Miniature robots for space and military missions

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 9-18

  Weisbin, C R ^a   Blitch, J ^a   Lavery, D ^a   Krotkov, E ^a   Shoemaker, C ^a   Matthies, L ^a   Rodriguez, G ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MILITARY APPLICATIONS; SPACE APPLICATIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

MINIATURE ROBOTS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0033335726     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/100.793696     Document Type: Article

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