Optimizing fixture layout in a point-set domain

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 312-323

  Wang, Michael Yu ^a,b,c   Pelinescu, Diana M ^c  

^a IEEE   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Fixture layout; Fixture synthesis; Fixtures; Force closure; Localization; Optimal design

Indexed keywords

FIXTURE SYNTHESIS;

ALGORITHMS; CLAMPING DEVICES; KINEMATICS; OPTIMIZATION;

FIXTURES (TOOLING);

EID: 0035356992     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/70.938388     Document Type: Article

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