A general theory for positioning and orienting 2D polygonal or curved parts using intelligent motion surfaces

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 1, Issue , 1998, Pages 856-862

  Coutinho, M G ^a   Will, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; ROBOTICS; TOPOLOGY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; MOTION PLANNING; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES;

APPROXIMATION THEOREM; DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; FORCE FIELDS; GENERAL THEORY; INTELLIGENT MOTION; NEW APPROACHES; PIECEWISE LINEAR; TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES;

PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; ROBOTICS;

INTELLIGENT MOTION SURFACES;

EID: 0031646086     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.1998.677092     Document Type: Conference Paper

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