AS 3986—1991

ISO 9787: 1990

Australian Standard
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Manipulating industrial robots—

Coordinate systems and motions
 This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee IT/6, Information Processing
Systems for Industrial Automation. It was approved on behalf of the Council of
Standards Australia on 16 August 1991 and published on 15 November 1991.
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The following interests are represented on Committee IT/6:

Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers Association
Australian Information Industry Association
Australian Robot Association
Confederation of Australian Industry
Department of Technical and Further Education N.S.W.
Division of Manufacturing Technology, CSIRO
University of Melbourne

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 AS 3986—1991

Australian Standard
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Manipulating industrial robots—

Coordinate systems and motions

First published as AS 3986—1991.

PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

(STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA)
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ISBN 0 7262 7113 6
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PREFACE
This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee on Information Processing
Systems for Industrial Automation. It is identical with and has been reproduced from
ISO 9787:1990 Manipulating industrial robots—Coordinate systems and motions.
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Australian Standards as follows:

Reference to International Standard Australian Standard
ISO AS
TR 8373 Manipulating industrial robots— 3877 Manipulating industrial robots—Voca-
Vocabulary bulary

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