A modular robotic system for industrial applications

Assembly Automation

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-162

  Acaccia, Gabriella ^a   Bruzzone, Luca ^a   Razzoli, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assembly; Production methods; Robotics

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MODULAR ROBOTS; ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY;

JOINT MODULES; LINK MODULES; MODULAR ROBOTIC SYSTEM; ROBOTIC MODULES;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 42549133662     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150810863734     Document Type: Article

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