Image processing and recognition in the welding robot vision system plays a key role in this experiment through the weld camera to obtain the original image,and then through the image acquisition card will be collecting pictures to the computer inside,the original image gray handle,filter,threshold treatment,extracted weld initial contour,by the computer system to carry out process,extracted outside features,then converted easily identifiable data to computer,robot welding system useful data on the basis of these target for control,monitor or other operations,in order to realize intelligent welding production,improve productivity,weld quality and welding efficiency.Provided to the arc welding robot visual system deal with these data,we can improve the accuracy of arc welding robot,automatic correction of the welding system to provide reliable data.