ATRON robots: Versatility from self-reconfigurable modules

Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 26-32

  Brandt, David ^a   Christensen, David Johan ^a   Lund, Henrik Hautop ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Manipulation; Modular; Robot; Self Reconguration

Indexed keywords

MANIPULATORS; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; ROBOTICS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

MINIATURIZED MODULES; MODULAR SELF-RECONFIGURABLE ROBOTS; SELF-RECONGURATION;

MODULAR ROBOTS;

EID: 37049001631     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMA.2007.4303511     Document Type: Conference Paper

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