CoBoLD - A bonding mechanism for modular self-reconfigurable mobile robots

2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2025-2030

  Liedke, Jens ^a   Wörn, Heinz ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bonding Mechanism; Docking Unit; Modular Robots; Self Reconfiguration

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT; BONDING MECHANISM; COMPLEX STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; FORCE SENSOR; HIGH STIFFNESS; LOCKING DEVICES; LOW COSTS; ROBOTIC PLATFORMS; SELF RECONFIGURATION; SELF-RECONFIGURABLE;

BIOMIMETICS; DOCKING; MODULAR ROBOTS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 84860708791     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBIO.2011.6181589     Document Type: Conference Paper

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