Modular and reconfigurable mobile robotics

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1648-1663

  Moubarak, Paul ^a   Ben Tzvi, Pinhas ^a  

^a George Washington University   (United States)

Author keywords

Docking; Mobile robots; Modular; Reconfigurable

Indexed keywords

DOCKING; MOBILE ROBOTS;

LEVEL OF AUTONOMIES; MOBILE ROBOTIC; MODULAR; REAL ENVIRONMENTS; RECONFIGURABLE; ROBOTIC PLATFORMS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 84869080335     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2012.09.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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