Control of mobile robots using mobile technologies

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 491-498

  Valera, Angel ^a   Weiss, Martin ^b   Vallés, Marina ^a   Díez, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bluetooth; LEGO; Mobile robots

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547149999     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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