Transformation technique research of the improved link-type shape shifting modular robot

2006 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2006

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 295-300

  Liu, Jinguo ^a,c   Wang, Yuechao ^a   Li, Bin ^a   Ma, Shugen ^a,b   Wang, Jing ^a,c   Cao, Huibin ^a,c  

^a SHENYANG INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^b RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Link type structure; Modular robot; Shape shifting robot; Transformation technique

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLABILITY; MOBILE ROBOTS; REDUNDANCY; REMOTE CONTROL; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; TORQUE;

CURRENT REDUCTION; LINK-TYPE STRUCTURE; SHAPE SHIFTING ROBOTS; TRANSFORMATION TECHNIQUE;

MODULAR ROBOTS;

EID: 34247191951     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMA.2006.257530     Document Type: Conference Paper

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