Real-time automated modeling and control of self-assembling systems

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 4266-4273

  Mermoud, Gregory ^a   Mastrangeli, Massimo ^a   Upadhyay, Utkarsh ^a   Martinoli, Alcherio ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; SELF ASSEMBLY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ABSTRACTION LEVEL; AUTOMATED MODELING; BANG-BANG CONTROLLERS; COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK; DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; ONLINE OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTIC SELF ASSEMBLIES; STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 84864425117     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2012.6224888     Document Type: Conference Paper

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