Trajectory generation and steering optimization for self-assembly of a modular robotic system

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 4996-5001

  Wolfe, Kevin C ^a   Kutzer, Michael D M ^a,b   Armand, Mehran ^a,b   Chirikjian, Gregory S ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Modular robots; Nonholonomic motion planning; Self assembly; Trajectory optimization

Indexed keywords

CONTROL FUNCTIONS; CONTROL INPUTS; DOCKING MECHANISMS; FLAT SURFACES; INTERNAL STATE; MODULAR ROBOTICS; NONHOLONOMICS; PERTURBATION FUNCTIONS; SELF-RECONFIGURABLE; STEERING PROBLEMS; TRAJECTORY GENERATION; TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION;

AERODYNAMICS; DOCKING; MODULAR ROBOTS; MOTION PLANNING; OPTIMIZATION; ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY; ROBOTICS; SELF ASSEMBLY; TRAJECTORIES;

ROBOT PROGRAMMING;

EID: 77955792636     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509157     Document Type: Conference Paper

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