Application of the assembly skill transfer system in an actual cellular manufacturing system

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-41

  Duan, Feng ^a   Tan, Jeffrey Too Chuan ^c   Tong, Ji Gang ^a   Kato, Ryu ^b   Arai, Tamio ^c  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assembly skill; Assembly support; Cellular manufacturing; Human robot collaboration; Safe design

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY INFORMATION; ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS; HUMAN OPERATOR; HUMAN-ROBOT COLLABORATION; INFORMATIONAL SUPPORT; MOBILE BASE; SAFE DESIGNS; SKILL TRANSFER;

AUTOMATION; CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; MACHINERY; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 84855352493     PISSN: 15455955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASE.2011.2163818     Document Type: Article

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