Distributed localization of modular robot ensembles

Robotics: Science and Systems

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages 33-40

  Funiak, Stanislav ^a   Ashley Rollman, Michael P ^a   Goldstein, Seth Copen ^a   Pillai, Padmanabhan ^b   Campbell, Jason D ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 84960089833     PISSN: 23307668     EISSN: 2330765X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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