Robot programming using augmented reality: An interactive method for planning collision-free paths
Robotics and Computer-Integrated ManufacturingPublished 3 July 2008Open access
J. W. S. Chong, S. K. Ong, A.Y.C. Nee, K. Youcef-Youmi
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The use of an augmented reality (AR) environment for facilitating intuitive robot programming, and a novel methodology for planning collision-free paths for an n-d.o.f. (degree-of-freedom) manipulator in a 3D AR environment are presented.
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10.1016/j.rcim.2008.05.002
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