Multi-robot manipulation via caging in environments with obstacles

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1471-1476

  Fink, Jonathan ^a   Ani Hsieh, M ^b   Kumar, Vijay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; MULTIPURPOSE ROBOTS; ROBOTICS; STATE FEEDBACK;

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MULTI ROBOTS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 51649114100     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2008.4543409     Document Type: Conference Paper

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