A comparative study of assembly planning in traditional and virtual environments

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 546-555

  Ye, Nong ^a   Banerjee, Prashant ^a   Banerjee, Amarnath ^a   Dech, Fred ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly planning; Computer aided manufacturing; Rapid phototyping; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; RAPID PROTOTYPING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ASSEMBLY PLANNING; IMMERSIVE CARE AUTOMATIC VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; NONIMMERSIVE DESKTOP; TRADITIONAL ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENT;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033221374     PISSN: 10946977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5326.798768     Document Type: Article

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