A magazine assignment heuristic for robotic assembly using the dynamic pick-and-place approach

International Journal of Industrial Engineering : Theory Applications and Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 24-33

  Wang, Collin ^a   Ho, Li Hsing ^a   Fu, Hsin Ilin ^a   Su, Yi Chen ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Magazine Assignment; Robotic Assembly

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATERIALS HANDLING; MOTION CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

DYNAMIC PICK AND PLACE APPROACH; MAGAZINE ASSIGNMENT;

ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY;

EID: 0031096289     PISSN: 10724761     EISSN: 1943670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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