Kinematic Analysis of Workpart Fixturing for Flexible Assembly with Automatically Reconfigurable Fixtures

IEEE Journal on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1985, Pages 86-94

  Asada, Haruhiko ^a   By, Andre B ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Northern Research Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY MACHINES; KINEMATICS; TOOLS, JIGS AND FIXTURES;

FLEXIBLE ASSEMBLY; MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION; ROBOT MANIPULATOR; WORKPART FIXTURING;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0022074551     PISSN: 08824967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JRA.1985.1087007     Document Type: Article

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