Factory floor: A robotically reconfigurable construction platform

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2467-2472

  Galloway, Kevin C ^a   Jois, Rekha ^a   Yim, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FACTORY FLOORS; FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT; GROUND PLANES; MECHANICAL DESIGN; RE-CONFIGURABLE; SURFACE OF MARS; TRUSS STRUCTURE; TRUSS SYSTEMS;

FLOORS; ROBOTS; TRUSSES;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 77955781548     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509878     Document Type: Conference Paper

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