Three-dimensional construction with mobile robots and modular blocks

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 463-479

  Werfel, Justin ^a   Nagpal, Radhika ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous agents; Cellular and modular robots; Distributed robot systems; Path planning for multiple mobile robot systems; Robotics in construction

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SPECIFICATIONS; USER INTERFACES;

DISTRIBUTED ROBOT SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS IN CONSTRUCTION;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 40049092963     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: 17413176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364907084984     Document Type: Article

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