Formulas for analyzing a redundant robot configuration with a built-in safety system

Microelectronics Reliability

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 557-563

  Dhillon, B S ^a   Yang, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVAILABILITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; PROBABILITY; REDUNDANCY; RELIABILITY THEORY; REPAIR; SECURITY SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

BUILT IN SAFETY SYSTEM; REDUNDANT ROBOTS;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 0031126450     PISSN: 00262714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-2714(96)00079-0     Document Type: Article

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