Decentralized algorithms for multi-robot manipulation via caging

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 23, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 783-795

  Pereira, Guilherme A S ^a   Campos, Mario F M ^a   Kumar, Vijay ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caging; Cooperative robots; Decentralized control; Manipulation; Object closure

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DECENTRALIZED CONTROL; FRICTION; MANIPULATORS; TRANSPORTATION;

CAGING; COOPERATIVE ROBOTS; MULTI-ROBOT MANIPULATION; OBJECT CLOSURE;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 3142739363     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364904045477     Document Type: Conference Paper

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