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Conferences

The Virtual Manufacturing Cell

Author(s)
Charles R. McLean, Howard Bloom, Ted Hopp
A virtual manufacturing cell is being developed at the National Bureau of Standards as part of the control software for the Automated Manufacturing Research...

Simulation of a Modular Hierarchical Feedback System

Author(s)
Howard Bloom, Charles R. McLean, Cita M. Furlani, T J. Johnson, S Milligan, T Fortman
This guide describes a medium-sized application of the Hierarchical Control System Emulation (HCSE) which was modeled after certain aspects of the National...

Six-Dimensional Vision System

Author(s)
James S. Albus, Ernest Kent, M Nashman, P Mansbach, L Palombo, Michael O. Shneier
There are six degrees of freedom that define the position and orientation of any object relative to a robot gripper. All six need to be determined for the robot...
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