Development of an automated flexible fixture for planar objects

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 173-183

  Du, Hong ^a   Lin, Grier C I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fixture; Fixture design; Fixture of planar objects; Fixturing system; Flexible fixture; Workholding technology

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; FIXTURES (TOOLING); MACHINING; NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ROBOTIC ARMS;

FLEXIBLE FIXTURING SYSTEM; WORKHOLDING TECHNOLOGY;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032094502     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5845(98)00004-0     Document Type: Article

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