Optimal fixture layout design for 3-D workpieces

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2004, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 5274-5279

  Liu, Yun Hui ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Automatic fixture design; Discrete domain; Form closure; Optimal design; Workpieces

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC FIXTURE DESIGN; DISCRETE DOMAIN; FORM-CLOSURE; OPTIMAL DESIGN;

ALGORITHMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

AUTOMATION;

EID: 3042636509     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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