Group robots forming a mechanical structure - Development of slide motion mechanism and estimation of energy consumption of the structural formation

Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation, CIRA

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 874-879

  Inou, Norio ^a   Minami, Kengo ^a   Koseki, Michihiko ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellular robot; Group robots; Procedure of structural transformation; Structural formation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ROBOTS;

GROUP ROBOTS; INITIAL CONFIGURATION; MECHANICAL LOADING; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; MOTION MECHANISMS; PERFORMANCE TESTS; STRUCTURAL FORMATION; STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 14044249821     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CIRA.2003.1222295     Document Type: Conference Paper

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