Welding robots

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 45-55

  Pires, J Norberto ^a   Loureiro, Altino ^a   Godinho, T ^c   Ferreira, P ^c   Fernando, B ^b   Morgado, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Distributed software; Industrial robotics; Robotic welding

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PRODUCTIVITY; WELDING;

WELDING ROBOTS;

INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS;

EID: 0038494924     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MRA.2003.1213616     Document Type: Review

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