A robot programming environment based on free-form CAD modelling

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 1, Issue , 1998, Pages 194-199

  Johnson, C G ^a   Marsh, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; MACHINE DESIGN; MOTION PLANNING; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; ALGORITHMS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CAD DESIGNS; CAD SYSTEM; CAD-MODELLING; FREEFORMS; PROBLEM AREAS; PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT; PROGRAMMING SYSTEM; ROBOT WORKSPACES;

ROBOT PROGRAMMING;

FREE FORM MODELING;

EID: 0031625250     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.1998.676372     Document Type: Conference Paper

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