Robot pebbles: One centimeter modules for programmable matter through self-disassembly

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2485-2492

  Gilpin, Kyle ^a   Knaian, Ara ^a,b   Rus, Daniela ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2D SHAPE; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; PROGRAMMABLE MATTER; SINGLE MODULES;

ROBOTS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 77955822728     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509817     Document Type: Conference Paper

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