A simulation-based virtual environment to study cooperative robotic systems

Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 353-367

  Hu, Xiaolin ^a   Zeigler, Bernard P ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEASUREMENT THEORY; ROBOTS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COOPERATIVE ROBOTIC SYSTEMS; ROBOT-IN-THE-LOOP SIMULATION; ROBOTIC CONVOY; SIMULATION-BASED VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 24944441888     PISSN: 10692509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ica-2005-12404     Document Type: Article

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