Quantitative Evaluation of Automatic Parts Delivery in “AttentiveWorkbench” SupportingWorkers in Cell Production

Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 135-145

  Sugi, Masao ^a   Matsumura, Ippei ^b   Tamura, Yusuke ^a   Nikaido, Makoto ^a   Ota, Jun ^a   Arai, Tamio ^a   Kotani, Kiyoshi ^a   Takamasu, Kiyoshi ^a   Suzuki, Hiromasa ^c   Yamamoto, Akio ^a   Sato, Yoichi ^a   Shin, Seiichi ^d   Kimura, Fumihiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOTO LTD   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

assembly support; attentive workbench (AWB); cell production system

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

ASSEMBLY SUPPORTS; ATTENTIVE WORKBENCH; ATTENTIVE WORKBENCHES; CELL PRODUCTION SYSTEM; CELLS PRODUCTION; MOVING PARTS; PHYSICAL ASSEMBLIES; PROCESSING TIME; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; WORKERS';

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 78649902259     PISSN: 09153942     EISSN: 18838049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/jrm.2009.p0135     Document Type: Article

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