On the design of rapidly deployable field robotic systems

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 1996, Pages

  Farritor, Shane ^a   Dubowsky, Steven ^a   Rutman, Nathan ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HISTORIC PRESERVATION; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SHIPS;

ACTION PLAN; DESIGN METHOD; FIELD ROBOTICS; INSPECTION TASKS; MODULAR DESIGNS; PRACTICAL USE; ROBOT CONFIGURATIONS; SOFTWARE MODULES;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 0343553515     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/96-DETC/DTM-1237     Document Type: Conference Paper

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