AMOEBA-I: A shape-shifting modular robot for urban search and rescue

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1057-1083

  Li, B ^a   Ma, S ^a,b   Liu, J ^a   Wang, M ^a   Liu, T ^a   Wang, Y ^a  

^a SHENYANG INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^b RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AMOEBA I; Cooperative control; Shape shifting; Unmanned ground vehicle; Urban search and rescue

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA-I; COOPERATIVE CONTROL; SHAPE SHIFTING; UNMANNED GROUND VEHICLE; URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE;

BIPED LOCOMOTION; FAULT TOLERANCE; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; GROUND VEHICLES; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MOBILE ROBOTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; SPACE DEBRIS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 69649096129     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: 15685535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855309X452485     Document Type: Article

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