Applying a component-based software architecture to robotic workcell applications

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 207-217

  Beck, James E ^a,b   Reagin, J Michael ^a,c   Sweeny, Thomas E ^c   Anderson, Ronald L ^c   Garner, Timothy D ^c  

^a IEEE

^b Inmedius Corporation   (United States)

^c Delphi Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COMPONENT BASED SOFTWARE; ROBOTIC WORKCELL;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034204873     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/70.850639     Document Type: Article

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