Agent-based control for object manipulation with modular self-reconfigurable robots

IJCAI International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 1344-1349

  Kubica, Jeremy ^a   Casal, Arancha ^a   Hogg, Tad ^a  

^a PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED CONTROL; MODULAR SELF-RECONFIGURABLE ROBOTS; MULTIAGENT CONTROL; OBJECT MANIPULATION; PROGRAMMING ABSTRACTIONS; ROBOT SYSTEM;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

MODULAR ROBOTS;

EID: 0002872979     PISSN: 10450823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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