Virtual vehicle: Parcel manipulation and dynamics with a distributed actuator array

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3201, Issue , 1998, Pages 132-143

  Luntz, Jonathan ^a   Messner, William ^a   Choset, Howie ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed Actuation; Materials Handling

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DYNAMICS; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; PLANT LAYOUT; SENSORS; TRUCKS;

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITIES; CONTACT MODELS; CONTROL LAWS; DISCRETE MODELS; DISTRIBUTED ACTUATION; DISTRIBUTED ACTUATORS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS; NOVEL MATERIALS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; PARCEL TRANSPORTS;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

EID: 58849155026     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.298009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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