.... Dorighi. 01 June 2003 01 March 2004 28 05 2004 collision avoidance virtual manufacturing data gloves robotic assembly virtual reality In the last few years, virtual reality (VR) has emerged as an engineering design tool due to its ability to provide three-dimensional...

... physical counterpart. A prototype system is developed to demonstrate its application on shop floor monitoring and control. Internet computer integrated manufacturing Java real-time systems distributed sensors remote consoles virtual manufacturing client-server systems computerised monitoring...

... of VP as well as components of a virtual prototype. VP is then compared with and distinguished from virtual reality (VR), virtual environment (VE), and virtual manufacturing (VM) techniques. Given the proposed definition and review of VP, future VP related research topics are suggested. Gowda, S...