A survey of multi-robot cooperation in space

International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Control Systems 2009, ARCS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 138-145

  Leitner, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cooperative systems; Intelligent robots; Intelligent systems; Mobile robots; Reviews; Satellite applications; Space Vehicle Control

Indexed keywords

CO-OPERATIVE SYSTEMS; MULTI-ROBOT COOPERATION; MULTI-ROBOT RESEARCH; MULTI-ROBOT SYSTEMS; SATELLITE APPLICATIONS; SPACE VEHICLE CONTROL; TECHNIQUES USED; THEORETICAL RESEARCH;

CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MOBILE ROBOTS; MULTIPURPOSE ROBOTS; RESEARCH; REVIEWS; ROBOTICS; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS;

EID: 77958172499     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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