An intelligent vibratory conveyor for the individual object transportation in two dimensions

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1832-1837

  Frei, Peter U ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SIG Pack Systems AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELT CONVEYORS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MANIPULATORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS; PACKAGING;

INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION; VIBRATORY CONVEYOR;

INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS;

EID: 0036453611     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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