Standardised flexible automatic assembly evaluating the Mark IV approach

Assembly Automation

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 217-224

  Gröndahl, Peter ^a   Onori, Mauro ^a,b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SWEREA IVF   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY MACHINES; FACTORY AUTOMATION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; ROBOTICS; STANDARDS;

ASSEMBLY EQUIPMENT; ASSEMBLY INITIATED PRODUCTION; AUTOMATIC ASSEMBLY; HYPER FLEXIBLE AUTOMATIC ASSEMBLY;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 0010193049     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150010336269     Document Type: Article

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