Cluster space specification and control of a 3-robot mobile system

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3763-3768

  Mas, Ignacio ^a   Petrovic, Ognjen ^a   Kitts, Christopher ^a  

^a Santa Clara University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MULTIPURPOSE ROBOTS; ROBOTICS; SPECIFICATIONS;

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; ROBOT SYSTEM; SPACE CONTROL;

ROBOTS;

EID: 51649121517     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2008.4543788     Document Type: Conference Paper

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