Physical implementation of the self-reconfiguring crystalline robot

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages 1726-1733

  Rus, Daniela ^a   Vona, Marsette ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED SHAPE METAMORPHOSIS; CRYSTALLINE ROBOT SYSTEM; SELF RECONFIGURING CRYSTALLINE ROBOT;

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; KINEMATICS; MECHANISMS; MODULAR ROBOTS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0033708532     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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