A general constraint-based control framework with examples in modular self-reconfigurable robots

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 2163-2168

  Zhang, Ying ^a   Fromherz, Markus P J ^a   Crawford, Lara S ^a   Shang, Yi ^a  

^a PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIDDLEWARE; MODULAR ROBOTS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE AGENTS;

GOAL ORIENTED DELIBERATIVE AGENTS; SELF RECONFIGURABLE ROBOTS;

CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0036452565     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/IRDS.2002.1041587     Document Type: Article

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