TETROBOT: A modular approach to parallel robotics

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages

  Hamlin, Gregory J ^a,b   Sanderson, Arthur C ^a,c,d,e,f,g  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Reveo Inc   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Rensselaer Agile Mfg Res Institute   (United States)

^f Robotics and Automation Society   (Taiwan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hyperredundant; Modular robotics; Parallel robotics; Spherical joint

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; ROBOTICS; UNIVERSAL JOINTS;

PARALLEL ROBOTICS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE TETROBOT;

MODULAR ROBOTS;

EID: 0031101191     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/100.580984     Document Type: Article

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