Uniform coverage of automotive surface patches

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 883-898

  Atkar, Prasad N ^a   Greenfield, Aaron ^a   Conner, David C ^a   Choset, Howie ^a   Rizzi, Alfred A ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Spray painting; Surface deposition; Trajectory planning; Uniform coverage

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DEPOSITION; PAINT SPRAYING; SPRAY GUNS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRAJECTORIES;

AUTOMOTIVE SURFACES; SURFACE DEPOSITION; TRAJECTORY PLANNING; UNIFORM COVERAGE;

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT;

EID: 27744595279     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364905059058     Document Type: Conference Paper

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