inspection, and adaptive welding.<ref name="fab-microtrac" />
* '''WiKi-SCAN''', a hand-held, non-contact weld inspection device that measures joint preparation, fit-up, and weld bead geometry.<ref name="fab-wikiscan" />
* '''JUPITER-S''', a vision system for edge and feature tracking in thermal cutting environments such as oxyfuel, plasma, and laser cutting.<ref name="fab-jupiter" />

== Applications ==
Servo-Robot's seam tracking and inspection systems have been applied in shipbuilding, including hull stiffener welding and United States Navy submarine construction programs;<ref name="wj2002" /> in automotive body and chassis welding and laser brazing; in longitudinal and spiral pipe mills; and in circumferential and longitudinal seam welding of wind turbine towers.<ref name="zuech2006" /> Its sensors are cited in robotics research literature as representative commercial implementations of structured-light seam recognition.<ref name="rcim2019" />

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="zuech2006">{{cite web |last=Zuech |first=Nello |title=Welding Vision Systems |website=Machine Vision Online |publisher=Automated Imaging Association |date=June 4, 2006 |url=http://www.visiononline.org/vision-resources-details.cfm/vision-resources/Welding-Vision-Systems-by-Nello-Zuech-Contributing-Editor/content_id/1184/id/2/category_id/52/newsType_id/0 |access-date=July 2, 2026}}</ref>

<ref name="fab-eyes">{{cite web |title=Giving a welding robot some eyes |website=The Fabricator |publisher=FMA Communications |url=https://www.thefabricator.com/thefabricator/article/automationrobotics/giving-a-welding-robot-some-eyes |access-date=July 2, 2026}}</ref>

<ref name="fab-microtrac">{{cite web |title=Servo-Robot's Micro-Trac laser vision system compatible with all welding processes |website=The Welder (The Fabricator) |publisher=FMA Communications |url=https://www.thefabricator.com/thewelder/product/testingmeasuring/servo-robots-micro-trac-laser-vision-system-compatible-with-all-welding-processes |access-date=July 2, 2026}}</ref>

<ref name="fab-wikiscan">{{cite web |title=Wiki-Scan 2.0 from Servo-Robot inspects weld joint prep, fit-up |website=The Welder (The Fabricator) |publisher=FMA Communications |url=https://www.thefabricator.com/thewelder/product/testingmeasuring/wiki-scan-20-from-servo-robot-inspects-weld-joint-prep-fit-up |access-date=July 2, 2026}}</ref>

<ref name="fab-jupiter">{{cite web |title=Keeping welding costs from spiraling out of control |website=The Fabricator |publisher=FMA Communications |url=https://www.thefabricator.com/thefabricator/article/automationrobotics/keeping-welding--costs-from-spiraling--out-of-control |access-date=July 2, 2026}}</ref>

<ref name="wj2002">{{cite journal |last=Johnsen |first=Mary Ruth |title=Building Better Submarines in Less Time |journal=Welding Journal |publisher=American Welding Society |date=May 2002 |url=http://www.aws.org/w/a/wj/2002/05/feature1/index.html}}</ref>

<ref name="rcim2019">{{cite journal |last1=Zou |first1=Yanbiao |last2=Chen |first2=Tao |title=A robust weld seam recognition method under heavy noise based on structured-light vision |journal=Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing |volume=58 |date=2019 |pages=115-125 |doi=10.1016/j.rcim.2019.02.002}}</ref>

<ref name="justia">{{cite web |title=Patents Assigned to Servo-Robot Inc. |website=Justia Patents |url=https://patents.justia.com/assignee/servo-robot-inc |access-date=July 2, 2026}}</ref>

<ref name="sr-about">{{cite web |title=About Us |publisher=Servo-Robot Inc. |url=https://servo-robot.com/about-us/ |access-date=July 2, 2026}}</ref>

}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://www.servo-robot.com}}

[[Category:Manufacturing companies of Canada]]
[[Category:Robotics companies of Canada]]
[[Category:Companies based in Quebec]]
[[Category:Canadian companies established in 1983]]
[[Category:Welding]]

Thank you for reviewing. Chris Marinaro (talk) 17:56, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Note: Moved to the COI edit request template. FlammablePizza (talk) 18:18, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Trade publications such as The Fabricator (run by the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association) are suspect when it comes to independence from their subjects, as they rely on the financial health and wellbeing of the industry they cover, and as such, frequently post press releases and the like from that industry's companies. Access to those companies (which the trade publication promotes) is maintained through these occassional press releases. The companies frequently release optimistic, forward-thinking missives to the trades, knowing that these publications work to promote their industry. I would search for information on this company from more independant sources. Regards,  Spintendo  23:36, 3 July 2026 (UTC)