E-quality for manufacturing (EQM) within the framework of internet-based systems

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1365-1372

  Kwon, Yongjin ^a   Rauniar, Shreepud ^b  

^a Ajou University   (South Korea)

^b Yamaha Robotics Company   (United States)

Author keywords

E quality for manufacturing (EQM); Ethernet vision system; Internet; Remote operation of Internet based robotic system; Remote sensing; Robot vision; Robots; Vision; Vision guidance over the Internet

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PROCESS MONITORING; REAL TIME CONTROL; REMOTE CONTROL; ROBOTICS;

DISTANT MONITORING; E-QUALITY FOR MANUFACTURING (EQM); ETHERNET VISION SYSTEM; REMOTE QUALITY CONTROL; YAMAHA SCARA ROBOT;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 36248955397     PISSN: 10946977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCC.2007.905827     Document Type: Article

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