A simulation method and distributed server balancing results of networked industrial robots for automotive welding and assembly lines

Assembly Automation

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 192-197

  Ranky, Paul G ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive; Software

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY; WELDING;

AUTOMOTIVE WELDING;

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0042362287     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150310471464     Document Type: Article

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