Automatic assembly system for a large-scale modular structure - Hardware design of module and assembler robot

2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 2349-2355

  Terada, Yuzuru ^a   Murata, Satoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assembly; Connector; Modular robot

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MODULAR CONSTRUCTION; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; RADIATION; ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATIC CONSTRUCTION METHODS; CONNECTORS; EXTRA-VEHICULAR ACTIVITIES (EVA); MODULAR STRUCTURE;

MODULAR ROBOTS;

EID: 14044250909     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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