Object manipulation using cooperative mobile multi-robot systems

Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 324-329

  Mas, Ignacio ^a   Kitts, Christopher ^b  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Santa Clara University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster space control; Mobile robots; Multi robot; Object transportation; Robot cooperation

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; MOBILE ROBOTS;

CLOSED LOOP CONTROLLERS; CLUSTER SPACES; EXPERIMENTAL TESTBED; HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENT; MULTI-ROBOT FORMATION; MULTIROBOTS; OBJECT TRANSPORTATION; ROBOT COOPERATION;

MULTIPURPOSE ROBOTS;

EID: 84967543692     PISSN: 20780958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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