Robotic manipulation of food products - A review

Industrial Robot

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 345-354

  Chua, P Y ^a   Ilschner, T ^a   Caldwell, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food; Manipulators; Robots

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTS; HARVESTING; MANIPULATORS; PACKAGING;

FOOD INDUSTRY;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0037664297     PISSN: 0143991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01439910310479612     Document Type: Review

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