Development of a new Variable Remote Center Compliance (VRCC) with modified Elastomer Shear Pad (ESP) for robot assembly

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 193-197

  Lee, Sangcheol ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Sport Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Elastomer shear pads (ESP); Stiffness adjusting rod (SAR); Variable remote center compliance (VRCC)

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY MACHINES; AUTOMATION; DEFORMATION; MACHINE TOOLS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROCESS CONTROL; STIFFNESS;

ELASTOMER SHEAR PADS (ESP); ELECTRIC PLUGS; STIFFNESS ADJUSTING ROD (SAR); VARIABLE REMOTE CENTER COMPLIANCE (VRCC);

ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY;

EID: 17644412360     PISSN: 15455955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASE.2005.844437     Document Type: Article

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