Connectors for self-reconfiguring robots

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 473-474

  Nilsson, Martin ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assembly; Connectors; Intelligent robots; Mechanical factors

Indexed keywords

CONNECTORS (STRUCTURAL); DOCKING; ENERGY TRANSFER; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

SELF-RECONFIGURING ROBOTS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 0036966169     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2002.806225     Document Type: Article

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