A general stiffness model for programmable matter and modular robotic structures

Robotica

Volumn 29, Issue 1 SPEC. ISSUE, 2011, Pages 103-121

  White, Paul J ^a   Revzen, Shai ^a   Thorne, Chris E ^a   Yim, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lumped Parameter Stiffness Model; Modular Robotics; Programmable Matter

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATE METHODS; DESIGN SPACES; EXTERNAL SHAPE; FAST METHODS; LOAD BEARING; MODULAR DECOMPOSITION; MODULAR ROBOTICS; MODULAR STRUCTURES; MODULE CONFIGURATIONS; NONLINEAR MODELING; PROGRAMMABLE MATTER; RE-CONFIGURABLE; RECONFIGURABLE ROBOT; STIFFNESS MATRICES; STIFFNESS MODEL;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); MODULAR ROBOTS; ROBOTICS; STIFFNESS; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 79951776789     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: 14698668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574710000743     Document Type: Article

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