Workspaces of a walking machine and their graphical representation. Part I: Kinematic workspaces

Robotica

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-79

  Zhang, S J ^a   Sanger, D J ^a   Howard, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kinematic; Legged robots; Walking machines; Workspace

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; KINEMATICS; MACHINE DESIGN;

KINEMATIC WORKSPACES; WALKING MACHINE;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0029754566     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0263574700018956     Document Type: Article

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