PolyBot and PolyKinetic™ system: A modular robotic platform for education

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2004, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1381-1386

  Golovinsky, Alex ^a   Yim, Mark ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a   Eldershaw, Craig ^a   Duff, Dave ^a  

^a PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Modular robot; PolyBot; PolyKinetic ; Scripting language

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTINGS; COMPUTER SCIENCE; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); EDUCATION; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; KINEMATICS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; ROBOTICS; SENSORS; SUPERVISORY AND EXECUTIVE PROGRAMS;

JAVA INTERFACE; MODULE GROUPS; ROBOTIC PLATFORMS; ROBOTIC SCRIPTING LANGUAGES;

MODULAR ROBOTS;

EID: 3042576026     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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