Broadcast feedback for stochastic cellular actuator systems consisting of nonuniform actuator units

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 642-647

  Ueda, Jun ^a,b   Odhner, Lael ^a   Asada, H Harry ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; LYAPUNOV FUNCTIONS; MUSCLE; ROBUST CONTROL; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

BROADCASTED ERRORS; CELL LENGTH; CELLULAR CONTROL ARCHITECTURE; TRANSITION PROBABILITY;

FEEDBACK CONTROL;

EID: 36349008182     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2007.363059     Document Type: Conference Paper

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