An intelligent software system for a robotics assembly cell

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 18-23

  Najjari, H ^a   Steiner, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intelligent Software; Knowledge Based Systems; Robotic Assembly; Task Planning

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE; MOTION PLANNING; ROBOT LEARNING; ROBOT PROGRAMMING; ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY; USER INTERFACES;

CELL DEVICE CONTROLLERS; INTELLIGENT SOFTWARE SYSTEM; MOTION CONTROL MODULE; ROBOT INTERFACE; ROBOT WORKSPACE; ROBOTICS ASSEMBLY CELL; TASK PLANNER MODULE;

EXPERT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030215956     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0924-0136(96)02460-0     Document Type: Article

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