CAD-based CMM dimensional inspection path planning - A generic algorithm

Robotica

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 137-148

  Lin, Yueh Jaw ^a   Mahabaleshwarkar, Rahul ^a   Massina, Elena ^b  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

CAD; CMM inspection; Generic algorithm; Path planning

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTION PLANNING; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PROBES; RAY TRACING;

AUTOCAD RUNTIME EXTENSION; COMPUTER AIDED INSPECTION PLANNING SYSTEM;

COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINES;

EID: 0035269407     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574700003076     Document Type: Article

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