The NEXUS open system for integrating robotic software

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 431-440

  Fernandez, Juan A ^a   Gonzalez, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Open control architecture; Real time operating systems; Robot control; Robot programming

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001479774     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5845(99)00037-X     Document Type: Article

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