Application of design and control tools in a multirobot cell

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-100

  Jang, Jaejin ^a   Koo, Pyung Hoi ^a   Nof, Shimon Y ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; PETRI NETS; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; TIME AND MOTION STUDY;

ASYNCHRONOUS SEQUENCE CONTROLS; CONTROL ARCHITECTURE; MULTIROBOT CELL;

ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY;

EID: 0030781668     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0360-8352(96)00198-2     Document Type: Article

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