Large-scale servo control using a matrix wire network for driving a large number of actuators

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 646-651

  Cho, Kyu Jin ^a   Au, Samuel ^a   Asada, H Harry ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ALGORITHMS; AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); SERVOMECHANISMS;

DRIVE AMPLIFIERS; LARGE SCALE SERVO CONTROL; MATRIX WIRE NETWORK; NETWORKED ACTUATION ARCHITECTURE; ONE TO ONE ARCHITECTURE; SCALABLE ARCHITECTURE;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0345307717     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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