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Virtual tools that carry attributes for interactively specifying intermediate manufacturing processes

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This paper describes an interactive system for specifying robotic tasks using virtual tools that allow an operator to reach into a live video scene and direct robots to use corresponding real tools in complex scenarios that involve integrating a variety of otherwise autonomous technologies. The attribute rich virtual tools concept provides a human-machine interface that is robust to unanticipated developments and tunable to the specific requirements of a particular task. This Interactive Specification concept is applied to intermediate manufacturing tasks.

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  1. Iowa Center for Emerging Manufacturing Technology, Iowa State University, USA

    T. Kesavadas

  2. Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

    D. J. Cannon

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Kesavadas, T., Cannon, D.J. Virtual tools that carry attributes for interactively specifying intermediate manufacturing processes. Virtual Reality 1, 71–90 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02009723

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