This dissertation, "A Virtual Prototyping System With Reconfigurable Manipulators for Layered Manufacturing" by Yi, Cai,, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. DOI: 10.5353/th_b4704614 Subjects: Rapid prototyping Manufacturing processes - Design - Computer simulation Virtual reality Computer integrated manufacturing systems