A novel AR-based robot programming and path planning methodology

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 240-249

  Ong, S K ^a   Chong, J W S ^a   Nee, A Y C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Augmented reality; End effector orientation; Reparameterization; Robot programming

Indexed keywords

3D DATA; ARC-WELDING; BAYESIAN NEURAL NETWORKS; COLLISION-FREE PATHS; DATA POINTS; FREE SPACE; LASER CUTTING; LEARNING METHODS; NOVEL METHODOLOGY; PARAMETERIZED; PARAMETRIC CURVE; PATH-PLANNING; PIECEWISE LINEAR APPROXIMATIONS; PIECEWISE LINEAR PARAMETERIZATION; REPARAMETERIZATION; UNKNOWN ENVIRONMENTS;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; AUGMENTED REALITY; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; ELECTRIC WELDING; NEURAL NETWORKS; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; PROGRAMMABLE ROBOTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ROBOT PROGRAMMING;

EID: 77950595909     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcim.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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