A new meta-module for controlling large sheets of ATRON modules

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2375-2380

  Brandt, David ^a   Christensen, David Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

META-MODULE;

BIOMECHANICS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 51449123145     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2007.4399191     Document Type: Conference Paper

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