Robotic path planning for an automatic mold polishing system

International Journal of Robotics and Automation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 81-90

  Tsai, Ming J ^a   Fang, Jing Jing ^a   Chang, Jau Lung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Automatic mold polishing; Geometric data structure; Path planning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA STRUCTURES; HEALTH HAZARDS; MOTION PLANNING; ROBOTICS; SENSORS; TRAJECTORIES;

AUTOMATED MOLD POLISHING; FRACTAL PATH; GEOMETRIC DATA STRUCTURE; WEAVING FUNCTION;

POLISHING;

EID: 2142824231     PISSN: 08268185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2316/journal.206.2004.2.206-2720     Document Type: Article

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