A distributed method for reconfiguration of a three-dimensional homogeneous structure

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 363-379

  Yoshida, Echi ^a   Murata, Satoshi ^a   Kurokawa, Haruhisa ^a   Tomita, Kohji ^a   Kokaji, Shigeru ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distributed algorithm; Modular robots; Three dimensional self reconfigurable structure

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED ALGORITHM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SELF-RECONFIGURABLE STRUCTURE;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); RANDOM PROCESSES; RELAXATION PROCESSES; ROBOTICS;

MODULAR ROBOTS;

EID: 0033332316     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: 15685535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855399X00234     Document Type: Article

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