Walk-through programmed robot for welding in shipyards

Industrial Robot

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 377-388

  Ang Jr , Marcelo H ^a   Lin, Wei ^b   Lim, Ser Yong ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; ROBOT PROGRAMMING; SHIPBUILDING; SHIPYARDS; WELDING;

ROBOTIC WELDING SYSTEMS; SHIP WELDING ROBOT SYSTEM;

PROGRAMMABLE ROBOTS;

EID: 0033319015     PISSN: 0143991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01439919910284000     Document Type: Article

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