Object oriented and distributed software applied to industrial robotic welding

Industrial Robot

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 149-161

  Norberto Pires, J ^a   Loureiro, A ^a   Godinho, T ^a   Ferreira, P ^a   Fernando, B ^a   Morgado, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Robotics; Software; Welding

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; MANIPULATORS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; ROBOT PROGRAMMING; USER INTERFACES; WELDING;

INDUSTRIAL ROBOTIC WELDING; ROBOT CONTROL;

INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS;

EID: 0036393516     PISSN: 0143991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01439910210419169     Document Type: Article

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