Robotics and Automation Expert

THE INTERACTIVE ASSEMBLY AND COMPUTER ANIMATION
OF RECONFIGURABLE ROBOTIC SYSTEMS

by

RICHARD NELSON HOOPER, B.S.

THESIS

Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of
The University of Texas at Austin
in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements
for the Degree of

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

DECEMBER 1990


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