A self-repairing structure for modules and its control by vibrating actuation mechanisms

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 4281-4286

  Shimizu, Masahiro ^a   Suzuki, Kenji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION MECHANISM; EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; ROTATIONAL MOTION; SELF REPAIRING; SIMPLE STRUCTURES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; ROBOTICS; UNDERWATER CUTTING;

REPAIR;

EID: 70350417123     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2009.5152825     Document Type: Conference Paper

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