Learning distributed control for modular robots

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

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 2648-2653

  Varshavskaya, Paulina ^a   Kaelbling, Leslie Pack ^a   Rus, Daniela ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL EQUIPMENT; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROBOTICS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SENSORS;

DISTRIBUTED ALGORITHMS; LEARNING DISTRIBUTED CONTROL; ROBOTIC PLATFORMS; SELF-CONFIGURABLE MODULAR ROBOTICS;

MODULAR ROBOTS;

EID: 14044258718     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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