Design and dock analysis for the interactive module of a lattice-based self-reconfigurable robot

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 87-95

  Fei, Yanqiong ^a   Zhao, Xifang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Docking; Interactive module; Self reconfigurable modular robot

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; DOCKING; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MACHINE DESIGN; MOTION PLANNING;

INTERACTIVE MODULE; SELF-RECONFIGURABLE MODULAR ROBOTS;

MODULAR ROBOTS;

EID: 33846194091     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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