Shape complexes for metamorhpic robots

Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics

Volumn 7 STAR, Issue , 2004, Pages 185-201

  Ghrist, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIGURATION SPACE; GEOMETRIC GROUP THEORY; GEOMETRIC PROPERTIES; MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORKS; NATURAL EXTENSION; PARALLELIZATIONS; ROBOTIC SYSTEMS; TIME-OPTIMAL SOLUTION;

ALGORITHMS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 34648849361     PISSN: 16107438     EISSN: 1610742X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-45058-0_12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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