An entertaining robot prototype for pets

Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-205

  Liu, Yanfei ^a   Zhao, Jiaxin ^a   Dimitrov, Ves ^a   Irish, Amanda ^a   Jones, Chad ^a   Kirk, Sean ^a   Thomas, Joseph ^a   Welter, David ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animals; Entertainment; Intelligent sensors; Robotics

Indexed keywords

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; ENTERTAINMENT; INDUSTRIAL ASSEMBLIES; INTELLIGENT ROBOTIC SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT SENSORS; ROBOT PROTOTYPES; SENIOR STUDENTS; SOUND SYSTEMS; TESTING RESULTS;

ANIMALS; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; ROBOTICS; SMART SENSORS;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

EID: 78651592329     PISSN: 17260531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17260531011062555     Document Type: Article

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