Development of a non-contact end effector for robotic handling of non-rigid materials

Robotica

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 331-335

  Erzincanli, F ^a   Sharp, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

End effector; Food; Non contact device; Non rigid materials

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTS; GRIPPERS; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; MATERIALS HANDLING; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT;

NONCONTACT END EFFECTORS; NONRIGID MATERIALS; ROBOTIC HANDLING;

END EFFECTORS;

EID: 0031145732     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574797000374     Document Type: Article

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