Dynamic analysis and distributed control of the Tetrobot modular reconfigurable robotic system

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 67-82

  Lee, Woo Ho ^a   Sanderson, Arthur C ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; KINEMATICS; REDUNDANCY; RIGIDITY; ROBOTICS;

RECONFIGURABLE PARALLEL ROBOTICS;

MODULAR ROBOTS;

EID: 0034831741     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026548520006     Document Type: Article

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