Miche: Modular shape formation by self-dissasembly

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2241-2247

  Gilpin, Kyle ^a   Kotay, Keith ^a   Rus, Daniela ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS ARRANGEMENT; HARDWARE DESIGN; INFRARED COMMUNICATION INTERFACES;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; DATA ACQUISITION; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; PROGRAM ASSEMBLERS;

INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS;

EID: 36348999182     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2007.363653     Document Type: Conference Paper

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