Robot metrology using two kinds of measurement equipment

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 137-146

  Jiang, Bernard C ^a   Duraisamy, Ramesh ^b   Wiens, Gloria ^c   Black, J T ^d  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b American Greetings   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Metrology; Robotics; Taguchi methods

Indexed keywords

EQUIPMENT TESTING; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; ROBOTIC ARMS; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FACTOR LEVEL COMBINATION; TAGUCHI METHODS; THEODOLITE;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0031119421     PISSN: 09565515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018508805175     Document Type: Article

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