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VR-based wheeled mobile robot in application of remote real-time assembly

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The objective of this paper is to develop an appropriate methodology with open architecture for real-time monitoring and remote control of networked mobile robot. An integrated product data model and the related configuration management methods are generated. Within the context, this paper presents a new enabling technology to bring traditional robotic tools on-line with combined monitoring and control capability. Under a hybrid architecture of Web browser/server and client/server, an application system is presented to manipulate the wheeled mobile robot data and to carry out a variety of assembly functions. Issues such as architecture design, methodology development, and prototype implementation are addressed through a component assembly case study. Finally, a CORBA stands-based integration framework is proposed to achieve interoperability among multiple data and application objects over the Internet.

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  1. Department of Vehicle Engineering, Yung-Ta Institute of Technology and Commerce, 316, Chung Shan Road, Linlo, Ping Tung 909, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Janus S. Liang

  2. Faculty of Engineering & Computing, Coventry University, Coventry, UK

    Kuo-Ming Chao & Paul Ivey

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Liang, J.S., Chao, KM. & Ivey, P. VR-based wheeled mobile robot in application of remote real-time assembly. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 64, 1765–1779 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-012-4140-1

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