Self-assembling mobile linkages

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 45-55

  Detweiler, Carrick ^a   Vona, Marsette ^a   Yoon, Yeoreum ^a   Yun, Seung Kook ^a   Rus, Daniela ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climbing robot; Grasping; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); GRIPPERS; MOBILE ROBOTS; REDUNDANT MANIPULATORS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

CLIMBING ROBOT; GRASPING; HYPERREDUNDANT ROBOTS; SELF-RECONFIGURING ROBOTS; VARIABLE-GEOMETRY TRUSS ROBOTS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 39849109358     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/M-RA.2007.908971     Document Type: Article

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