Generalized programming of modular robots through kinematic configurations

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3659-3666

  Bordignon, Mirko ^a   Stoy, Kasper ^b   Schultz, Ulrik Pagh ^b  

^a Digipack Industrial Automation ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTION LEVEL; DISTINCTIVE FEATURES; ERROR PRONES; GENERAL SOLUTIONS; HIGH-LEVEL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; KINEMATIC CONFIGURATION; KINEMATIC MODEL; MECHANICAL PLATFORM; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; PHYSICAL ROBOTS; PROGRAMMING ABSTRACTIONS; RE-CONFIGURABLE;

ABSTRACTING; HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; KINEMATICS; MODELS; MODULAR ROBOTS; ROBOTICS;

ROBOT PROGRAMMING;

EID: 84455172163     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2011.6048419     Document Type: Conference Paper

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