Objective and frame-invariant kinematic metric functions for rigid bodies

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 612-625

  Lin, Qiao ^a   Burdick, Joel W ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; INVARIANCE; KINEMATICS; MOTION PLANNING;

PRINCIPLE OF OBJECTIVITY; RIGID BODIES;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0034197368     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/027836490001900605     Document Type: Article

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