EM-Cube: Cube-shaped, self-reconfigurable robots sliding on structure surfaces

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3149-3155

  An, Byoung Kwon ^a  

^a Dran Computer Science Laboratory   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MODULAR ROBOTS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; RECONFIGURABLE SYSTEMS; SELF-RECONFIGURABLE ROBOTS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 51649125782     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2008.4543690     Document Type: Conference Paper

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