Mechatronics design - The key to performance enhancement

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 135-142

  Hewit, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Education; Mechatronics; Robotics; Synergy

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPUTER CONTROL; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; KINEMATICS;

MECHATRONIC SYSTEMS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0030383048     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0921-8890(96)00041-3     Document Type: Article

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