Modular robot manipulators with preloadable modules

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 7-12

  Zhu, Wen Hong ^a   Lamarche, Tom ^a   Barnard, Patrick ^a  

^a CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Modular robots; Preloadable modules; Virtual decomposition control

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; MODULAR ROBOTS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

MODULAR ROBOT MANIPULATORS; PRELOADABLE MODULES; RECONFIGURABLE ROBOTS; VIRTUAL DECOMPOSITION CONTROL;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 37049034469     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMA.2007.4303508     Document Type: Conference Paper

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