PolyBot: a modular reconfigurable robot

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 1, Issue , 2000, Pages 514-520

  Yim, Mark ^a   Duff, David G ^a   Roufas, Kimon D ^a  

^a PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARDWARE DEPENDENCY; MODULAR RECONFIGURABLE ROBOT; POLYBOT SYSTEM DESIGN; SOFTWARE SCALABILITY; VERSATILITY;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); KINEMATICS; MULTIPURPOSE ROBOTS; ROBOTICS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

MODULAR ROBOTS;

EID: 0033715936     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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