Self-reconfigurable modular robots - Hardware and software development in AIST

Proceedings - 2003 IEEE International Conference on Robotics, Intelligent Systems and Signal Processing, RISSP 2003

Volumn 2003-October, Issue , 2003, Pages 339-346

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

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

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; FAULT TOLERANCE; HARDWARE; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MODULAR ROBOTS; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

APPLICATION FIELDS; DISTRIBUTED CONTROL; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SELF-RECONFIGURABLE MODULAR ROBOTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) STRUCTURES; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

EID: 84990990571     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RISSP.2003.1285597     Document Type: Conference Paper

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