Exploring adaptive locomotion with YaMoR, a novel autonomous modular robot with Bluetooth interface

Industrial Robot

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 285-290

  Moeckel, Rico ^a   Jaquier, Cyril ^a   Drapel, Kevin ^a   Dittrich, Elmar ^a   Upegui, Andres ^a   Ijspeert, Auke Jan ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Configuration management; Control systems; Robotics

Indexed keywords

BIPED LOCOMOTION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MICROCONTROLLERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BLUEMOVE; BLUETOOTH INTERFACE; CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT; MODULAR ROBOT;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 33745442973     PISSN: 0143991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01439910610667908     Document Type: Article

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