Network-based reconfiguration routes for a self-reconfigurable robot

Science in China, Series F: Information Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1532-1546

  Liu, Jinguo ^a,b   Ma, Shugen ^a,c   Wang, Yuechao ^a   Li, Bin ^a  

^a SHENYANG INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Configuration network; Modular robot; Network based reconfiguration; Reconfiguration route; Self reconfigurable robot

Indexed keywords

EID: 51849103170     PISSN: 10092757     EISSN: 18622836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11432-008-0099-9     Document Type: Article

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