Motion simulation and experiment of a novel modular self-reconfigurable robot

Journal of Southeast University (English Edition)

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 185-190

  Wu, Qiuxuan ^a   Cao, Guangyi ^a   Fei, Yanqiong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Distributed control; Modular self reconfigurable robot; Motion simulation; Structure design

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATA THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MOTION CONTROL; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

DISTRIBUTED CONTROL; MODULAR SELF RECONFIGURABLE ROBOT; MOTION SIMULATION; STRUCTURE DESIGN;

MODULAR ROBOTS;

EID: 33748149985     PISSN: 10037985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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