A matlab-based remote lab for multi-robot experiments

IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

Volumn 8, Issue PART 1, 2009, Pages 162-167

  Casini, Marco ^a   Garulli, Andrea ^a   Giannitrapani, Antonio ^a   Vicino, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

LEGO Mindstorms; Mobile robotics; Multi vehicle systems; Remote labs

Indexed keywords

EXPENSIVE HARDWARE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; LEGO MINDSTORMS; LOW COSTS; MATLAB ENVIRONMENT; MATLAB FUNCTIONS; MOBILE ROBOTICS; MULTI-ROBOT SYSTEMS; MULTI-VEHICLE SYSTEMS; MULTIROBOTS; OFF-LINE ANALYSIS; OPEN ARCHITECTURE; REMOTE LABS; SAFETY ASPECTS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; DECENTRALIZED CONTROL; EXPERIMENTS; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; LABORATORIES; MOBILE ROBOTS; MULTIPURPOSE ROBOTS; USER INTERFACES;

DISTANCE EDUCATION;

EID: 79960966684     PISSN: 14746670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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