Integrated control/structure design for planar tensegrity models

IEEE Conference on Control Applications - Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 862-867

  De Jager, Bram ^a   Skelton, Robert E ^a   Masic, Milenko ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Actuator sensor selection; Mechanical systems; Nonlinear programming; Structural optimization; Tensegrity systems

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; STIFFNESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOPOLOGY;

PLANAR TENSEGRITY SYSTEMS;

PROGRAMMED CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036031868     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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