Conformational switching in self-assembling mechanical systems

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 510-520

  Saitou, Kazuhiro ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY GRAMMARS; ASSEMBLY SEQUENCES; MECHANICAL CONFORMATIONAL SWITCHES; SELF ASSEMBLING MECHANICAL SYSTEMS;

AUTOMATA THEORY; FACTORY AUTOMATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MECHANISMS; ROBOTICS;

ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY;

EID: 0032631784     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/70.768183     Document Type: Article

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