Efficient procedures for form-closure grasp planning and fixture layout design

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 0410101-04101011

  Zheng, Yu ^a   Chew, Chee Meng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Contact wrench; Discrete domain; Fixture layout design; Form closure; Grasp planning

Indexed keywords

TOOLS;

DISCRETE DOMAINS; EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCIES; FIXTURE LAYOUT; FORM CLOSURE; GENERAL OPTIMIZATIONS; GRASP PLANNING; RECURSIVE FORMULA; SECOND PROCEDURES;

FIXTURES (TOOLING);

EID: 77955300884     PISSN: 10871357     EISSN: 15288935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3159049     Document Type: Article

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