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Representations and Methodologies for Assembly Modeling

Author(s)
Kevin W. Lyons, Venkat Rajan, Raj Sreerangam
Most products are assemblies of components. The number of components can range from a few tens to a few millions. Design of electro-mechanical assemblies

Display Reflection Characterization

Author(s)
George R. Jones Jr.
Reflected luminance from a display surface is usually characterized as being diffuse (lambertian) and specular. Is this accurate? Does the focus length and

Integrated Vision and Touch Sensing for CMMs

Author(s)
Billibon H. Yoshimi, Tsai Hong Hong, Martin Herman, M Nashman, William G. Rippey
This paper describes a calibrated and an uncalibrated method for integrating a vision system with touch sensors and a Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM)
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