Tensegrity systems

Tensegrity Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-216

  De Oliveira, Mauricio C ^a   Skelton, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-74242-7     Document Type: Book

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