Reusable electronics and adaptable communication as implemented in the odin modular robot

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1152-1158

  Garcia, Ricardo Franco Mendoza ^a,b   Lyder, Andreas ^a   Christensen, David Johan ^a   Stoy, Kasper ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

ELECTRICAL SIGNAL; ELECTRONIC DESIGN; FLEXIBLE NETWORKS; LOCAL BUS; POWER LINKS; PRODUCTION COST; REUSABLE COMPONENTS;

MODULAR ROBOTS;

EID: 84876476470     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2009.5152811     Document Type: Conference Paper

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