Simulation and Optimization of Regular Motions of a Tube-Crawling Robot

Multibody System Dynamics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 159-184

  Pfeiffer, Friedrich ^a   Rossmann, Thomas ^a   Bolotnik, Nikolai N ^b   Chernousko, Felix L ^b   Kostin, Georgii V ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR PROBLEMS IN MECHANICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Dry friction; Optimization; Simulation of gaits; Tube crawling robot

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012070578     PISSN: 13845640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009872207915     Document Type: Article

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