Qualitative analysis and quantitative evaluation of fixturing

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 18, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 335-342

  Xiong, Cai Hua ^a   Li, You Fu ^b   Kevin Rong, Y ^c   Xiong, You Lun ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Force closure; Form closure; Grasping fixturing; Nonlinear programming; Twist; Wrench

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; ALGORITHMS; FIXTURES (TOOLING); MACHINING; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING;

CONTACT FORCES;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0036814919     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5845(01)00038-2     Document Type: Article

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