On the potential contributions of hybrid intelligent approaches to Multicomponent Robotic System development

Information Sciences

Volumn 180, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2635-2648

  Duro, R J ^a   Grana M ^b   De Lope, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intelligent robotics; Modular robotics; Multi robot systems

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL PROBLEMS; HYBRID INTELLIGENT APPROACH; HYBRID INTELLIGENT SYSTEM; INTELLIGENT ROBOTICS; MODULAR ROBOTICS; MULTI-ROBOT SYSTEMS; MULTICOMPONENTS; MULTIPLE COMPONENTS; MULTIPLE ROBOT; RESEARCH AREAS; ROBOT CONTROLS; ROBOTIC ELEMENTS; ROBOTIC SYSTEMS; UNSTRUCTURED ENVIRONMENTS;

INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MULTIPURPOSE ROBOTS; ROBOT LEARNING;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 77954595557     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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