Rapid and flexible prototyping through a dual-robot workcell

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 263-272

  Huang, Hsuan kuan ^a   Lin, Grier C I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dual robot control; Dual robot workcell; Five axis machining; Off line programming; Postprocessor; Prototyping

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER CONTROL; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; KINEMATICS; ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

DUAL-ROBOT WORKCELLS;

RAPID PROTOTYPING;

EID: 0037839272     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5845(03)00022-X     Document Type: Article

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