Optimal Motion Generation for Groups of Robots: A Geometric Approach

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-70

  Belta, Calin ^a   Kumar, Vijay ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; KINETIC ENERGY; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MOTION PLANNING; RIGIDITY; SPACECRAFT;

OPTIMAL MOTION GENERATION;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 1642633960     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1641190     Document Type: Article

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