A study of cooperative control of self-assembling robots in space with experimental validation

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3031-3036

  Toglia, Chiara ^a   Kettler, Daniel ^b   Kennedy, Fred ^c   Dubowsky, Steven ^d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY   (United States)

^d Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS AND SENSORS; ASSEMBLED SYSTEM; CO-OPERATIVE CONTROL; COOPERATIVE ALGORITHM; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; INERTIAL PROPERTIES; LAUNCH COSTS; ON-ORBIT; OPTIMAL CONTROL METHODS; SATELLITE SYSTEM; SELF-ASSEMBLING; SELF-ASSEMBLING ROBOTS; SPACE SYSTEM;

COORDINATION REACTIONS; LAUNCHING; ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY; ROBOTICS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 70350367540     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2009.5152788     Document Type: Conference Paper

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