Motion simulation of a modular robotic system

IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)

Volumn 1, Issue , 2000, Pages 2473-2478

  Kurokawa, H ^a   Tomita, K ^a   Yoshida, E ^a   Murata, S ^a   Kokaji, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS; MODULAR ROBOTS; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE;

HUMAN OPERATOR; MODULAR ROBOTICS; MOTION SIMULATIONS; RECONFIGURATION PROCESS; SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 84969228155     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IECON.2000.972385     Document Type: Conference Paper

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