On safety enhancements for medical robots

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-45

  Ng, W S ^a   Tan, C K ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; RELIABILITY; SAFETY FACTOR;

MEDICAL ROBOTS; SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 0030265113     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(96)00091-9     Document Type: Article

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