On the task distribution between control and mechanical systems: A case study with an amoeboid modular robot

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 4850 LNAI, Issue , 2007, Pages 144-153

  Ishiguro, Akio ^a   Shimizu, Masahiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR OSCILLATOR SYSTEMS;

BIPED LOCOMOTION; NEUROLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

ROBOTICS;

EID: 37149043908     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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