Manipulation of pose distributions

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 277-292

  Moll, Mark ^a   Erdmann, Michael A ^a  

^a Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeder design; Parts orienting; Pose statistics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTROPY; MANIPULATORS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

AUTOMATED DESIGN;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0036523426     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/027836402320556449     Document Type: Article

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