Modular reconfigurable robots in space applications

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 225-237

  Yim, Mark ^a   Roufas, Kimon ^a   Duff, David ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a   Eldershaw, Craig ^a   Homans, Sam ^a  

^a PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Modular; Robot; Self reconfigurable; Snake robot; Space

Indexed keywords

BIPED LOCOMOTION; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INVERSE KINEMATICS; MOTION PLANNING; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; ROBOTICS; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SYSTEM STABILITY; TORQUE;

POLYBOT; SELF-RECONFIGURABLE MODULAR ROBOT; SNAKE ROBOT; SPACE MANIPULATION;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0037335421     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022287820808     Document Type: Article

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