Distributed locomotion algorithms for self-reconfigurable robots operating on rough terrain

Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation, CIRA

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 880-885

  Butler, Zack ^a   Rus, Daniela ^a  

^a Dartmouth Department of Computer Science_Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATION; MODULAR ROBOTS;

GEOMETRIC RULES; LARGE SYSTEM; LOCAL NEIGHBORHOODS; ROUGH TERRAINS; SELF RECONFIGURABLE ROBOTS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 79951808701     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CIRA.2003.1222296     Document Type: Conference Paper

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