Application of screw theory to constraint analysis of assemblies of rigid parts

Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Assembly and Task Planning

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 69-74

  Adams, Jeffrey D ^a   Whitney, Daniel E ^a  

^a Evans and Sutherland Computer Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY ANALYSIS; SCREW THEORY;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DEFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY;

EID: 0033365676     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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