M-blocks: Momentum-driven, magnetic modular robots

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 4288-4295

  Romanishin, John W ^a   Gilpin, Kyle ^a   Rus, Daniela ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUBE MODEL; SELF-ASSEMBLING; UNSTRUCTURED ENVIRONMENTS;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

EID: 84893797564     PISSN: 21530858     EISSN: 21530866     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2013.6696971     Document Type: Conference Paper

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