Fault tolerance via analytic redundancy for a modularized sensitive skin

International Journal of Robotics and Automation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 155-165

  Um, D ^a   Lumelsky, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MANIPULATORS; MOBILE ROBOTS; MOTION PLANNING; ONLINE SYSTEMS; REDUNDANCY; ROBOTIC ARMS; SENSORS;

MODULARIZED SENSITIVE SKIN;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0034512728     PISSN: 08268185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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