Building industrialization: Robotized assembly of modular products

Assembly Automation

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 134-142

  Martinez, Santiago ^a   Jardon, Alberto ^a   Maria, Jose Maria ^b   Gonzalez, Patricia ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b DRAGADOS SA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assembly; Construction industry; Lean production; Robotics

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; MODULAR CONSTRUCTION; PRODUCTIVITY;

INDUSTRIALIZATION; LEAN PRODUCTION; MODULAR PRODUCTS;

ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY;

EID: 42549131964     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150810863716     Document Type: Review

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