Biologically inspired optimal robot arm control with signal-dependent noise

2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 491-496

  Simmons, Gavin ^a   Demiris, Yiannis ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMANOID ROBOTS; LINEAR QUADRATIC REGULATORS; SIGNAL DEPENDENT NOISE;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ROBOT LEARNING; ROBOT PROGRAMMING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

ROBOTIC ARMS;

EID: 14044253602     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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