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EPSRC Reference: GR/K41823/01
Title: THE USE OF VIRTUAL REALITY TO ELICIT KNOWLEDGE FOR ASSEMBLY PLANNING
Principal Investigator: Simmons, Professor JEL
Other Investigators:
Ritchie, Professor JM
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Project Partners:
Division Ltd Pre Nexus Migration
Department: Mechanical & Chemical Engineering
Organisation: Heriot-Watt University
Scheme: Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts: 06 February 1995 Ends: 05 November 1998 Value (£): 281,285
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Design Processes
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:
Manufacturing Energy
Information Technologies
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To establish a formal methodology for the elicitation of manufacturing knowledge using VR systems.To investigate VR knowledge elicitation techniques in the Computer-Aided Assembly Planning Environment.To produce an industrially-applied research based VR demonstration system for knowledge elicitation in the mechanical assembly environment.
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