Coordinating the Motions of Robot Arms in a Common Workspace

IEEE Journal on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1987, Pages 437-444

  Roach, John W ^a   Boaz, Michael N ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS - MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

MOTION COORDINATION; ROBOT ARMS MOTION; TIME/SPACE PLANNING;

ROBOTS, INDUSTRIAL;

EID: 0023436880     PISSN: 08824967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JRA.1987.1087116     Document Type: Article

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