"Plug & Produce" functions for an easily reconfigurable robotic assembly cell

Assembly Automation

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 253-260

  Maeda, Yusuke ^a   Kikuchi, Haruka ^b   Izawa, Hidemitsu ^c   Ogawa, Hiroki ^d   Sugi, Masao ^e   Arai, Tamio ^e  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DOCOMO USA LABS   (United States)

^c BANK OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^d DENSO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assembly; Cellular manufacturing; Robotics

Indexed keywords

BELT CONVEYORS; CALIBRATION; CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; FUNCTIONS; MANIPULATORS;

CONVENTIONAL DEVICES; RECONFIGURABLE ASSEMBLY CELL;

ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY;

EID: 34547783165     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150710763286     Document Type: Article

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