Distributed reconfiguration of metamorphic robot chains

Distributed Computing

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-189

  Walter, Jennifer E ^a   Welch, Jennifer L ^b   Amato, Nancy M ^b  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed reconfiguration; Metamorphic robots

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED RECONFIGURATION; METAMORPHIC ROBOTS; MULTIJOINT ROBOTS; SPACE FILLING POLYHEDRA;

ALGORITHMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MOTION PLANNING; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 4444302523     PISSN: 01782770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00446-003-0103-y     Document Type: Article

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