Industrial applications with cooperating robots for the flexible assembly

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 650-660

  Papakostas, Nikolaos ^a   Michalos, George ^a   Makris, Sotiris ^a   Zouzias, Dimitris ^a   Chryssolouris, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

flexibility; flexible assembly; robots

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MARKING MACHINES; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SIMULATION PLATFORM;

ASSEMBLY LINE; AUTOMOTIVE ASSEMBLIES; BODY IN WHITES; CO-OPERATING ROBOTS; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; FLEXIBILITY; FLEXIBLE ASSEMBLY; WELDING OPERATIONS;

ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY;

EID: 79960509824     PISSN: 0951192X     EISSN: 13623052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0951192X.2011.570790     Document Type: Article

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