Deterministic distributed algorithm for self-reconfiguration of modular robots from arbitrary to straight chain configurations

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 537-543

  Wong, Stanton ^a   Walter, Jennifer ^a  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

distributed self reconfiguration; Metamorphic robots

Indexed keywords

CHAIN CONFIGURATION; DETERMINISTIC ALGORITHMS; DETERMINISTIC DISTRIBUTED ALGORITHMS; DISCRETE-EVENT SIMULATORS; GOAL CONFIGURATION; INITIAL CONFIGURATION; METAMORPHIC ROBOTS; SELF RECONFIGURATION;

CELLS; CHAINS; CYTOLOGY; MODULAR ROBOTS; ROBOTICS;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84887292388     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2013.6630626     Document Type: Conference Paper

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