Object transport by modular robots that self-assemble

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 2558-2564

  Groß, Roderich ^a   Tuci, Elio ^a   Dorigo, Marco ^a   Bonani, Michael ^b   Mondada, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; POWER CONTROL; ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY; SELF ASSEMBLY;

OBJECT MANIPULATION; OBJECT TRANSPORT; SWARM-BOT;

MODULAR ROBOTS;

EID: 33747592853     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2006.1642087     Document Type: Conference Paper

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